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

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. 

Brett
You could be right but I cannot afford Aqualung in any reel format!

Lol