Reel to reel

Some of the best sounding mono LPs were made using 1/2" tape and/or 30 ips speed tape.  For acoustic music, the simpler the microphone setup, the better (2 or 3 mikes back in the late 50s and early 60s).  

After you level match try discerning if you just like your deck electronics or your deck electronics on recorded tape....

Created a thread in the music section so the RtR fans can post what they are listening to.... on RtR tape of course....

enjoy the music !!!!!!  

1/2" 30 ips, that's the spirit. 
But..some master tapes are really old so in certain cases your best master tape dub is original pressing record.

benjie

If analog tape is so flawed then why do recording studios and engineers keep going back to it to produce new remastered versions of albums ?

That some here have noted some of the inherent limitations of tape doesn’t mean we think it’s "so flawed." As you stated, there is no  perfect recording method.

When creating a newly remastered LP, it makes sense to start with the original analog master. No copy made from that master can be higher quality than the original. That’s not to say that you might not prefer a copy of the original, but it can’t contain musical information not present on the master.

Analog Tape is King ! Prove me wrong.

No one can prove that a preference is "wrong." You prefer analog tape, and that’s fine. I like it, too.