Merlot1970
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All digital technologies do is "mimic" analog audio !
Yes. And now we might get back to the title subject... WHICH tape decks to buy/stay away from.
'Not sure but I think analog vs. digital has a place somewhere.
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oh i agree tape can sound good, just it's expensive, unreliable, and even the best like revox and technics and studer don't really come close to CD, DAT, or even mini-disc in terms of w/f s/n and durability. i would agree that some of these machines have really extended freq response but thats about the only advantage i can see, other than like i said, show and tell values. And i think that TEAC X machines with dbx, and the Akai 747 dbx are specification wise the equal to the studer rev and tech machines actually, and sound good. But you know, why would you record to one of these anyway? You're just gonna have to transfer to digital later anyhow... so the only use is transfers, and if you didn't use a good deck to record on doesn't matter what you play on...
And these are?I started this thread to help me decide on a R2R, now I have three...
Thanks guys!!
And these are?
That might be a rather difficult question to make any general answer too, what would qualify "a valid reason" to avoid this or that deck ?
Despite we are in the year 2011, and the world as such are one big marketplace, a well reputated brand could have a limited usability , just because spareparts are nearly impossible to acchieve.
I would love to have a chance to test a deck like a OTARI - but in my part of the world, i would be a bit afraid to go "the OTARI way" , Revox'es are no problem at all, to keep running the show, they are plenty, parts too , and definitively a real runner
I honestly think OTARI's are runners too, but just the possibility to have a - for the time being - doorstopper , makes me choose a Revox, not OTARI
Did it make any sense ??
I'm not familiar with that model, but it appears to be a pro version of an X-2000M, which means that it is a single-direction 2-track recording, 1/4 track playback, 7.5/15 ips machine. If this is true, then it might be prone to capstan motor failure because the motors that the X series machines use are undersized.Can anybody weigh in on the desirability of a newly-serviced TASCAM 3030? I wound through this thread without seeing much if anything on these units. I see one currently on Ebay - seems pricey - but as a newbie I ask for your considered opinion. I would like to add tape back into my system to replace my owned since new TEAC A6010U which is basically frozen! Thanks in advance.
Ive been thinking about acquiring a R2R tape machine, but the quick research on what to get seems to be the Pioneer 707, however they seem to go for several hundred dollars.
What do you recommend for a cheaper R2R to play with?
Im really just looking for something to piddle around with, and trying to have the ability to play almost every type of audio source....so I need a R2R to cover that.