Tips and advice for the Reel-to-Reel buying newbie

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  @DoRC · 9 years ago

  3 mins in "man i want one!" 11 mins in "nevermind"

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  @teacfan1080 · 10 years ago

  I've got very deep pockets, unfortunately, they're full of lint!

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  @headinsouth1 · 12 years ago

  In the late 60's my brother shipped over a whole stereo set-up like most G.I.s did, from Vietnam. I had his Akai reel to reel machine all to myself for quite a while as he finished his tour. This Akai deck would run at 1 7/8 ips as well as 3 3/4 and 7 1/5 ips. Living in So. Calif. I'd record 7" reels at 1 7/8 ips with nothing but Wolfman Jack night time radio and music, then mail those to him. I was quite the hero as they'd play those on the camp P.A. system over and over. Reel to reel is fun stuff!!

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  @youbecha64 · 9 years ago

  Because of the perverted pleasures you introduce to impressionable minds...I now own a Teac X-1000R and am enjoying the heck out of it!

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  @oliverstianhugaas7493 · 3 years ago

  <b>&quot;I am very much an amateur&quot;</b> - Techmoan, the loudest and leading figure in reel-to-reel machines with over one million subscribers.

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  @Dwall44 · 4 years ago

  Awesome video! I doubt anybody will see this but I’m 16 years old and got a Sony 262 tape recorder, circa 1962, about three years ago and just now got it working. Turns out it needed one of the tubes replaced and after somebody locally did it for me it now works flawlessly. Just got a Silvertown microphone to use with it and I have to say hearing my voice come out of such a big machine with such big spools of tape on it is probably the coolest thing I’ve ever experienced.

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  @digitalblasphemy1100 · 11 years ago

  I watched this video like a week ago and saw an Akai GX-620 on Craigslist right here in my city. I went and bought it today. It looks just like yours except it has an analogue time counter. It has the big 10 inch reels that match it and it came with 10 brand new 7&quot; tapes never opened! She only wanted 10 dollars for everything.

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  @notgiven3114 · 6 years ago (edited)

  What do you mean &apos;playing a... tape on one of these isn&apos;t a fun process&apos; &nbsp;Yes it is! &nbsp;The requirement to involve one&apos;s self in the process is the coolest part!

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  @1stKwestionable · 12 years ago

  Wow, that Akai is 70&apos;s? Looks far nicer then modern audio stuff imo.

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  @zoomboy57 · 4 years ago

  Having owned reel to reels since 1966 I have never thought of the 20 seconds it takes to load a tape a major inconvenience. I&apos;ve spent hours trying to get a CD player to work.

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  @thomas316 · 7 years ago

  Reel-y good advice.

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  @MarsRovrDriver · 4 hours ago

  Looking at the prices back then makes them look so cheap! &nbsp;The best time to get a reel-to-reel was in the early 2000s when they were giving them out for free.