I love Mac, BUT Mark Ls, WOW. If they are in good sonic order, I would be hard pressed to turn it down.. Sure would be nice to side by side. If you could afford it, then sell ay?
The thing about Mac is the service AND they have a good machine for just what you're doing... Tape and vinyl. The CD part... Like I said can you afford to have both? At least for a tape/CD recording session. One may be better sonically, as a play back rig and the other better for your recording?
Macs are tough to beat in that department.. How they measure up to ML, sonically.. I'll take the ML. With a Mac amp, it might be a toss up.. A/B is the best...
I'm close to the same deal though. Just waiting on a few parts.. I always loved RtR or cassette for that matter, just not to fond of the SQ on the cassettes.
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