Pre-recorded open reel tapes.

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[Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
edited February 2007 in 2 Channel Audio
Hello,
It looks as though the folks at Doc Bottlehead are getting close to being able to offer ultra high quality pre-recorded open reel tapes. Here is a link from the web site http://www.tapeproject.com/
I hope this is interesting!
Regards, Ken
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  • Toka78
    Toka78 Posts: 192
    edited February 2007
    Wow...hadn't heard about this. Looks VERY promising...I absolutely love open reels.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited February 2007
    I have to get moving on this open reel stuff. Thanks for the heads up!!!
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,335
    edited February 2007
    $2,000 membership fee which includes 12 R2R tapes. None of the planned releases included any artists that I was familiar with. The concept is exciting, but this will be a very small, small niche. R2R has a great analog sound, better than vinyl. But is not very practical for most. There is a reason the R2R format NEVER became mainstream. It's difficult to use.

    There are a lot of R2R users and tape collectors out there. I'm one of them, but this is hard to get really excited about.
    Carl

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  • candyliquor35m
    candyliquor35m Posts: 2,267
    edited February 2007
    Thanks for the info Ken. I recently pulled my r2r out of the closet and I'm in the process of resurrecting it.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    edited February 2007
    Hello,
    I'm glad the link was interesting. The David Oistrakh recording and the Malcom Arnold recording are already regarded as great sounding. I trust these guys to know great audio. You can just buy them one-at-a-time or pick six for a reduced price. Or, maybe a couple of people can go together get the subscription and split the tapes?
    If anybody needs help getting a tape deck to play these, and other tapes, let me know and I'll try and offer some suggestions.
    Ken
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