Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people.

I had an Akai Reel to Reel deck I bought overseas at a base exchange Rota, Spain in 1981. 

It was a fine piece and sounded fantastic. It even had a plastic dust cover that went over the reels.

I sold it around '93/'94 for what amounts to peanuts.  This was before the internet.

I wish I still had it only because I could sell it for a lot more now.  

I still play my records but that's as far as I will go as far as inconvenience is concerned.  Life's getting too short to be constantly fiddling and not listening.

@ orpheus10

Don’t really see how a R2R is much less trouble than a turntable. Once the table is setup it’s easy. Unless, you are anal and must make adjustments for every record you play.

Pre recorded reel tapes are expensive.

If you record on a R2R it can be very time consuming not to mention a pain if you want to listen to a particular album on a ten inch reel. I remember having a few 10 inch reels full of recorded music but got sick of fast forwarding or backwards to get to a particular album. Then having to take the tape off and putting another on to get to another album.

My deck also had an auto reverse function if you applied a small length of metallic tape at the end of the recorded tape it would reverse. So you could get essentially 6 hrs(?) of music on one 10 in. reel.

No thanks.

I admit that the sound was fantastic though.

Like I said,  I could have sold that rig for a lot more than what I did back in the day.  I hope someone is happy with it.