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In Reply to: RE: You all saw this,yes? -- a "new" reel to reel deck coming from Switzerland posted by stellavox on May 27, 2014 at 04:46:11
This is my concern. I'd seriously consider getting into R2R if it were more affordable. As it is, the cost of content is off-putting. Perhaps if I could buy lots of tape stock cheaply, I'd think again.
But I'll be keeping an eye out and will probably pick up those AAA lps too.
big j.
"... only a very few individuals understand as yet that personal salvation is a contradiction in terms."
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"As it is, the cost of content is off-putting."
Yes, that is a bugger. At $60 for a 10.5" reel of 1/4" blank tape, it ain't cheap - especially if it's 2500 feet and you're burning it at 15 ips 2-track!
For live stuff, I record at 15 ips; for albums, it's 7.5.
I have three, count 'em - three - reels of blank Quantegy 499 still left, and when it's used, that's it. I'm not buying any more just to play with. I'll start digitizing and re-using. Fortunately, I haven't used a tape in over a year. Everything I do these days is direct to hard drive at 24/88. Still, it's cool and fun to "roll tape"!
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I would love to buy newly made reels of tape. Really. I love audio and the analogue hobby as a whole. But without that circumstance, R2R is really a rich man's folly!
That said, am always happy to be proved wrong - especially in this instance.
big j.
"... only a very few individuals understand as yet that personal salvation is a contradiction in terms."
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