The R2R Discussion Thread!

[FreddieFerric]

Originally Posted by John72953

Since several of our members have R2R machines in their setups, and a few more joining soon, I thought it would be a good idea to start a thread whereby we could discuss them in greater detail.

Vinyl has seen a significant resurgence in the last year or two, and from being a member at a few other forums, it looks like R2R is following in those same steps, although not from a media access point of view.

Some fans of R2R maintain there is no better media than tape for sound quality, and those people spend hundreds (sometimes thousands) to purchase pre-recorded tapes from the Tape Project, in addition to seeking out older pre-recorded tapes.

Most of the people jumping into the game only want to record some vinyl to preserve those collections, or enjoy making compilation tapes for use at parties, get-togethers and/or background music. Whatever your inclination, please feel free to discuss them in this thread.

So please, tell us your story and let's get the thread started!

Excellent thread John! I'll be the first to chime in. I currently use 2 R2R's. One is a vintage Pioneer RT-707 (the 7 inch rack mountable version that belonged to the Spec series) and a Teac X-1000R 10.5 inch R2R.

Mostly I use them for casual listening and for the nostalgia value. I must say, however, that they both reproduce music very well. I've made numerous tapes with each machine. Nothing like watching those big reels spin!

My interest is strictly hobbyist in nature and casual at that. I could never see myself investing in the Tape Project subscription (although a good friend does subscribe and plays them on his Studer). I hope that more audio enthusiast would revisit the quality of sound that many of the good vintage decks still offer.

I know at a few of the electronics shows around North America (yes John, that includes Canada! ) some exhibitors are using 10.5 inch players with Tape Project tapes and are getting rave reviews for the sound. I talked with Mike Allen at Jolida about this 2 weeks ago and he believes that a quality 1/4 inch 2 track tape is really the high resolution audio source to beat. I have to agree.