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Tape Project-Any reason so many tapes are showing

Why are so many Tape Project tapes showing up for sale on A-gon? So far I have seen at least three full lots of tapes appear up for sale, and remainder of subscriptions are also being offered.

My reason for not joining is because of the amount of tapes I would need to purchase with music that I am not interested in.

I dont think it's the quality of the music/tape transfer. I did purchase four tapes from a fellow goner and played them on my Studer A-810 with excellent results. The Studer needs to be re-calibrated and the Tape Project tapes still sounded incredible. So from my own experience these are first class master tapes.
I personally feel the Studer A-810 is the only way to go if you want to get the most benefit from Tape Project. Unless of course you are in the position to purchase an Ampex 102.

Is it economics that these tapes and subscriptions are starting to show up for sale or is it that maybe the tapes are not all that big of a deal sound/quality for the money?

Curious as to what others are feeling about Tape Project?

Ed
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apachef1 OP
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Ironbut-I know what you mean. I come from the older school audiophile group. I do have vinyl open reel and cd/mp3 as all part of my two channel system.

The Tape project takes a more involved approch and a commitment with a deck that can play the tapes plus modding/maintaining the deck.

Between the deck the mods and the subscription you are forking out 5k just to get started plus another 2k a year or so for the subscription.

The good thing I'm seeing is that the tapes are holding a fairly good value for people looking to get out of the Tape Project.
I really didn't think people getting out of the Tape Project would be from a quality control factor.

apachef1 OP
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Mikelavigne-I hope you are correct about more audiophiles joining the tape arena. I feel the Tape Project is a great idea but do wish there were more offerings n the Jazz and Blues categories. I would join in a heartbeat.

If anything TP should allow a potential subscriber to chose ten tapes from all of their offerings and not limit a subscriber to a set group of ten. Hopefully as they ad more titles maybe this will be an option

For now I've been lucky enough to buy four titles I was interested in from the first set and assume a partial subscription for another five tapes in the current set offering. So far I'm very happy with everything.

Ed
apachef1 OP
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I'm glad to see the support for Tape Project. I just happen to notice in the last few weeks that the tapes were showing up and I never thought there would be a chance to purchase a few without a subscription given the very limited production run.

I'm technically a subscriber as I did take over another members remaining second year subscription. Just kind of back doored my way in to it

This was a great idea and I do look forward to year three's offerings. I will most likely sign up directly

Good listening

Ed
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