Revox Introduces A New Reel-To-Reel Deck...$16k

Yup, I saw it on picture. I'd rather get old Studer and have it serviced and calibrated. Too expensive, anyway.

All I can say is; IMHO 15ips 2T tape can have the best SQ of any medium, albeit at a stupid price. For example, Lyn Stanley, London With A Twist, or Norah Jones, Come Away With Me, both these recording, and others, make people think they are listening to live music in my home, that good! Why do you think a lot of high end equipment manufacturers are using R2R tape to demonstrate their products at audio shows?

I previously owned a restored Revox B77 MK2 HS tape deck, eventually replaced it with a PR99 MK2 deck, fully restored and rebuilt by techtrader (https://www.techtrader.ch). Not only does this tape deck sound fantastic it also looks incredibly beautiful to me. I have no commercial affiliation with techtrader, their products are as good as you can get at approximately half the cost of a new Revox B77 MK3 deck.

FWIW, I also use a high end TT (Michell Engineering GyroDek, SME IV and Clearaudio Maestro V2 Ebony cartridge) and stream via an Aurender N10 running Quobuz. Neither source comes close to matching the PR99 MK2 tape deck in terms of SQ, that good!

I recently heard an expensive copy of the Nora Jones tape and it is indeed terrific sounding.  But, not only are good tapes exceedingly expensive, the selection of music is very limited.  Still, I  have been pleasantly surprised by what does occasionally show up, like a tape a friend has of Shostakovich string quartets; that seems pretty obscure to me.  

At a show I heard a new reel to reel machine that has come on to the market (can't remember the maker) and it was quite good.  I hope the new Revox is also good even though I don't think I will ever get a tape machine myself (I am way too lazy and lacking in funds for that).