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Reel to reel

I’m entertaining the idea of purchasing a reel to reel to record my albums on and also use to possibly soften the digital age a bit. Does anyone know where or if NEW blank tapes can be purchased? Are there any thoughts on a resurgence of R2R and if blank media will become more easily accessible?
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orpheus10
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Thank you Atmasphere, Grand Master shows up in the manual as 2 Bias, and 2 EQ, the same as Benjie recommended.
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tomic601
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Love being lectured by someone who does not even own a deck
is there an ignore button on Audiogon ?

any of the zealots complete the homework assignment of listening to your RtR electronics sans tape to discern which part you like or would that strain the flat earth society ?

fun
enjoy the music!!!!!
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tomic601
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Actually you don’t need to waste $ on every cap, try bypassing
but if you insist my two Revox use Wima with Coherent in bypass

of course your entire signal chain will benefit from this... your DAC,  phono preamp, etc
all the way out to and including Speakers

you have changed those also, right ?????
orpheus10
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Tomic, as a matter of fact my preamps have "Black Gate" capacitors; if there is an electrolytic that's not too large, it's "Black Gate". When current equipment fails, I'll switch to Nichicon.

My speakers have Jantzen 0554 3.3uF 800V Z-Superior Capacitors


My aim is ultimate audio, what's yours?
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atmasphere
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Grand Master shows up in the manual as 2 Bias, and 2 EQ, the same as Benjie recommended.
All the new tape formulations are set up so you don't have to tweak the bias or EQ. The Ampex Grand Master became the gold standard in the old days so its a good bet that any new tape you get is aimed at that performance.
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