What are your Top Five reel-to-reel tapes?

[Lee]

Curious what tapes members are enjoying these days…

 

[Bruce B]

Led Zeppelin
Doors
Pink Floyd
Most of the Beatles
and
Queen

 

[dminches]

Dexter Gordon - One Flight Up
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Garcia/Grisman - Self-Titled
Thelonious Monk - It’s Monk’s Time
Traffic - Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys

 

[Tapetech]

Are all of these mentioned tapes available for sale? If not, that should be noted.

 

[sbo6]

Led Zeppelin
Doors
Pink Floyd
Most of the Beatles
and
Queen

Curious if you have some of these reels on vinyl and if so, which you like better?

 

[Bruce B]

Curious if you have some of these reels on vinyl and if so, which you like better?

Have them all on vinyl and definitely prefer the tape.

 

[sbo6]

Thanks Bruce. Can I ask what sources you have for vinyl and tape? Do you consider them equal?

Apologies for the many questions, I'm asking wondering if it makes sense to dive into tape for the best sounding media for some music.

 

[Bruce B]

Thanks Bruce. Can I ask what sources you have for vinyl and tape? Do you consider them equal?

Apologies for the many questions, I'm asking wondering if it makes sense to dive into tape for the best sounding media for some music.

Vinyl - SME 30, Series V, Coralstone, Doshi pre
Tape - Studer A80RC MkII with Flux heads, Doshi pre

 

[sbo6]

Vinyl - SME 30, Series V, Coralstone, Doshi pre
Tape - Studer A80RC MkII with Flux heads, Doshi pre

Awesome, thank you!

 

[JohnP]

Curious what tapes members are enjoying these days…

Gentle Ben
Arnold’s Overtures
Rachmaninov, Symphonic Dances
Witch’s Brew
A Love Supreme

John

 

[Lee]

Gentle Ben
Arnold’s Overtures
Rachmaninov, Symphonic Dances
Witch’s Brew
A Love Supreme

John

Very nice!

 

[christensenleif@msn.com]

Carl Orff: Die Kluge
Black Sabbath the first album
Monty Alexander Trio Montreux 1977
GF Händel: Messiah....Philips, Neville Marriner and St Martin in The Fields/Elly Ameling
Grachan Moncur the third: Evolution

 

[adrianywu]

My top tapes are not necessarily the best sonically, but just special combination of performance and sound.

1. Tchaikovsky 6th symphony - Mravinsky/Leningrad Phil (GDRZ archive tape of a DGG recording)
2. Schubert Arpeggione sonata - Rostropovich/Britten (Decca production master)
3. Beethoven Violin concerto - D. Oistrakh/Cluytens (Japanese Angel 4-track tape)
4. Royal Ballet Gala Performance - Ansermet/Orchestra of the Royal Opera Covent Garden (Decca production master)
5. Hindemith violin concerto/Bruch Scottish Fantasy - D. Oistrakh/Horenstein (Tape Project)

 

[Ron Resnick]

Procol Harum -- "A Whiter Shade of Pale"
Bill Henderson -- "Send in the Clowns"
Roberta Flack -- Quiet Fire
The Tape Project -- Waltz For Debby
Soular Energy