orpheus10
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| Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people. I became seriously involved in HI-FI VCR's after purchasing what I considered the best ever, it was head and shoulders above the rest, although I do recall owning a Panasonic; I know they made some good one's.After this VCR broke and I was unable ... | |
| Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people. There is one vintage recorder that no body mentioned; it was my favorite, I owned one that was as good if not better than my reel, and it was more convenient. The one I owned was hi-end and I don't even remember the name, but if I took the time t... | |
| R.I.P. Dr. John Although my preferred genre of music is jazz, I always got a kick out of "The Night Tripper's" music. He was "Nawlins" through and through and that included "Hoodoo"; his album Creole Moon has a picture of "Baron Samedi" on the cover; he's one of... | |
| R.I.P. Dr. John He died "towards the break of day" on Thursday, of a heart attack, a statement has confirmed. He was 77.Dr. John was the soul of "Nawlins"; his music personified that city and all the great musicians it produced that went before him; he stated tha... | |
| Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people. That was a totally erroneous statement; a reel is much less trouble than a turntable. I bought a reel in order to listen to a number of records without getting up to turn them over, and as a matter of fact my first reel was an Akai.Face it, you w... | |
| Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people. There are 101 reasons to choose digital over tape, but audio quality is not one of them.Even here, many will agree that digital is a close second to reel, but in the dark silence of late night audio, when audiophiles are at their keenest perceptio... | |
| Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people. Vinnny, I have never been out of the R2R game. I recall my first reel that I purchased from Tipton appliance in the early 70's; they had a room with nothing but R2R decks lining the walls; Pioneer, Crown, AKAI, Sony, TEAC; many different models o... | |
| Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people. "Its such an inconvenient format that can be equalled by nakamichi easily in tape decks.Retire it please put them in museums.""You must be smoking some of thot Jamaican Spliff Mon" | |
| How far have ss amps really come in the last twenty years? "But is a modern resistor or capacitor really better sounding than what they used 50 years ago? Are modern amplifier circuits significantly different from the classic ones? To a basic amplifier circuit, all you can add is complexity, and that, in ... | |
| How far have ss amps really come in the last twenty years? After a lifetime of success in modifying components with spectacular results, I’m going to share with you my latest endeavor, which is still in progress, but so far has been a series of errors.To begin with, I didn’t make proper evaluation of the ... | |
| Reel to reel First,I want to offer my sincere condolences for your loss, it's a numbing experience we have all been through.I enjoyed reading your post, it tracked with my own experiences, minus the master dupe tapes (too rich for my blood). I also concur wit... | |
| How far have ss amps really come in the last twenty years? As Stringreen stated, amp designs have not changed so much in the last twenty years, but quality of parts has. You can get a mind blowing upgrade in the same amp, by upgrading capacitors, diodes and resistors without changing the design one iota.T... | |
| Reel to reel Another reason to own a reel. The other day, one of my expensive NOS tubes in my phono pre went belly up, and presently I can't afford another pair; now records are not so impressive.But there is good news, while the phono pre was cooking on all ... | |
| Reel to reel Plus you can roll NOS tubes and get more monies worth than you paid. Notice, I stated NOS tubes because they last longer and sound better, you wont regret it.Have fun. | |
| DIFFICULT PROBLEM WITH A REPAIR SERVICE- French-fries, I'm interjecting a comment from the perspective of someone who has owned many different brands of reel to reel decks, including a Teac 2000R. I'm also a retired "industrial" electronics technician who repairs his own stuff.I had no ... |