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How many People own Working Reel to Reel Decks?

I just bought a very nice condition Revox A-77 on Ebay and I have to say I love the sound of tape. I wish I had done this years ago when it made more sense. I see that good quality reel to reel decks are getting snapped up on Ebay and I am wondering who is buying them and what they plan on listening to (prerecorded music or tapes they make). How many people here on audiogon actually own a reel to reel that works and they use it regularly? Thanks.
Mark
mepearson
smeyers
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I own an Akai 4000DS MKII that I bought new over 30 years ago! I haven't used it for quite some time, but have some great original studio recordings on reel which I recorded straight from master tape at a time when I worked in a recording studio. This thread gives me the itch to hook her up again!
mepearson OP
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Mike-Wow!! You own some awesome decks! If your Technics RS-1500 deck is stock, which deck are you using to play back the tape project tapes? The technics doesn't have the IEC playback equalization that was used to make the tape projects's tapes. Please tell us how the tape project tapes sound, specially compared to commerical 71/2ips reel to reel tapes.
mepearson OP
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Please keep us informed of your findings. I would love to know what you think of the Otari decks vs. the Studers and what you think of tape vice LP. I find all of this highly exciting.
Mark
mepearson OP
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Kichoi just made me think of something I could do if anyone is interested. I have Cat Stevens Teaser and the Firecat on LP, CD, and 71/2ips 4 track tapes. We could select a couple of cuts and I could record all 3 formats to a Sony CD recorder that is connected to my Counterpoint SA-5.1 and burn a CD and make it available to those on this thread that would be interested to hear the differences of the 3 formats. I am not going to make a copy of the entire album because this is for educational purposes only and I don't want to get into any type of copy right B.S. If you are interested, send me an email at markpearson@insightbb.com. Let me know what two songs you would prefer to compare from Teaser and the Firecat.
violin
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Years ago in the mid 60s I owned an Ampex F44 r-r and got rid of it in the early 70s for a ReVox A77 deck. Recently I remembered that I had a box full of pre-recorded tapes and also tapes of concerts of live performances of two symphony orchestras that I was playing in at the time while they were being recorded. I wondered how these tapes sounded after so many years so I bought a used Teac R 40S open reel to reel.As a result, I found out how much I had missed in the last25-30 years.
Now I regret that I ever sold either the Ampex or ReVox. Sometimes in this hobby we do not learn how good we have got it until it is too late.
It is great to see how many more of you are listening to R-R tapes.
Good Listening
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