Refurbished/Rebuilt Reel To Reel Tape Deck


After reading Ken Kessler's article in the December issue of HiFi News on; "Investigation - Keeping it reel", my interest in this music format has piqued. The reel to reel tape revival seems to be gathering momentum. My question is; who in the USA can supply a fully refurbished/rebuilt Revox B77 MK11, HS, 2T tape deck? Comments on other tape decks to consider would be much appreciated. Similarly, your thoughts on the SQ of this format compared to vinyl, CD and digital downloads.
mgattmch

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My totally rebuilt and recapped Pioneer 707 is simply amazing.

I play a mixture of pre recorded tapes ( when I can find them at reasonable prices) and my own recorded tapes from Qobuz hires streams.
If you have not tried that method you need to!

OP
I had a Revox B77 HS unit but running at 15ips uses a lot of tape very fast.
Plus you then only have 7.5 and 15ips speeds.
All pre recorded tapes are 3.75 and 7.5 ips only.
So you would not be able to play the 3.75ips tapes.

To play all commercially available pre recorded tapes you need a machine that does 3.75 and 7.5 4 track.

Good luck, R2R is a wonderful world!