OK, despite having a R2R deck, I must confess I only have some tapes from kind souls that wanted to make sure I did not sit there looking at an idle machine
. I have not bought any yet.
The cheapskate that I am, means that I fall off my chair every time I look at the prices of these tapes at tape project
. If I were to close my eyes, ignore the price, what should be the few demo worthy tapes one should have? I am talking strictly fidelity for now.
Recommendations please and any advice on how one stomachs these prices. I need the psychiatric help as much as the tapes themselves.
This is very interesting Amir, because we don't see many threads @ all, in all the audio forums of the internet with music tape recommendations...Classical, Jazz, Blues, World...
and where we can purchase them and for how much. I guess most people they stream and download nowadays, with some coming back to vinyl treasure hunting.
To me, it is more the domain of the musicians with a taste of the past and of the music lovers with the passion of big reels turning with the sweet sound of analog music.
Yes, true dedicated music passion is for the TT and R-2-R people because of all the maintenance that comes with it and that convenience of being physically much more involved.
It's not like having a remote control in hand when playing vinyls and tapes...the skipping tracks process is totally different...you basically don't skip...or if you do you get up of your chair and go to your machines up close and personal with touching the buttons, operating the functions, making contact between you and the rotation world.
Brief, it's a physical/spiritual maneuver of orchestral ritual.
The machines are beautiful to look @ too...just like the turntables. ...And when those wheels are turning it is a site to behold, along with the music playing.
So yes, good thread to explore and develop further...I am fully subscribed...up to my own abilities and accommodation surrounding the disponibility, accessibility, affordability, time and music genre out there from quality music recordings by the great recording artists, recording studio engineers and all that jazz.
* I had one R-2-R machine when I was younger, my friend too...and we had fun loving it and playing with it.
Also, it always reminds me of the film
'Pulp Fiction' by Quentin Tarantino...super cool imagery locked in my passionate mind.
CDs are dying real fast...even @ $10 a pop. I'm talking worldwide real financial facts...not about us.
P.S. I feel lazy today, so forgive me for any typo...usually I take the time to edit all my posts, every single one...looking for typos and phrasing construction and the proper words in the right context...all that blues composition.
