A while back I had the opportunity to purchase a reel-to-reel deck from the late 70’s. I had reel-to-reel during the 70’s and enjoyed it, especially making custom assortment of music, but the thing died long ago. Even sentimentality wasn’t enough to prompt me to buy this deck, once I realized how expensive the tape is now, both pre-recorded and blank. CD’s and hard drives suit me just fine.
Why do people like reel to reel players?
do They sound all that much better than the other stuff?
they look very cool and remind me of language class when I was younger which was the only place I saw them used. It’s like a record player mounted on the wall where you can watch something spin.
It seems a bit impractical to get the tapes and then to mount them all the time. Cassette players seem a lot better. Cassettes used to be a bit easier to get. Not sure they’re even available anymore. I remember they were double sided just flip them over.