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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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Just finished reading your review of the review of the Naim Solstice. Been out of vinyl 26 years, but it holds a place close in my heart. When I started listening critically to music I had a 4 track hard wired in one of my Hippiemobiles.
I'm sure some of you in bigger citys had this, but I was living in KC, MO and they would simulcast concerts via FM from Arrowhead Stadium. The first was Peter Frampton. Oh, I put my R2R on 15ips and made a really good recording. 
I'm surprised you members are even surprised that Decaware suggest this set up will blow away ANY analog source by far.
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