Reel to Reel Tape Decks

Otaris are very good RR machines and 1/2" 2trk(one-way stereo) will be great enough for recording and playback.

Nowdays they're all vintage "toys" replaced by much more versatile digital hard disk units such as Alesis.

As to 1" machines you can also find them among Otari but they are too large and getting the bobins for such machine will definitely be a hassle while 1/2" you can still find in music stores such as Sam Ash Agfa or Basf.

The latest Otari is MX5050-BIII which comes either 1/2" or 1/4" 1, 2, 4 and multi-track.

Just a simple point.I recently heard a STUNNING Stellavox rebuilt unit.It absolutely blew me away.A CLASSIC,in every way.I used to own Teac,followed by Tandberg,and they were far less revealing of a good program!!

Best!

I have one each Teac X-1000r and X-2000r. Love them both and on my system they sound identical. Bought the 1000 from Detroit Audio on 6 mile rd. in Detroit (duh!)which I'm probably sure is long gone and got the 2000 while stationed in Germany. Sounds best when ran thru my outboard DBX unit. Seen a Akai 747 for sale on ebay (lovely machine!!!) you might wanna look into it. Good luck.

I have a Revox A-77 R2R tape deck (accepts 10" reels) that I bought in Germany in 1968. It always worked flawlessly and its sound was a very close match to the LPs I recorded on it. I have not used it in the last 12 years. I have no idea what it is worth today.

If you want to dabble in it, start with 1/4", Technics are all great, 1500, 1506 and the 1700 are great decks, the difference is 2 vs. 4 track and auto reverse, a Tandberg in good condition you cannot go wrong with, Otari makes a good deck, but I would not start with that deck unless you know that you r2r is want you want to get into. They do make plenty of 1" decks, but they are not 2 track, they are all multi track and unless you plan on doing mixing, etc, are way beyond what you need. As previously suggested, I would look on the vingage r2r site from Texas, he is very knowledgable and helpful. You can ask him questions directly, he monitors the r2r forum on audiokarmha forums.

Travis