reel to reel

I don't think I could live without reel to reel. Most all decks made in the late 60's, 70 and 80 were well made machines. Teac, Akai, Sony, Revox, Technics, Crown, Otari, Pioneer, all these machines were well made. Akai used glass ferrite heads which seem to never wear out. My Sony TC-755 from 1974 is used daily, and show absoultely no sign of head wear from the ferrite and ferrite heads. I have had quite a few Teacs which I enjoyed and also a Revox B77 and A77. It is really hard to go wrong with any of these. The only machine I really didn't care much for was my Akai GX 625. It sounded fine, performed well but didn't seem to be as strong running as my Teac 3300s or my Sony TC-755. My Revox B77 required motor repairs when it was only five years old, but that was probably an exception. If you purchase one, try to get one from the original owner who knows the machines history. Also, keep in mind that Otari,Revox,Pioneer and Teac still support their old machines. Sony, Crown, Dokorder, Technics, Akai, etc do not.

Here's the correct link to the site that you may find helpful:

http://www.angelfire.com/electronic2/vintagetx/

Sorry for the earlier mispost.

I bought three from ebay. A teac 3300 mint w/box $175, Teac A-3340S $80, and a pioneer 701 $100. I have seen some absolute mint decks on ebay for reasonable coin that I would like to have bought, 3 is enough for now I guess. Try and get one with original box cos they are heavy buggers.

I have an Otari MX5050-BII 2 this a two track play and record deck, it also has a four track playback head as well. Great deck it is a work horse.

I agree with Slipknot1 here and have gone through the same procedure as he has. I also own an Otari and am happy with both machines.