Just heard White Stripes Elephant on Reel to Reel!

@ddzstereo You make good points.  It does make you think about what type of treatment and processing the masters have gone through.  

I don't golf and my other hobby (playing music) costs nothing. So, I'm not opposed to developing a collection of tape. 

I cannot say I've heard this recording but I have heard at several audio shows over the years master tapes played in the MBL rooms and they were very very impressive in most cases.

It made me wonder about the what has been 'done' to the majority of the tracks that have sold to the public on other medium.

Sadly, I just cannot justify starting a new music library in this format.