New Reel to Reel machines!

Lewm, according to the link above, you can buy either 1.a master tape copy or 2.a vinyl record made from a 
2nd generation master tape (or even a downloadable copy if you prefer).  The tapes however are VERY expensive.
I myself would actually prefer a 7.5IPS copy on a good reel of tape, But half track of course.  I don't care one bit if the reel is smaller and plastic and less expensive.  From my own experience, even with a plain old Teac in good shape, you can make excellent recordings of vinyl at the slower speed
even in quarter-track format.  So by upgrading that to half-track and 2nd generation copies, you could sell them for a LOT less money, and thereby popularizing the format for real.

Carrot, I only WISH there was a "nice amount" of content available, truly.
But when i can get SACD'S for $20 or less (pristine recent recordings i really want at that), the cheapskate in me takes over.  I have a Studer A810 along with an Otari, some Tascams, and even a Stellavox deck.  I recently obtained 3 tape project issues on sale, and the (cheap) metal reels were out of round, the boxes were peeling, and the content on each tape was so brief i almost spent more time setting them up than listening to them.  My conclusion- they're very good, maybe even extremely good recordings, but IMHO
as an alternative, $50 for a reel of tape and $100 for the service to make a copy would bring the price down to a far more reasonable level (7X more than a disc but the "audiophile" in me can justify the difference).
I just wish someone in this community with access to some very clean
material would step forward and offer to make some copies. they do NOT have to be master-tape copies, just something that gets close.
Also a warning--- I have had to throw out several pre-recorded tapes i bought on Ebay since they either crumbled or had edge-warpage, etc. They were "real
bargains" at $15-$20 each (!) so i would strongly urge others NOT TO BUY THOSE OLD TAPES.