It Only Took 32 Years

[FreddieFerric]

But finally, at long last, this sweet baby belongs to me.

I picked up this Pioneer RT-707 reel to reel yesterday from the original owner. The unit is in excellent condition. As part of the deal he gave me a paper box full of tapes, and three metal reels. A few of the tapes sound superb. Steely Dan and The Who in particular. Plus I got a full reel of old Beatles music. I did a quick cleaning of the heads and gave it a spin last night. Sounds really really good. I went ahead and ordered a service manual for it and a belt replacement kit so I could do a DIY service job on it. (I'm assuming that's a task that I can handle).

Back in 1977 when I first ran into this deck at the local audio shop, I almost died it was so beautiful. But at over $700 it was not meant to be.

I do have a high regard for the sound quality of good 1/4 inch magnetic tape. Problem now is find a decent stock of high grade tape. Anybody have a line on a box of 10 along the lines of the 7 inch variety?