Just wanted to introduce myself.


Hello everyone,
I just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Ryan. I'm a young reel to reel and vinyl fanatic. I have several TEAC reel to reels, my favorite is my A-3340S. My username is my nickname, as I have a lisp on "S," which resembles a snake's hissing. Anyway, just wanted to say hey.
Thanks,
Ryan (Or Kaa, or Snake, whatever you want to call me. :) )
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Ryan, do you have a studio setup with a console? Can you tell us what associated gear you are using?

Welcome Ryan,
I'm with ya, and my fav, teac....the A6010, which i first bought home from a far far eastern vacation courtesy of Uncle Sam,
But my all time fav is the Revox a77 Mark 3 dolby B (again 10" reels)
                                      Enjoy..........the mantaman
I've had a Teac X-10R since about 1982.  With it, I use a dbx 224 to remove tape hiss and dbx 3bx range expander. 

Back in the day, I'd spend hours and sometimes days mixing a 10" reel, or simply recording some of my favorite albums.  I don't have the patience or desire to do that anymore, but I still like listening to those old reels.
@kaathesnake, I too am a Brian Wilson lover. I had a Revox A77 Mk.3 in 1975, but used a Teac 2340 (same as the 3340, but with 7" reel capacity, not 10.5") to make some demo recordings with a great songwriter I worked with from '74 to '76. We took the tapes down to Los Angeles, and went to Brian's mansion in Bel-Air to ask him to produce some pro recordings with us. Marilyn wouldn't let us talk to him! The 2340 was surprisingly close in sound quality to the Revox.
@lowrider57 It's very hard to type all the equipment I have, since I have so much! Well, I have an Electro Voice BK-1632 analog board (very nice board, BTW,) that I run 12 audio channels into the reel to reel then use the last 4 channels to mix and master each channel on the tape deck. I have a 2009 MacBook Pro with an 10.11 El Capitan operating system on it, Logic Pro X as my DAW, JBL LSR305 monitors, Stax Lambda Jr. electret headphones, Apex 210 ribbon mic with Lundahl transformer, MXL V69 Mogami Edition tube microphone with Neumann U87 capsule, Blue Bluebird large diaphragm condenser mic, 1960s Sony dynamic mics (I don't know what model, came out of an old Sony tube reel to reel,)supposedly the same types mics that were used to record Bob Dylan and The Band's Basement Tapes,) Focusrite Scarlett 2i2, and cables of all sorts and types, etc, Joemeek stereo tube compressor (that's named after sound pioneer and producer Joe Meek, who tragically killed himself after killing his landlady on February 3, 1967,) Realistic stereo electret condenser mics (which sound very good on acoustic guitars and Hammond organs, BTW,) 1958 beautiful condition Hammond M3 tube organ, Audio Technica ATR 20 dynamic mic (I like to sometimes use it on acoustic guitars and vocals, it has a nice treble presence :) ,) Stage Right Memphis Blue Elvis dynamic mic (mic I got off Monoprice, amazing build quality and sound for something you buy off Monoprice, LOL. Has a very rounded tone, lacks in treble, and somewhat reminds me of a 40s ribbon mic. Very dark tone.) And that about wraps up my list. :)
Best,
Ryan