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In Reply to: RE: The idea of "graduating" to computer audio .. posted by Dave Pogue on July 04, 2014 at 05:53:56
"graduating" to computer audio was a poor choice of words.
I have my vinyl collection, CDs, and box of SACDs but since I'm getting outstanding performance from my computer setup, not to mention the convenience, the physical media is in storage.
I'll admit that vinyl is fun and I enjoy the outstanding audio quality it offers but I'm getting comparably great results from the computer, DAC, and hi-res music files.
Reel-to-Reel? I wouldn't know where to buy music on reel-to-reel, 8-track, cassette, wire, wax cylinder, or other ancient media. ;-)
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Just to address your last paragraph, and not disagreeing with your main points: there are almost 11,000 postings right now on Ebay's reel-to-reel site, many of which offer multiple tapes. I currently buy a couple tapes there each week.
Wow, I had no idea. eBay to the rescue.
Yeah, when I started checking eBay for open reel tapes, not that long ago, there were only about 3,000 entries on any given day and the tapes were going for a, er, song. Now you're lucky to get a 4-track copy of Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" for under $200 (twice that, at least, for a 2-track version). Yet I just picked up a pristine "Pal Joey" by Andre Previn, Shelly Mann and Red Mitchell, recorded by the iconic Roy DuNann, for ten bucks. And its sonics just blow away those of my vinyl copy.
It helps if you're a lover of 70s-era pop (Jim Nabors, anyone? I thought not), And the sound quality does run the gamut from quite stunning to quite awful. But there are gems to be found if you're patient, and the currently buyer-friendly policies of eBay make it pretty easy to get your money back if you wind up with a loser. As, believe me, I have.
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