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Re: If reel to reel is so great, why's everyone so crazy about vinyl?

Posted by REL54 (A) on February 23, 2007 at 19:59:40

In Reply to: If reel to reel is so great, why's everyone so crazy about vinyl? posted by benhen on February 23, 2007 at 17:49:53:

reel to reels can produce GREAT sound. In fact, back in the day, the "master" recording was on tape and that was the source for the master cut for the press to make the LP's. Of course, those was not the same decks used in the home, but still, there were great tape decks out there.

However, as docw pointed out, tape decks are HIGH MAINTENANCE machines. Often they required almost constant maintenance to function properly. When repairs were needed it would often be expensive and time consuming. Turntables by comparison are simple machines (mechanically speaking) with far fewer parts and hence was not as hard to maintain.

And vinyl sounds soooo good and was far easier to use and turn tables cost less than tape decks (back then anyway). I have a couple decks. I rue the day I got rid of the Crown.

roN

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