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Will it still play I wonder?
I no longer have a R2R machine but still have this. Tape looks in good condition but probably will have some print through by now. 2018-03-12%2014.12.24.jpg2018-03-12%2014.13.55.jpg
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Hard to say, but I wouldn't hold out much hope for old prerecorded tape. When my reel deck was working ~ 9 years ago, all the old prerecorded tapes I had were mediocre sounding, at best, if not just bad. Whereas I also had a collection of needle-drops some guy did onto Maxell UD 35-90 tape (really good tape), and those were absolutely wonderful sounding.
The new prerecorded reel tapes being produced today are on a completely different stratosphere of quality and price ($300-400+ a pop). I recently heard a demonstration by Doshi audio, and it's made clear that tape, not vinyl, is the analog standard at the high-end. Last edited by mulveling; 03-12-2018 at 10:48 AM. |
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Not my experience -- mine still sound great - with one exception. The James Taylor Sweet Baby James side 2 was pretty bad; yet side 1 sounded great.
Even though I have not performed an immediate A/B, the one that I believe can hold a candle with my LP box set is the Doors LA Woman. I have approx. 100 7 inch which I recorded years ago -- I have not tried any of those as just not interested to tell you the truth. I'd bet the Ray Conniff prerecorded would sound good. Don't know 'til you try it. Best Sirs, Bob
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Wow - feeling a little like an archeological dig around here.
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A friend who's a devout RTR fan owns a LOT of vintage prerecorded tapes. I don't believe he had an issue with any of them.
Sound quality is actually quite impressive for all of the ones that I've heard. |
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And yes, master tapes played through good machines, IEC eq'd, Doshi, Bottlehead or Haviland preamps in the chain can't be beat by vinyl. Too bad those tapes are just so sky high expensive. A friend has about 3 years worth of Tape Project subscriptions. He brings them over occasionally and lets me play them on my BR-20. I enjoy that a lot. I need to get a Haviland pre for it. Been looking around for a used one.
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