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How many People own Working Reel to Reel Decks?

I just bought a very nice condition Revox A-77 on Ebay and I have to say I love the sound of tape. I wish I had done this years ago when it made more sense. I see that good quality reel to reel decks are getting snapped up on Ebay and I am wondering who is buying them and what they plan on listening to (prerecorded music or tapes they make). How many people here on audiogon actually own a reel to reel that works and they use it regularly? Thanks.
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albertporter
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Late to this party, but I love my reel to reel. I have a Technics 1520 with balanced and RCA out. I have a few tapes, maybe 200?
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I've compared every Tape Project tape to the best Lp pressing of that same performance on my Rockport tt. the Tape Project tapes pretty much smoke any Lp. A tape made from those LPs even on my Rockport would not be quite as good as the LP, let alone as good as The Tape Project tape.

Agree, I have two tape machines now, Technics 1520 and Studer A810 Mk2, both smoke any turntable ever made. The real problem is availability of software.

There are easily several hundred thousand great LPs but every tape title ever made on open reel would amount to perhaps a few hundred. To reach that total some would be the terrible 3.75 IPS commercial tapes from 1960s found used Flea Bay :^).

That being said, I will not give up on open reel tape, it's wonderful to have a reference source that's clearly several steps closer to perfection so I can "reset" my standards button when evaluating various turntables, arms and cartridges.
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