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Posted by Dave Pogue (A) on November 4, 2021 at 14:03:55

In Reply to: Yep, I fat fingeted the 1 posted by Ozzie on November 4, 2021 at 13:26:46:

The Acoustic Sounds tapes -- I currently have two of them, one borrowed -- are on RTM SM900 tape stock, which costs ME about $100 per. And you need two tapes/reels/boxes to accommodate each performance. They are dubbed from the master tapes on fully restored, ungodly expensive and nearly unobtanium Ampex tubed tape recorders from the 1960s. The packaging is unreal. Chad Kassem could have gotten away with a lot less expensive packages (you should see the MAILER) and I give him great credit for coming up with some 36 different tapes.

Now, do I recommend that everyone pop for these and other available 15 ips, 2-track, most of which cost a lot less than Chads?

No.

Open reel tape is the ultimate "hair shirt" medium. You can't quickly find any particular track on a 10.5" reel, once you've paid a bunch for a deck that will play them, that needs regular maintenance from the vanishing ranks of tape techs, most of whom are real old or dead. Just threading a reel is no piece of cake, and storing the things takes a lot of shelf space.

So why do I have so many? Sound quality. They wipe out EVERYTHING else.

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Topic - You have not heard what your Magnepan can do if you have not played a reel-to- reel .... - trioderob 17:14:31 11/03/21 (14)

Forget Maggies... - Ozzie 12:27:25 11/04/21 (7)

the problem is that tape sounds almost too real - trioderob 13:03:19 11/04/21 (0)

This is all true.. - Dave Pogue 12:58:19 11/04/21 (4)

Now we all know... - Ozzie 13:14:47 11/04/21 (3)

RE: Now we all know... - Dave Pogue 13:23:19 11/04/21 (2)

Yep, I fat fingeted the 1 - Ozzie 13:26:46 11/04/21 (1)

Let's see what else you fat-fingered - Dave Pogue 14:03:55 11/04/21 (0)

RE: Forget Maggies... - Utley1 12:56:20 11/04/21 (0)

Recapped my Crown and sent the electronics and headstack to - kff 08:28:52 11/04/21 (0)

R2R tape is by far the best - Mike K 18:48:08 11/03/21 (2)

RE: R2R tape is by far the best - josh358 13:24:30 11/11/21 (0)

RE: R2R tape is by far the best - trioderob 18:55:51 11/03/21 (0)

RE: You have not heard what your Magnepan can do if you have not played a reel-to- reel .... - Green Lantern 18:08:34 11/03/21 (1)

RE: You have not heard what your Magnepan can do if you have not played a reel-to- reel .... - Utley1 14:51:14 11/05/21 (0)

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Let's see what else you fat-fingered - Dave Pogue 14:03:55 11/04/21 (0)

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