Recent content by Earsome

Resurgence: http://www.ballfinger.de/tape-recorder-m-063-h5 https://www.thorens.com/images/downloads/datenblatt/englisch/TM1600.pdf

Thorens, Ballfinger and Metaxas disagree! People like me are the market. There is a presumption by many that the music we listen to is the current music produced by the industry. I'm a muso so I have my own recordings and recordings of other bands as well a fat collection of cassettes from...

The lack of market lead by the industry has created a 'bubble' in secondhand prices - a used Akai 4000D upwards of £400 - kinda silly really. Funny that I still have one, and yes I am working on it right now! It still sounds amazing. One of the input channels is blown so I'm fixing that. I am...

Yup.

They were heralded as the new vinyl, the new 'comeback', brand new reel to reel tape machines have been available for just a few years now and they're selling. Apart from Ballfinger and Metaxas there is a new model from Thorens released last summer. But the TM 1600 clocks in at £11k - and it's...

I just upgraded my cartridge from an old Ortofon MM to a Moving Coil by Dynavector. Tiny wires to unclip, two bolts to unscrew -fiddly and nerve-racking but quite possible - a small pair of pliers is handy. You can manage alignment...

I would love to know what the Mission Impossible tape recorder was.. great to see the Akai top of your list. Look where all this has got me: That's a GX 4000D and it's working great. Now listening to a jam session from 2012 recorded on my Tascam 34, thoughtfully to tracks 1 and 3 at 7.5 ips so...

Yes, but still impressive. This thread is a dialogue! I can't believe there is no-one interested in tape. It is great to see that Metaxas say 'there is no argument' about tape being the best there is - scientific fact. So where are all the audiophiles? (it took me a moment to get 'R2R'..)...

So many pictures! Gimme a spec sheet any day. Did I see 117dB? Wow.

Ok! That's good to see, thanks. I was quoting from memory and was thinking of the dbx figure - and isn't it staggering to see 92dB. But the Ballfinger is a very good looking machine at a very high price which is why I said the S/N ratio wasn't 'stunning' - you'd expect better from the looks...

To be clear I think it is massively overpriced - the new releases from gain2 are around £40- 50 but this release is now deleted. The point being that it is a pure analogue product and someone thinks that makes it worth a lot, I passed it by. I just paid £35 for the original.

S/N ratio 68dB on the Ballfinger isn't stunning. The tascam did 86dB I think - 'semi-pro' 4 track machine.

Not redundant at all! Just looking now.. but I would be wary of new boys on the block. You must know the big names in tape? I was making music with a Tascam 34 until quite recently.

I have just scored an unparalleled success in that I have, at last, after waiting years, bought an original copy of the legendary Bitches Brew by Miles Davis. It's not actually in my hands yet, but I thought I'd pose my question anyway because - I already have Bitches Brew - on CD. I won't...