Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people.
Vinny, stop revealing that you don’t know what you are talking about ...
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=reel+to+reel+tape+deck&_sacat=116868&_sop=16&rt=nc&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1 |
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You can get same performance out of a 3 head Nak and Sony Elcaset and also Beta so R2R's are obsolete." " just because its still selling on ebay doesnt mean its not dying. Who's gonna make those high quality heads these days? Stocks are being depleted. Only the rich will be able to afford repairs soon. " Now you are really being silly ... https://duckduckgo.com/?q=reel+to+reel+tape+deck+repair+shops&ia=web |
Here is a list of manufacturers, while none that I know of are currently making new ones, there are many available as are the parts, rebuild and techs that service them..
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Does any of those manufacturers still make parts or has servicing somehow organized? " - I would doubt it, however there are businesses that do rebuild them, here is a sample: https://www.vintagetech.co.uk/tape-heads#! http://www.oaktreevintage.com/Stereo_Open_Reel-Reel_Tape_Decks_Recorders.htm |
" Not denigrating it but i just feel its a dead end format because the good techs and original critical parts are impossible to find like special heads, motors, mechanisms, high grade audio tape and so on. True R2R Techs are the hardest to find and when you do they are handcuffed by no available original parts." Vinnie, stop making this stuff up, parts and services are available, use a search engine. |
Here is a link to some tape deck photos taken by Todd Kreiger over at Audio Asylum at the 2019 THE S.H.O.W. recently in CA. (click each to supersize) https://photos.app.goo.gl/xXt5fRXqaD8CbfZx7 Here is link to all of his photos: https://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/vt.mpl?f=general&m=747659 |
