Just wanted to introduce myself.

Hi, Ryan.
  As a young guy, how did you get involved with reel to reel?
   I've had my hands on many 1/4" and half inch decks in my profession. I wish I could afford to invest in R-R for my home system.

What decks have you owned and what tape stock have you tried? Ever buy any NOS stock, by that I'm referring to virgin or one-pass vintage tape?

Ryan, do you have a studio setup with a console? Can you tell us what associated gear you are using?

Yes @dweller , there were decks that recorded at 30ips. Before my time.

Ryan, it's so cool you are in touch with Brian Wilson.
And very cool that you're working with pro gear. My favorite deck was the Ampex 440, a real workhorse. Definitely need to have an engineer on staff to keep those up and running.

There are threads about tape stock and which is the best new production brand... SO expensive.

Hey Ryan, thanks for listing your studio gear. I'm very impressed. I have visions of George Martin working in your studio.

Have you heard of The Tape Project? They are committed to high-end analogue music production.