Reel to reel

Nor only do you turn the speakers off when recording, you turn everything off that is not needed. But that's not why tape has an advantage in certain elements of sound even when it is a recording from vinyl. Besides, speaking of vinyl reproduction, playing records is a very 'bumpy' ride and there is nothing you can do about it, that's how it is. Yes, top level set-up minimizes it but it is still there. Vinyl is not a true audiophile format, understand and accept this, people, once and for all.

Ralph,

If no one has taken your offer of the Revox B-77, I would like it and no shipping necessary. I will drive up and pick it up myself. Will call you in next couple of days.

Thanks
Norbert

I have been down the R2R route a couple of times during the last 20 years with a pioneer rt901 and the otari 5050BL. The Otari is a much better deck with balanced input/outputs and 15ips. 10” tapes are pricey and at 15ips, it doesn’t take long to use up the tape. 15ips was the only way to go for the best SQ. My goal was to record all my vinyl. After playing around for awhile, I thought it was kind of foolish to do this. I have records from the 70’s and tape doesn’t last this long. I thought about joining a tape club but they didn’t have what I wanted and it was pricey. I did buy some prerecorded tapes at 3.75ips or 7.5ips and they sucked. So I sold them and never looked back

I understand. But for me open reel deck would make perfect sense. I don't play most of my records entirely so I have to jump and move the needle. I would make compilations. Another idea, very difficult to realize, is to find master tape dubs of the performances that were never released. Just take a listen on youtube, there is a lot more than officially released material. Pre-recorded easily available tapes, in addition to being extremely expensive, is not the music that I would listen to, perhaps with a few exceptions. No, tapes won't live as long as records but you can play them hundreds of times without any signal loss. I would sell most of my records after making recordings, except most valuable. German Audiophile Society is said to be the best place to look for rare stuff, I bet you better have connections there, any way. Legally, it is probably very much a grey area, but in any case it is seller's problem.