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[ar surround]

Try getting tape of any kind now!

$86 for 48 minute capacity at 15 ips. Gag!

https://www.amazon.com/RTM-LPR35-ma...0972114&sprefix=reel+to+re,aps,93&sr=8-1&th=1

 

[Sonik Wiz]

Try getting tape of any kind now!

Really the audio is quite terrible.

 

[esimms86]

Really the audio is quite terrible.

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This can’t be reel!

 

[esimms86]

$86 for 48 minute capacity at 15 ips. Gag!

https://www.amazon.com/RTM-LPR35-magnetic-audio-recording/dp/B0BXPPRD83/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2RKPRRG0RPL32&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Sy2gL57AKdNjD78Yl-lpjw_Nsj5XzldUY-EOhefvKsnMBmdbcFzvFeQC5rJhwPNqLAg0k1OkfYVmriNuG0PbfhO_izadRjIfZkb2sjt8iyZ428WCPJF0vcaQh3Zq9C__SBMwvRahmWOS1oTQt_-YgA6rfEYEhfToswPQWysZJ-XOOyw_Rmp_oYy9_ergoLoUDhw_V7_MthdWdHdmE1C-zpvORFUXMxup29JT4lx9v7iWO0iOXrtWik654Oor8dHKl9-Dj_OZHpOf5iXHiW6cQ0_7qScyufZLqt9994Z4JeeQuqPxk3AF8I0e8a6IqqKThRIDrNzB_b9DExwx3I2VAXkTIjDqiK1np9aY3HIPtjPWomR0pNP2vOhLjZcJQwB7i-ZGC046nlZK7D-D9Phfx7Q3Tyly16J_EvMQwmZUq2wxvsxM0AX5g-kFm12cshjU.xumVZX9fskwIf2b6QTAJTr_QozIwUlbE75Pv4s48M-4&dib_tag=se&keywords=reel+to+reel+tape&qid=1740972114&sprefix=reel+to+re,aps,93&sr=8-1&th=1

There are only two companies left in the tape selling business. You would have to be rich and/or crazy to jump into reel-to-reel at this point.

 

[ar surround]

Really the audio is quite terrible.

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That was the first thing that came into my mind, but I feared getting banned from the forum for posting something like this. Lol

 

[esimms86]

That was the first thing that came into my mind, but I feared getting banned from the forum for posting something like this. Lol

Sonik has been relegated to The Reel Househusbands of QQ.

 

[barfle]

Really the audio is quite terrible.

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It might be OK if you run it through a bin of iron filings.

 

[DuncanS]

Really the audio is quite terrible.

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Well that has scotched the rumours

 

[ar surround]

Try getting tape of any kind now!

Do you see what you have done with your little statement, Midi? This thread has gone totally off the reels.

 

[Sonik Wiz]

That was the first thing that came into my mind, but I feared getting banned from the forum for posting something like this. Lol

If you were to get one of those big studio quality 2 incher Ampex machines you would need like a 10" reel of duct tape.