blakey72 Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 I stumbled over this clip. I'm quite amazed at how nice these units look and how good it sounds. http://www.unitedhomeproducts.com/reel_to_reel_hq_tape_decks.htm 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koputai Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Keep an eye out, I'll be culling some of my R2R collection soon. I love them, I just have too many! It's by far the best of the olde worlde formats, tape, vinyl, cassette, 8-track etc. Cheers, Jason. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woadl Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 1 hour ago, koputai said: Keep an eye out, I'll be culling some of my R2R collection soon. I love them, I just have too many! It's by far the best of the olde worlde formats, tape, vinyl, cassette, 8-track etc. Cheers, Jason. I know the feeling, thinking about doing the same thing, it's just not good to have them sitting there doing nothing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakey72 Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 9 hours ago, koputai said: Keep an eye out, I'll be culling some of my R2R collection soon. I love them, I just have too many! It's by far the best of the olde worlde formats, tape, vinyl, cassette, 8-track etc. Cheers, Jason. Where do you get tapes for these? Can you buy them new? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Eggcup The Daft Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 (edited) 43 minutes ago, blakey72 said: Where do you get tapes for these? Can you buy them new? http://www.unitedhomeproducts.com/reel_to_reel_hq_tape_decks.htm http://www.unitedhomeproducts.com/master_tape_sales.htm The company in that video. I doubt there's an importer though. There is a market in used machines and you can still get parts to refurbish the big name models of the past. According to acquaintances who actually work with R2R tape machines, they can be quite high maintenance, and tapes need to be carefully looked after. Edited May 16, 2017 by Eggcup The Daft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyboyrm Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Hi Blake, tape can be purchased new from: http://www.casstape.com.au Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PorkBun69s Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Lol..not surprised if these systems sound good..MBL gear all around.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantan Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 I'm waiting for the renaissance of the 8 track cartridge. With all this psychotic thirst for anything retro, I am sure it won't be too far off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian McP Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 some interesting links http://www.j-corder.com/ https://www.wired.com/2015/11/review-j-corder/ http://tapeproject.com/machines/ regards Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Eggcup The Daft Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 (edited) 31 minutes ago, rantan said: I'm waiting for the renaissance of the 8 track cartridge. With all this psychotic thirst for anything retro, I am sure it won't be too far off IIRC HiFi World ran some articles on 8 track last year and there is a "scene" of sorts for this in the UK, also some continuing users in the US. I think it's more about fiddling with old stuff than sound quality... so far. The UK also has a company making Edison compatible cylinders. Presumably kits for 5.1 sound on wire recorders are the future? Edited May 17, 2017 by Eggcup The Daft ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasebass Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 On 2017-5-17 at 5:24 PM, Eggcup The Daft said: The UK also has a company making Edison compatible cylinders. Presumably kits for 5.1 sound on wire recorders are the future? ...Crickey...Edison would be proud.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eltech Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 On 2017-5-16 at 7:23 PM, Eggcup The Daft said: http://www.unitedhomeproducts.com/reel_to_reel_hq_tape_decks.htm http://www.unitedhomeproducts.com/master_tape_sales.htm The company in that video. I doubt there's an importer though. There is a market in used machines and you can still get parts to refurbish the big name models of the past. According to acquaintances who actually work with R2R tape machines, they can be quite high maintenance, and tapes need to be carefully looked after. My Father's Akai R2R has been running since the 70's. Works fine. Never serviced and in perfect order. But it is a 1 owner machine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGJ001 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 On 5/19/2017 at 6:10 PM, eltech said: My Father's Akai R2R has been running since the 70's. Works fine. Never serviced and in perfect order. But it is a 1 owner machine My old man traded his Akai R2R for the latest and greatest of the day - a cassette deck! Tell you what he regrets that decision lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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