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  Pioneer RT-707 reel to reel decks
Hi - Just wondering if anyone has an opinion on these decks (or the RT-909) re: both sonics and reliability. I know they're not in the league of the big Technics or best Teacs or Revox, but the small "footprint" has serious WAF!
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08-09-08
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08-09-08   These are great decks and very, very cool, in the best of th ...   Cwlondon

08-10-08   I think the rt-707 is an excellent deck especially at their ...   Plato

08-09-08   Get a 10.5 rtr, next thing better than to look at it as deco ...   Slikric3000

08-10-08   What will you use this deck for? most people use it as 'eye ...   Buconero117

08-10-08   I also have a teac x700 and think it's a very good deck. it ...   Plato

08-10-08: Opalchip
Hi _ Thanks for the responses so far. To clarify a bit, the reason I'm looking for a player is that I recently found a large quantity (about 80 or so) Living Stereo, Living Presence, and London Blueback reels at a garage sale. I couldn't resist, as I'd been meaning to try reel to reel out eventually anyway. As a starter, the Pioneer seems like it has excellent reliability, at least decent sonics, and the low profile of the 707 especially, would be very welcome for it's WAF.
If it turns out I/we are really think tape is significantly better/different than vinyl (we already have on LP almost anything available on tape) we'd probably move up to the Technics later on.

Judging from the comments

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08-10-08: Opalchip
Oops - got cut off - to continue,

Judging from the comments so far it sounds like the Teac may sound a little better but be a bit less reliable. Unfortunately, even the X-700 isn't passing WAF at the moment. (And Buconero - she also says that 7.5" is plenty :)

So it probably has to be a Pioneer for now, unless something else comes along that we haven't considered.

So one question for Pioneer people - has anyone compared the RT-707 and the RT-909 sonically, or know of any important differences between the two to consider?

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09-05-08   Hey, late getting in on this thread but have to say.. pionee ...   Normansizemore

11-23-11   "...one thing... i had to replace the counter belt on m ...   Redjr


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