Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people.

I don't know why radio stations play poor sounding 78s, even acoustically recorded pre-1925.  I have 7,000 78s, 100,000+ on CDs and LPs superbly remastered and they sound fine within their sonic limitations.  

As to the Masterlink, it is an adequate recording device.  I don't use it for live recording.  I use it solely for copying and editing recordings to CD format.  I prefer DAT recording to RR for ease of use and have great recordings on DAT.  

All I have to say right now is ... Ahhh!

Listening to Closer to Home by Grand Funk on 7.5ips pre recorded tape and it is really well recorded.

If buying pre recorded tapes I tend to only buy 7.5ips ones.

Very nice indeed.

@uberwaltzSome 3 3/4 will surprise you! I think I said it before, Jethro Tulls Aqualung on 3 3/4 tape is the best way to appreciate that album. 

Brett
You could be right but I cannot afford Aqualung in any reel format!

Lol

Long Live R2R.

Analog must involve physical wear. We deal with it, happily.  Analog simply gets the overtones right. That's why it is so Involving. 

I play Sgt. Pepper's (anything I have in all 3 formats) on CD, then LP, then R2R. EVERYONE prefers LP to CD, and EVERYONE prefers R2R to LP.

Play  In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, CD, LP, .. now play R2R, you can hear him say "In the Garden of Eden".

Play 1st Moody Blues Album, Go Now, before Justin, when they were a piano based blues band. Hear hard driven piano, muddy/mushy on LP, play R2R, it sounds awesome. 

Rare Earth, ... Anything 

I play McIntosh 300 wpc transistor, then 30 wpc tube amp, EVERYONE picks the tubes.

Come over here, we will listen, you will leave with tears of joy.