Technicians with knowledge about these things are getting more rare these days, unless someone gets really involved and devotes a good time on them. Generally spares can be found relatively easy depending on deck and blank tapes are not so expensive. But still it is the most expensive format to keep. Surely an eye catcher with great sonics. Currently own a Revox B77MKII 4 track, two speed 3 1/4 & 7 1/2, a box full of spares and a good number of tapes, mostly RMG SM911, SM468 and Maxell XLI.
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.
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.