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ahoustondj

ahoustondj

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One of these days I am going to take this to one of my gigs and freak out folks. Mine is in mint condition and still works. I also have a Sharp 8 Track Player/recorder that works too and a cassette recorder/player.
Does anyone have these items?
YouTube - Teac X-1000R Reel To Reel Tape Deck Demo Part 1
 
My mother used to be an independent producer for NPR and had a studio in the house with a couple reel-2-reels in there....she still edited with a razor blade back then - yikes! I think she still has one laying around????
 
LOL!

I have TWO X-1000R's. My girl calls me: " The master of dead formats". :sqlaugh:

Just last week this "followed me home":


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That's an Otari MX5050MKIV-2. I believe it is the only reel deck still in production in the world.

I have 500-600 prerecorded reel tapes going back to the 50's Some of this material is incredibly well-recorded.

Best,

Paul :sqbiggrin:
 
I have a Pioneer unit and still use it.
 
sparkieg said:
I got these, do they count?
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That's quite a setup. I don't see any analog recording devices.....

Best if I stayed out of that control room, I'm having enough trouble learning to master DMX lighting control......I can't imagine what kind of havoc I could do to that room......it wouldn't be pretty!!

Best,

Paul :sqbiggrin:
 
Me too!

DJ SVO said:
I have a Pioneer unit and still use it.
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I still have two. An RT 1020L and an RT 1050. The 1050 has both quarter and half track heads. Half track (stereo) at 15ips went through tape fast. Wanna talk about boat anchors! They didn't have the bells and whistles of the more expensive units but they were solidly constructed three head, three motor units. Close to sixty pounds each.

I have to admit though I haven't used them much since going digital. I can do editing now in a couple of seconds that used to make me sweat.

http://www.silverpioneer.netfirms.com/reel2reel.htm
 
Defend Yourself!

sparkieg said:
And to think I know how to operate all of it.....yeah, I'm a total geek when it comes to equipment......
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Sparkieg, isn't that a pair of 4311's the audiophiles love to make fun of hanging on the wall? It is amazing. Other than the foam around the tweeters they just keep going and never need looking after. Well at least that is my experience.
 
Balanced Line said:
Sparkieg, isn't that a pair of 4311's the audiophiles love to make fun of hanging on the wall? It is amazing. Other than the foam around the tweeters they just keep going and never need looking after. Well at least that is my experience.
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You've got a good memory. Yep, those are the 4311's. Those were the preferred monitors in just about every radio station on-air control room I worked in. And you're right - they seemed to be just about indestructable no matter how hard you pushed them (in the control room that is). Of course, most control boards in small control rooms only had something like a 10 watt internal amp to push the monitors.

They did (and do) sound amazing though.
 

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As Rob mentioned, I haven't seen a reel tape machine since my Navy days. Back in the day they were the audiophile's choice for high fidelity sound.

If memory serves, reel tape was second only to a good quality turntable in terms of high fidelity. The cassette was portable and convenient but lacked the sound reproduction quality of reel tape. Reel machines contained much better processing.
 
Balanced Line said:
I still have two. An RT 1020L and an RT 1050. The 1050 has both quarter and half track heads. Half track (stereo) at 15ips went through tape fast. Wanna talk about boat anchors! They didn't have the bells and whistles of the more expensive units but they were solidly constructed three head, three motor units. Close to sixty pounds each.

I have to admit though I haven't used them much since going digital. I can do editing now in a couple of seconds that used to make me sweat.

http://www.silverpioneer.netfirms.com/reel2reel.htm
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I have the RT-909 and it still works flawlessly. I have tons of reels recorded that I have converted to mp3's, but back in the day I would run these recordings from vynils at reunions where no beatmixing or mixing was used instead of having to change cassettes or LP's.
 
I have anywhere from 2-4 Teac reel decks in storage along with a stereo recording cart machine and some other minor processing equipment. Keep meaning to dig it all out and try to sell 'em.

Always wanted an Otari MX5050. It was the standard back in my radio days.
 
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I actually do have a reel-to-reel deck of my own. I've had this one for years. Sadly, I don't have the open reel tapes that once meant so much to me.

And those tapes housed some of the best air checks I've ever heard.....back in the day of A.M. Top 40 ....... stations like WAIR, WTOB, WRQK and WSGH here in the Triad market of NC.......
 

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