Open Reel Tape Decks

[AudioFilet]

Does anybody use stuff like this anymore for home audio? Or any type of tape machine at all anymore?

[ESAVINON]

I do.

[AudioFilet]

^^ What are you using??

[honda cber]

i have owned two of those, and they both died. one was a not-so-nice sony unit with built-in amp and speakers, lol. that thing had issues from the day i got it. i also had a much nicer tascam unit for awhile, but it needed some work to get back to awesomeness. i was struggling at the time, and had a close and interested friend. i do still have about 30 various reels collecting dust and (probably) getting brittle and shedding oxide, or whatever old-azzed tapes do when they self-destruct from disuse and age.
titles like jerry butler: the ice man cometh, chicago transit authority (the first one), quicksilver messenger service: just for love, and canned heat: future blues. are people still interested in these things? maybe i should off them to someone that will spin them instead of ruining them by keeping as relics of the good old daze.

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[steveinaz]

I had a Teac X2000RBL back in the day. It had a coolness factor of 10. It was later sold when I started putting music on hi-fi VHS (mid 1980's).

[Keiko]

Does anybody use stuff like this anymore for home audio? Or any type of tape machine at all anymore?
I have 2 cassette decks still in use. 1 dual well on my main system and a single well vintage Akai deck in the bedroom. I was listening to some Time-Life classical last night on cassette as a matter of fact.

[ESAVINON]

I still use a few cassette decks,reel to reels and vhs to record music.

[mhardy6647]

I have... a few...

[Keiko]

I have... a few...

pics please mh. :)

[mhardy6647]

They get mad at me when I repost photo links here :-(

but, since you asked...
these are the two nice ones that get to live in the living room

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/mhardy6647/P1030096.jpg

[Face]

I have... a few...hundred
Fixed. :D

[Keiko]

Well, I for one enjoy looking and this is no exception. Vintage and impressive the condition of that stuff. :)

[Lightstar1]

I love reel to reel decks....I own 6 and have over 400 reels. As far as cassettes, I still have 4 top notch machines and enjoy them as well!

[unc2701]

I had a Teac X2000RBL back in the day. It had a coolness factor of 10. It was later sold when I started putting music on hi-fi VHS (mid 1980's).

If that's a coolness factor of 10, Mhardy's Pioneer goes to 11 :D