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| A New Reel to Reel Tape Deck? Inna,Ampex made incredible machines. For years they were the defacto studio machines in use. Popularity declined with stiff competition coming from Sony and Studer in the studios. Ampex studio machine were over built, similar to Crown 822's and ... | |
| Pickering v15 Series 4 Mystery Schubert, As with any old cartridge fitting a new stylus assembly is a must. ADC and Sonus! Liked them both very much. I still have several vintages cartridges that I will swap in when the mood strikes. My two all time favorites are the Denon 103... | |
| A New Reel to Reel Tape Deck? Well J-corder is entitled to his opinion. I used to do studio work I the late 70's early 80's. I've seen Pioneer, Ampex, Sony, Studer, Scully, TEAC, Tascam, Otari and Crown. Most machines were Sony's/MCI mixing down to Studers or Ampex. Older stu... | |
| Reel to Reel uses - c1ferrari,Sam, I hate to ask but is there a huge difference with the half inch tape? Are you running it at 30ips?N | |
| Reel to Reel uses - alectiong,Tapes of my LP's sound like the LPs. I don't think they sound better, but I have heard that before and I don't believe there would be a different unless someone is under biasing the tape and exaggerating the highs. N | |
| Pickering v15 Series 4 Mystery schubert!Absolutely! The Pickering XVS 3000 is one of the most impressive cartridges I've ever heard. Pull out some old reviews, everyone loved it and with good reason. They are worth searching out even today. Very dynamic and detailed. A tru... | |
| Pickering v15 Series 4 Mystery cleeds,V15 moniker I believe referred to the then prefer stylus angle. Both Shure and Pickering used this.N. | |
| A New Reel to Reel Tape Deck? larryi,There is actually quite a bit now being offered. United Home Audio has a page with links to many selling quality master copies. A Google search will show you even more. I believe this is just going to grow as it has with LP production an... | |
| A New Reel to Reel Tape Deck? cleeds -Yes I see that. But you and I know that product launches are often delayed. Being a Stereophile related link (Analog Planet), I figured there must be some credibility to the source. Still waiting, and wondering if anyone else had heard ... | |
| A New Reel to Reel Tape Deck? inna,That's what I was thinking. I sent the link to our audio friend 'thuchan' hoping he would be able to find out or maybe has heard something. He regularly attends the Munich high end show.Studer is in the best position for this I think. As p... | |
| Reel to Reel uses - alectiong,The UHA machines are fantastic especially if they are in your budget. You can however find well maintained Otari's, Tascams, Pioneers, Studers, for much less. All of these machines will have the needed IEC eq profile, high speed and ... | |
| Krell KSA 100s: Your Thoughts The KSA 50, while much less power, was the best sound Krell I've ever heard. To me it was much like a Mark Levison ML-2 on steroids. Either Krell will deliver more bass slam, and that can be impressive, but I don't think either would be more 'musi... | |
| Pickering v15 Series 4 Mystery This is a near bottom of the line Pickering that came installed on many BSR and Garrard record changers. Tracked at about 2 grams. I think you could buy one in the early 70's for something like $15.00. Sounds good doesn't it? Pickering/Stanton mad... | |
| What is the best Reel To Reel machine ever built? I remember levinson building maybe modifying is more accurate a half track 1/4 inch tape deck back in late 79 or 80, but can't remember what is was based on. I remember trying to find one to listen too. No one had one.Can't for the life of me rem... | |
| adcom 555II vs mcintosh 2255 No. I've had a lot of Mcintosh gear. I liked all of it, but it wasn't the best sound I've heard. I am not an Adcom fan at all, but the original 555 was a Nelson Pass design and it was (still is) an incredible amp. From what I understand the MKII... |