Pre-recorded open reel tapes.

[Kenneth Swauger]

Hello,
It looks as though the folks at Doc Bottlehead are getting close to being able to offer ultra high quality pre-recorded open reel tapes. Here is a link from the web site http://www.tapeproject.com/
I hope this is interesting!
Regards, Ken

[Toka78]

Wow...hadn't heard about this. Looks VERY promising...I absolutely love open reels.

[madmax]

I have to get moving on this open reel stuff. Thanks for the heads up!!!
madmax

[schwarcw]

$2,000 membership fee which includes 12 R2R tapes. None of the planned releases included any artists that I was familiar with. The concept is exciting, but this will be a very small, small niche. R2R has a great analog sound, better than vinyl. But is not very practical for most. There is a reason the R2R format NEVER became mainstream. It's difficult to use.

There are a lot of R2R users and tape collectors out there. I'm one of them, but this is hard to get really excited about.

[candyliquor35m]

Thanks for the info Ken. I recently pulled my r2r out of the closet and I'm in the process of resurrecting it.

[Kenneth Swauger]

Hello,
I'm glad the link was interesting. The David Oistrakh recording and the Malcom Arnold recording are already regarded as great sounding. I trust these guys to know great audio. You can just buy them one-at-a-time or pick six for a reduced price. Or, maybe a couple of people can go together get the subscription and split the tapes?
If anybody needs help getting a tape deck to play these, and other tapes, let me know and I'll try and offer some suggestions.
Ken