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In Reply to: RE: See? That wasn't so hard. posted by Inmate51 on August 13, 2014 at 09:10:41
I didn't really know where to add this but,..
This thread is exactly what happens when these eBay safety master type tapes are discussed.
In this particular thread there are many of the reel to reel faithful and I think each of us know a number of others who don't participate in this forum.
So, how is it, that not one of us knows someone who has even heard one of these tapes?
Now I do understand that there are a few well healed tape lovers out there who have been buying entire collections of safety/production masters when they're come up for sale from either the engineers, studio owners etc. usually when the facilities have closed, moved or just plain needed the space (I have a 1/2" jazz safety that was dumped because it was redundant and the bean counters wanted that 1/2").
That's a whole different thing IMHO.
And maybe a couple want to preserve their "happy hunting grounds" and I truly sympathize with that.
But when not one person wants to brag about the sound of these tapes to any of us, I assume that they aren't worth the money.
Follow Ups:
It's not like AA's Tape Trail is read religiously by, say 50 people.
And it's not like these, say 50 people, are sufficiently well-heeled to consider popping $400 each for a tape of admittedly questionable provenance.
Maybe I should have been a little more detailed in my last post.
As far as I know, this is the first time this subject has been addressed on the Tape Trail but it has be discussed a few times over on the Tape Project Forum (I'm the moderator there).
And while it's sad to say that both this and the Tape Project's attendance has been lacking the past year or so, we still get quite a few "views" on the subject of any potential source of great sounding tapes.
This is usually well over 1000.
So, what I should have made clear was that these are just WAG's but this thread is not what I'm basing them on but rather just adds fuel to that particular fire.
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