But these are not what you probably hope for. You don't get an album... not at all. You might get a tape with three takes of the same song, all properly spliced together, with white leader separating the takes, and with calibration test tones. The typical 10.5" reel runs for about 15 minutes at that speed, so the best you can expect is three pieces of music per tape.

Do I regret getting them? Not really. It is fun sorting through them, making my own notes, and finding some interesting cuts. The price I paid was fair and not ridiculous... so I might do more of that.

The sound quality ranges from very good to sublime... even if the music is not exactly my cup of tea. And that playing through the Ampex internal circuitry, I have no 30ips head preamp... not yet, anyway.

 Acoustic Sounds sells R to R albums for $450. - oldmkvi 09:08:06 05/30/21 (1)
 RE: Acoustic Sounds sells R to R albums for $450. - geoffkait 12:57:32 05/31/21 (0)
 Ordered second batch - Victor Khomenko 07:40:59 05/28/21 (3)

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 Acoustic Sounds sells R to R albums for $450. - oldmkvi 09:08:06 05/30/21 (1)
 RE: Acoustic Sounds sells R to R albums for $450. - geoffkait 12:57:32 05/31/21 (0)
 Ordered second batch - Victor Khomenko 07:40:59 05/28/21 (3)
 Which recordings?... - kootenay 12:58:25 05/28/21 (2)
 Will let you know... - Victor Khomenko 15:49:49 05/28/21 (1)
 A question for you... - kootenay 12:27:30 05/31/21 (0)
 RE: So you want studio master tapes... be careful what you wish for. - John Elison 03:33:41 05/18/21 (20)
 That would kill the whole idea... - Victor Khomenko 04:23:12 05/18/21 (19)
 Not necessarily! - John Elison 05:22:06 05/18/21 (18)
 That is a long philosophical discussion - Victor Khomenko 06:20:37 05/18/21 (17)
 No it's not! It's not a discussion at all.... - John Elison 06:36:16 05/18/21 (16)
 OK, I get it... - Victor Khomenko 06:43:46 05/18/21 (15)
 Yup!... - kootenay 11:17:37 05/18/21 (14)
 Sorry guys... - geoffkait 06:44:30 05/19/21 (13)
 А cassette will do when nothing better is available. - Victor Khomenko 08:35:09 05/31/21 (3)
 Cassettes are very (rpt very) unrated. Musicality and dynamics up the wazoo! Nt - geoffkait 09:05:18 05/31/21 (2)
 OK, as long as your wazoo is small. :) - Victor Khomenko 10:43:51 05/31/21 (1)
 It's not what you use, it's how you use it...- - geoffkait 08:56:08 06/05/21 (0)
 Except for the wow and flutter, and noise, hey! nt - oldmkvi 09:09:13 05/30/21 (2)
 Plus the dynamics, transparency, and the sense of being there. - Victor Khomenko 08:36:40 05/31/21 (0)
 RE: Except for the wow and flutter, and noise, hey! nt - geoffkait 04:31:56 05/31/21 (0)
 RE: Sorry guys... - Victor Khomenko 07:01:12 05/19/21 (5)
 RE: Sorry guys... - geoffkait 12:07:23 05/19/21 (0)
 Calm down people... - kootenay 10:49:22 05/19/21 (3)
 There is room for reconciliation - Victor Khomenko 11:04:04 05/19/21 (2)
 Yes! - kootenay 11:36:06 05/19/21 (1)
 It is even more beautiful in person... - Victor Khomenko 12:00:35 05/19/21 (0)

• TASCAM DA-3000 at Sweetwater

Anyway, I've heard what a 1/2" tape sounds like from the Studer A820 reel to reel machine. A salesman who used to manage a high-end store has two of them. One was for playback only and the other one was for record and playback. They were both housed on an OEM Studer machines cart with wheels. He tried to sell me one of them, but due to the lack of funds, I've ended up buying the Revox A77 instead from him of which he has three laying around. According to him, he bought them from one of the recording studios that went out of business.

In hindsight, I wish I was able to afford it.

This is a hobby and not the end of all things so let's not involved the Gods in the debate. Anyway, the Teac DA-30 MKII has finally given up the ghost so I purchased another one the Sony PCM 2300 that I got for a reasonable price. The unit was in excellent condition and without any scratches that I can see. I can tell that it hasn't been used very much.

Right now I'm using it as a transport connecting to my DAC via coaxial cable. The sound is quite good which is a little bit better than the Teac in terms of resolution resolving power.

Beautiful. Speaking of which do you want another one? eBay has one available for sale which will probably need tender loving care. The DASH tapes are difficult to find nowadays I'm sure you have a stash of them.

I wish I knew how to use the oscilloscope and soldering iron.

• FYI...

Geoff Kait
Machina Dynamica
Not too chicken to change

I am buying bulk.

A couple of days ago I received my 30ips, 1/2" calibration tape, and tweaked my Ampex a bit.

Also now can set up the EQ on two of my 1/4" external head preamps to 30ips.

Vinyl, except for the pops and clicks. CDs except for the crappy sound and missing information. Streaming except for the blah sound. :-)

Tape is a natural medium. It breathes.

"If I could explain it to the average guy they wouldn't have given me the Nobel price."

Why is it that my Genesis Digital Lens can't synchronize with my Sony PCM 2300 DAT? According to the Genesis manual, you can use it on any digital sources such as CDP, Laser disk, and DAT machines. It synchronizes well with my CDP so no problems there, however, I don't have a laser disk machine so I don't know if it behaves the same way as with the DAT machine. Could be the digital coaxial cable is the culprit? Any ideas?