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

oh, come on, let's keep it reel ... 

I've noticed the collector market is booming for restored Reel 2 Reels. I will find and restore one for resale, to finance a new turntable. 

@mads1i am looking for a deck that has the following:
-auto reverse
-a dedicated tapehead out
-adjustable playback eq 
-3 3/4 and 7 1/2 playback

can you suggest something? Thanks!

Chalker, the things you won’t understand about music could fill the whole universe.

1: rappers that sample recordings that are the artistic property of others are not manufacturing anything that they can legally call their own artistic property. 

2: Rock and Roll is not the same thing as country or folk music. Your suggestion that it is, is as absurd as saying that rap/hiphop is the same thing as disco. 

3: Jazz artists that involve themselves with rappers are only reducing themselves to the same level as rappers. They are no more artists than the rest of the filthy degenerates that produce rap/hiphop. 

4: rap/hiphop doesn’t require sound quality. It is a colossal waste of hundreds of thousands of SL-1200mk2 turntables every year, and doesn’t even remotely require the capability of a child’s toy record player let alone a reel to reel tape deck.