RE: Buying R2Rs on Ebay is a complete crapshoot

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In Reply to: Buying R2Rs on Ebay is a complete crapshoot posted by vinyl phanatic on May 21, 2013 at 20:21:28:

Ironically, Chris, in the the second case I mentioned, the tape came from Reel-Lady's sister :-)

I definitely agree with you about 2-track tapes on Ebay. And a dirty little secret -- in some (many?) cases, they weren't all that great in the first place. I have played a number of 2-tracks borrowed from a friend who no longer has a deck to play them on -- I'm talking early Reiner and other Living Stereo tapes dating to the mid-50s -- and for whatever reason, they can sound WAY worse than the equivalent vinyl. Still, they go for three-figures on Ebay and the prices seem to keep going up.

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Topic - It's such fun to buy tapes on Ebay. - Dave Pogue 05:40:57 05/20/13 (3)

Buying R2Rs on Ebay is a complete crapshoot - vinyl phanatic 20:21:28 05/21/13 (1)

RE: Buying R2Rs on Ebay is a complete crapshoot - Dave Pogue 04:02:27 05/22/13 (0)

RE: It's such fun to buy tapes on Ebay. - Awe-d-o-file 13:13:57 05/20/13 (0)

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RE: Buying R2Rs on Ebay is a complete crapshoot - Dave Pogue 04:02:27 05/22/13 (0)

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