Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people.

I have a Technics RS1500 and love tape but it is more hands on than streaming or the 1000 albums on a hard drive. Question to all here is how many of you use an outboard preamp like Bottlehead and  others?
Is it really worth the cost and effort? 

There is at least 28 people in the world who are lusting over a working Elcaset player. There is one currently at $360 and 28 bids. R2Rs are a little more common. Move over R2R, Elcaset is the coolest kid on the block now.

Glupson.

Don’t forget the DAT machines, lots of those being sold on eBay too.

Unlike the Elcaset, DAT media is plentiful and fairly affordable.

Ah shoot, I forgot they all need to be " put out of their misery".

Better empty my eBay watch lists now.
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uberwaltz,

I have not forgotten DAT which was, at least for some time, a professional's choice. I had it on my mind when someone implied "tape is better because digital sucks". Not that I think that DAT is phenomenal, but it does exist, it is a tape, and it is digital. Still, my heart goes to DCC. It played regular cassettes, too. I wanted to like MiniDisc (another radio station workhorse), but it does make a case for "digital sucks" more often than not. This Elcaset is intriguing, though.

OK, here’s on for the trolls. Who would prefer to listen to a Nak cassette deck, Elcaset, DAT or other medium instead of some of my distribution master tapes on a 15 IPS Studio R2R?
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