The best classic reel to reel tape recorders

Back in the 70's and early 80's, I sold both Teac/Tascam and Revox. I always felt the Revox was the better sounding machine. Keep the Revox and save yourself some money.

I owned the A-77 and the Technics 1506 / 1502. I bought the 2 track head assembly. Hard to remember the sound from such a long time ago, but I liked the build quality, size and design of the A-77 best. Still have the 1506 in a closet. Sold the two A-77s years ago. Suggest you keep the Revox.

Revoxs are top-quality decks, and expensive to repair. The *best* sounding home reel deck I've ever heard was the Tandberg TD-20A SE with the DynEQ ActiLinear circuits. Those decks sounded *superb*!!

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The Technics almost certainly has a better transport, and whichever deck you use probably should have its playback electronics replaced or modded. Given that and the fact that there are probably more good sounding aftermarket playback sets for the Technics than the Revox, I'd strongly suggest that (depending on your budget).