Just wanted to introduce myself.

@lowrider57 FYI, I have an Ampex 300 3 track, I COMPLETELY forgot that one, and it's my biggest deck! Big as a refrigerator! 3 350 tube preamps! Yes, the 440 is a nice deck. :)

Ryan, do you have a studio setup with a console? Can you tell us what associated gear you are using?

Welcome Ryan,
I'm with ya, and my fav, teac....the A6010, which i first bought home from a far far eastern vacation courtesy of Uncle Sam,
But my all time fav is the Revox a77 Mark 3 dolby B (again 10" reels)
                                      Enjoy..........the mantaman

I've had a Teac X-10R since about 1982.  With it, I use a dbx 224 to remove tape hiss and dbx 3bx range expander. 

Back in the day, I'd spend hours and sometimes days mixing a 10" reel, or simply recording some of my favorite albums.  I don't have the patience or desire to do that anymore, but I still like listening to those old reels.

@kaathesnake, I too am a Brian Wilson lover. I had a Revox A77 Mk.3 in 1975, but used a Teac 2340 (same as the 3340, but with 7" reel capacity, not 10.5") to make some demo recordings with a great songwriter I worked with from '74 to '76. We took the tapes down to Los Angeles, and went to Brian's mansion in Bel-Air to ask him to produce some pro recordings with us. Marilyn wouldn't let us talk to him! The 2340 was surprisingly close in sound quality to the Revox.