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

I had an Akai Reel to Reel deck I bought overseas at a base exchange Rota, Spain in 1981. 

It was a fine piece and sounded fantastic. It even had a plastic dust cover that went over the reels.

I sold it around '93/'94 for what amounts to peanuts.  This was before the internet.

I wish I still had it only because I could sell it for a lot more now.  

I still play my records but that's as far as I will go as far as inconvenience is concerned.  Life's getting too short to be constantly fiddling and not listening.

That was a totally erroneous statement; a reel is much less trouble than a turntable. I bought a reel in order to listen to a number of records without getting up to turn them over, and as a matter of fact my first reel was an Akai.

Face it, you wish you hadn't sold it because you would really like to hear the pristine beauty of that Akai reel again.

I don't know why radio stations play poor sounding 78s, even acoustically recorded pre-1925.  I have 7,000 78s, 100,000+ on CDs and LPs superbly remastered and they sound fine within their sonic limitations.  

As to the Masterlink, it is an adequate recording device.  I don't use it for live recording.  I use it solely for copying and editing recordings to CD format.  I prefer DAT recording to RR for ease of use and have great recordings on DAT.  

All I have to say right now is ... Ahhh!

Listening to Closer to Home by Grand Funk on 7.5ips pre recorded tape and it is really well recorded.

If buying pre recorded tapes I tend to only buy 7.5ips ones.

Very nice indeed.

@uberwaltzSome 3 3/4 will surprise you! I think I said it before, Jethro Tulls Aqualung on 3 3/4 tape is the best way to appreciate that album.