Was Beta as good as or better than reel to reel?

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I had a vhs hifi machine back in the mid-80's. I used it to make audio recordings. It did an excellent job, but it sounded nowhere near as good as my Dokorder reel-to-reel machine. I'd heard so much about how good beta was supposed to be for audio back then. Admittedly, most of what I read was what was in the Sony advertisements.
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Elcassette! How old are you anyway???
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Viridian, I'm older than you are. After Googling the wire recorder, I feel very fortunate to experience the audio wonders of the 21st century.

Slikric, never heard of the mini 8 track tape. Googled it, and it was one weird animal.
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