Just wanted to introduce myself.

Yes welcome Ryan! Fascinated by reel to reel just not enough room here for one and the reels seem so expensive. But they sound amazing!

Hi, Ryan.
  As a young guy, how did you get involved with reel to reel?
   I've had my hands on many 1/4" and half inch decks in my profession. I wish I could afford to invest in R-R for my home system.

What decks have you owned and what tape stock have you tried? Ever buy any NOS stock, by that I'm referring to virgin or one-pass vintage tape?

Welcome :)

I was listening to my Technics 1500 2 track as I read your post.


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@lowrider57 Hey! Hope things are well. The thing that got me fascinated into reel to reel and analog recording formats was the Beach Boys and the Beatles. They used 1/2" 4 track Scully 280 machines, I think. I had a few home vinyl record cutters made in the 40s for voice use, but I wanted to go a little farther with sound fidelity and go to what my hero Brian Wilson used to make his masterpieces (he and I chat on Twitter a lot.) I first started using 3 3/4 IPS and 7 1/2 IPS decks to get my feet wet with analog, but I soon wanted something better, bigger, and more accurate. I spent 2 months struggling to find the perfect deck, I got a TEAC 80-8 deck off eBay, but the guy had no way to deliver it, so that was out. I looked and looked for much longer, until my dad surprised me with something amazing. He had purchased a MIB TEAC A3340S from a seller named hifi on eBay, the deck ran at 7 1/2 IPS AND, my favorite part, 15 IPS, the professional studio recording speed! I've loved that deck ever since, and I don't want to replace it anytime soon. I currently have a Roberts (Akai) 1725 tube recorder (not fully working), a TEAC A1200U, (Perfect working condition,) and of course, the TEAC A3340S (Mint condition perfect working machine.)
Thanks,
Ryan