Best looking reel to reel

I’m looking for a really cool looking reel to reel. Something super gnarly, like the TEAC from Pulp Fiction. What are your favorite choices?

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willemj Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,036 posts 11-07-2017 at 07:21am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Studer for the ultimate in techno quality. For design quality I think there were also some Braun models designed by Dieter Rams. Nothing has ever come close for esthetic beauty.
willemj Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,036 posts 11-07-2017 at 03:27pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Sadly, finding something that sounds good is the easy part these days. Any decent handheld solid state digital recorder will sound better than even the Studer. The beauty of these old recorders is their refined mechanical quality, and the look and feel that comes with that. It is for the same nostalgic reason that I have not yet sold my LP12 turntable with its classically beautiful SME arm, or my old analogue Nikons.
willemj Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,036 posts 11-07-2017 at 08:07pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Mine is the SME 3009 series II improved. The later series III is a better arm, but for looks I still think it is trumped by the series II. And the V15iii MR was a great cartridge with vastly superior tracking (sadly no longer supported). Even so, the arrival of digital represented a clear improvement.