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Reel to Reel Woes

My 35+ year old Tascam 4 track finally gave up the ghost.  I told myself when that finally happened I'd upgrade to a Revox B77.  I have 60+ reels of tape that contain music  that can't be replaced.  I am finding basically 2 choices in the Revox market.  Either buy a "works great" but sold "as is" deck for $1,200 - $1,750.  or buy a completely refurbished/rebuilt deck for $5,000.  My system is a fairly high end one (Audio Research, Wilson) so, I'll need something of high sound quality,  Any Ideas would be appreciated.  

Thanks guys!!
jemmer01

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@jemmer01,

If you have 60+ tapes with irreplaceable music, why not go for a *new* high quality machine that will last you another 35 years? IMO, Used or refurbished machines are just not worth their asking price.

http://www.ballfinger.de/tape-recorder-m-063-h5

https://www.unitedhomeproducts.com/reel_to_reel_hq_tape_decks.htm

I am saving up to own m-063 :-) Let’s hope for more R2R titles cause there is nothing else that sounds as sublime as R2R.

Good luck!
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