Reel to Reel Anyone
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Symples
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I've wanted a reel to reel for years.
My brother gave me his Revox B77.
However it's only running at 7.5 inches persecond and his recorded reels were at 3.5
I can't start recording until I've copied his reels onto digital.
Mind you, I'd want an Akai 735....... just look at second hand prices on ebay!
My brother gave me his Revox B77.
However it's only running at 7.5 inches persecond and his recorded reels were at 3.5
I can't start recording until I've copied his reels onto digital.
Mind you, I'd want an Akai 735....... just look at second hand prices on ebay!
triangel100
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Yea i'm interested just posted this post but mayby you know this?
Hey i got a question I got a audiosystem with 9 channels and a monoblock in there that is about 20 centemeters wide
It has a black aluminium casing but there is no brand on it.
on the back is a silvercolor on button i think it has been used as a amplifier to put speakers on.
The total lenght of this amplifier is 1.5meters by 25 centimeters.
My question is does anyone know what kind of brand this amplifier could be?
Thanks in advance
Gray
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I've got Grundig and Baird (valve) as well as a little, original "This tape will self destruct in 5:seconds" portable up in the loft.
But never owned anything as good as your Akai or Symple's Revox - good luck to you both.
...I used to play with a Pioneer RT-707 at a cabaret venue I worked at - ridiculously used only for background music. Loved it.
RTR is even more quirky than vinyl - but some say prerecorded reel is the best sound you can get...at a price.
But never owned anything as good as your Akai or Symple's Revox - good luck to you both.
...I used to play with a Pioneer RT-707 at a cabaret venue I worked at - ridiculously used only for background music. Loved it.
RTR is even more quirky than vinyl - but some say prerecorded reel is the best sound you can get...at a price.
abacus
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Had a 4000 many moons ago and it was a great deck for the money, however a Revox was the standard at the time (It was the home version of Studer recorders used in studios) and will cost you a fortune these days.
A Gray said it's going to be expensive for tapes (Particularly pre-recorded ones as they make vinyl, look cheap), so ask yourself the question, "Do you really need it?"
Bill
A Gray said it's going to be expensive for tapes (Particularly pre-recorded ones as they make vinyl, look cheap), so ask yourself the question, "Do you really need it?"
Bill
Deliriumbassist
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A-Line
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I have a ReVox B77 MKII tape deck that I purchased new in 1983 along with a ReVox B780 receiver. My tape machine operates at 7.5ips & 15ips. I've about 600 Ampex 456 10.5" tapes that I recorded music on, 576 of which are of live radio broadcasts of classical music. The other recorded tapes are of certain albums and songs. I don't own any pre-recorded tape reels.
spl84
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Jasonovich
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A-Line
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That is insane. No titles that I even like either...
I made my own tapes. The last time that I bought a batch of Ampex 456 blank recording tape was 2005 at a cost of about €15.00 ea. I bought 24 reels and used those tapes to record a few Beatles records and certain other songs from my rock & roll albums. I had decided to sell my LP12 that I bought in 1983 and buy a CD Player using part of that money.
At the time I wanted to get a CD player and start buying CD's/SACD's so I bought my first CD player in 2006. I also wanted a new turntable at some point. I checked out a few different brands like SME, Kuzma, Simon York, Naim Aro, and Brinkman. The LP12 still sounded better to me so I bought a brand new LP12 Majik table in 2010 and built it up to what I have now.
By 2010 owning a R2R machine had gone from being mostly obscure dead format in 2006 to actually becoming popular again in 2010. Nowadays cassette tapes and cassette decks are starting to become popular again...just saying.
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Jasonovich
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I wonder if this popularity has anything to do with nostalgia or is it simply because people are starting to appreciate physical media that gives a sense of real ownership. Downloading your music and streaming is more impersonal I think.
Jasonovich
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The consensus is, though some people might disagree, R2R is superior to vinyl. You can check out the comments on the web but here's a link.
Why Tape is Better than Vinyl
We take a look at the sound quality and history of reel to reel tape vs vinyl to determine which is the superior sound format.
rxreels.com
A-Line
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I think a lot of people are wanting a physical format now meaning: Owning music that they can actually hold in their hand rather than being stored in a hard drive or Internet cloud somewhere. I still want to play my CD's so I recently bought a new CD player, my last one too.
After trading my previous CD player in towards my current one it cost me €12000.00 but it's also the current top reference player from McIntosh.
I got a €2500.00 credit from my previous player towards my current new one. The current price of the new McIntosh MCD12000 in Europe is about €14500.00.
Also, I think music lovers want to have more engagement with their playback hifi setups too.
If the Internet goes down a lot people won't have any music because audiophiles shun terrestrial FM radio and view mechanical players(playback devices) as not so good for sound. This of course is ridiculous...
Just my opinions.
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Very good for its age, having the advantage of setting the recording levels enhances the sound.
Have great fun taking favourite tracks from my large collection of vinyl and CD's with satisfactory results.
Al ears
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The very reason they were popular in their day but also their downfall. The cost of the device itself and the current cost of pre - recorded media today doesn't help and simply recording your own vinyl to tape doesn't make much sense either. I used to record vinyl to cassette simply so I could use it in my car at the time but recording to reels isn't so useful.
The clue is in the word fun, plus a certain amount of convenience. Each to their own .
podknocker
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There is a large number of people still wanting music on a physical format and do enjoy the tactility of vinyl for example. There is also a large and I believe growing number of people that have moved on from the faff and just want the same quality, or higher, from a NAS drive or streamed online. I can double click on any tune I want and it's there within a second, at decent quality. I have CDs, but I've no interest in them now. The music I own would sound better than the streamed versions, but most of the music I listen to online isn't on CD anyway and if it was, the cost to increase this collection would be astronomical. People are willing to sacrifice a bit of quality, in order to just put something on and enjoy it, without the 'ritual' of vinyl, or even handling CDs etc. Reel to reel masters do offer the pinnacle of music replay, but it's old, bulky and unreliable technology. Again, nostalgia can be a great thing, but it won't improve sound quality. When studio masters are transferred to CD, there is a loss in quality, but the remaining quality is 'locked in' to a CD and is going to stay there for decades. Other formats do not have the capacity to store this information and it's a step down in quality. If you pay for a streaming service using the highest possible studio masters, then this will be the best quality you can get, above CD and way ahead of vinyl. I'm amused that many people think new stuff must be inferior to older machines, but this isn't the case. Pining for the permanent return of vinyl, or reel to reel is akin to wanting wind up car engines and other ancient stuff to return. It's irrational and I'll never understand it.
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Al ears
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Explain convenience. It can turn it to be expensive fun if you don't already own a well maintained machine.
This is why cassettes became so popular, cheap media, cheap devices and my old Sony Walkman Professional would give sound quality not far off reel to reel at a fraction of the price, and in the day you could use the media in your car.
whilst ie have seem cars fitted with a turntable I have never seen one with a reel to reel.
Enjoy!
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I would question the sound quality between cassette and reel to reel.
The reproduction from my Technics 1200 G to tape is pretty impressive for the age of the machine.
Yes I agree cassettes were more portable.
For my convenience I can listen to nearly two hours of my favourite tracks when required.
And yes I do enjoy the physical aspect of the hobby.
Again, each to their own .
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