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Is There Any Reason To Buy A Reel-To-Reel Machine Nowadays??

I bought my first reel-to-reel machine in 1977 as a convenience in order to record and play back multiple albums in high fidelity.without having to fool around with my manual turntable.  I was surprised to find out that I preferred the sound of the reel to the turntable.  Along came cd and I could play both sides of an album with the fuss of having to flip it over every 15 minutes.  Now with high a high quality DAC and a computer, you can have uninterrupted high fidelity music for days on end.

No one is making new recordings on reel-to-reel.  The cost of blank tape is exorbitant.  The cost of a good open-reel deck is stratospheric.  So pretty much you're left with recording an LP or a cd to your reel for playback.....what's that??

Please chime in for reasons to buy an open-reel deck today.
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cleeds
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I thought the big boys were using the RTR as a digital source? Am I wrong?
I think so. There can only be disadvantages to putting digital on tape rather than HD or SSD.
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cleeds
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mitch4t
No one is making new recordings on reel-to-reel ...
Please chime in for reasons to buy an open-reel deck today.
There are a handful of places with interesting offerings, such as the Tape Project and Acoustic Sounds. They're too pricey for my tastes, but I keep my reel machines around to play some historic recordings that I have. Someday I'll get around to transferring them to digital.
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