Open Reel Tape Decks

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AudioFilet
AudioFilet Posts: 235
edited April 2008 in Electronics
Does anybody use stuff like this anymore for home audio? Or any type of tape machine at all anymore?
2 Channel rig:
LSi9"s (modified xover's) & HSU Sub
Harman Kardon HK 990 Amp
Onkyo C-S5VL SACD
Music Hall MMF 5.1
Furman Elite 15

HT rig:
HK AVR-745 & Polk Monitor Series
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  • ESavinon
    ESavinon Posts: 3,067
    edited April 2008
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    I do.
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    Four main satellite speakers, six powered subs, two dedicated for LFE channel, two center speakers for over/under screen placement and three Control Centers. Amaze your friends, terrorize your neighbors, seize the audio bragging rights for your state. Go ahead, buy it; you only go around once.
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  • AudioFilet
    AudioFilet Posts: 235
    edited April 2008
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    ^^ What are you using??
    2 Channel rig:
    LSi9"s (modified xover's) & HSU Sub
    Harman Kardon HK 990 Amp
    Onkyo C-S5VL SACD
    Music Hall MMF 5.1
    Furman Elite 15

    HT rig:
    HK AVR-745 & Polk Monitor Series
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  • honda cber
    honda cber Posts: 267
    edited April 2008
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    i have owned two of those, and they both died. one was a not-so-nice sony unit with built-in amp and speakers, lol. that thing had issues from the day i got it. i also had a much nicer tascam unit for awhile, but it needed some work to get back to awesomeness. i was struggling at the time, and had a close and interested friend. i do still have about 30 various reels collecting dust and (probably) getting brittle and shedding oxide, or whatever old-azzed tapes do when they self-destruct from disuse and age.
    titles like jerry butler: the ice man cometh, chicago transit authority (the first one), quicksilver messenger service: just for love, and canned heat: future blues. are people still interested in these things? maybe i should off them to someone that will spin them instead of ruining them by keeping as relics of the good old daze.

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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,546
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    I had a Teac X2000RBL back in the day. It had a coolness factor of 10. It was later sold when I started putting music on hi-fi VHS (mid 1980's).
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Source: Rotel CD14MkII CD Player - Speakers: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • ESavinon
    ESavinon Posts: 3,067
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    I still use a few cassette decks,reel to reels and vhs to record music.
    SRT For Life; SDA Forever!

    The SRT SEISMIC System:
    Four main satellite speakers, six powered subs, two dedicated for LFE channel, two center speakers for over/under screen placement and three Control Centers. Amaze your friends, terrorize your neighbors, seize the audio bragging rights for your state. Go ahead, buy it; you only go around once.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,487
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    I have... a few...
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,487
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    They get mad at me when I repost photo links here :-(

    but, since you asked...
    these are the two nice ones that get to live in the living room

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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited April 2008
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    I have... a few...hundred
    Fixed. :D
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • Lightstar1
    Lightstar1 Posts: 56
    edited April 2008
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    I love reel to reel decks....I own 6 and have over 400 reels. As far as cassettes, I still have 4 top notch machines and enjoy them as well!
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  • unc2701
    unc2701 Posts: 3,587
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    steveinaz wrote: »
    I had a Teac X2000RBL back in the day. It had a coolness factor of 10. It was later sold when I started putting music on hi-fi VHS (mid 1980's).

    If that's a coolness factor of 10, Mhardy's Pioneer goes to 11 :D
    Gallo Ref 3.1 : Bryston 4b SST : Musical fidelity CD Pre : VPI HW-19
    Gallo Ref AV, Frankengallo Ref 3, LC60i : Bryston 9b SST : Meridian 565
    Jordan JX92s : MF X-T100 : Xray v8
    Backburner:Krell KAV-300i
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