The Tape Project.

[summej2]

Originally Posted by Artisan Fan

Very nice LK. My friend has a Teac mastering deck in black. M-2000 I believe. Really terrific sound.

Enjoy!

I have this exact model, but haven't used it for years. I did use my Tandberg quite a bit. If I were you I'd hold out for one of the fairly easy to find Revox A77 decks and mod out the electronics.

 

[LabelKing]

This machine came from a man who had bought it new in the '70s, used it less than 10 times and then stored it away until he died. I acquired it from the widow.

 

[imageWIS]

I think converting MP3's to tape isn't anachronistic enough... LK, you should start converting MP3's into Phonograph cylinders.

 

[Artisan Fan]

Originally Posted by summej2

I have this exact model, but haven't used it for years. I did use my Tandberg quite a bit. If I were you I'd hold out for one of the fairly easy to find Revox A77 decks and mod out the electronics.

He has some great tapes and it is like being in the studio.

 

[LabelKing]

The remote control for this machine is strangely pricey. Indeed, used reel to reel accessories are alarmingly expensive.

 

[Artisan Fan]

Originally Posted by LabelKing

The remote control for this machine is strangely pricey. Indeed, used reel to reel accessories are alarmingly expensive.

Supply and demand.

 

[LabelKing]

Originally Posted by GQgeek

Maybe, LK, but tell yourself whatever you want, reel-to-reel is about as relevant as cassette. The fact that a few people with too much money to burn want to spend $500/tape doesn't make it relevant. I was reading an article about a guy that remasters the old stuff and he said he has to put a lot of tapes from a certain era in the oven before he can work on them and that he'd get about 30min of work done before they had to go back in.

If you've got that sort of money and like the look of it, fine, but you're not going to get better sound.
Those tapes are baked because improperly stored tape absorbs moisture and sonic quality is vastly reduced and they start to shed; baking temporarily removes the moisture. With the right components, one can get a superior sound, depending on preferences of course.

 

[Artisan Fan]

It's very common to have tapes baked during an audiophile remastering process. Fortunately some important catalogs like the Beatles tapes have been properly stored at the right temperature and humidity.

 

[coldarchon]

reminds me to my old tefifon I got for 50bucks at ebay. great device for a picknick ..

 

[jgold47]

Originally Posted by Thomas

screw that - 8" floppy discs for sheer geek factor.

frick, you never find anyone who remembers that. I remember seeing them once at someones office, never to be seen again.

 

[Journeyman]

Originally Posted by jgold47

frick, you never find anyone who remembers that. I remember seeing them once at someones office, never to be seen again.

Ha! We had an IT person come to give a talk at my school when I was in grade 5 or 6, back in the early 1980s. He brought along some relatively advanced technology - some 8" floppies and a hard drive comprised of a set of (IIRC) gold-coated platters, each about the size of an LP. Quite fascinating to see.

Not long after that, the father of one my friends obtained one of the first "laptop" computers. It was the size of a suitcase with a very small, black and white screen (made by Texas Instruments - what happened to them!?). He also had a modem, which incorporated an old-fashioned telephone handset. It looked like the one that I had recently seen in "War Games" with Matthew Broderick and thus my friend and I thought it was very cool.

 

[LabelKing]

I await the delivery of a couple hundred dollars worth of tape.

 

[Artisan Fan]

Originally Posted by LabelKing

I await the delivery of a couple hundred dollars worth of tape.

Post some pics!

 

[mystillwater]

Originally Posted by tape project website

what kind of convention do you suppose the woman in the plaid shirt on the left thought she was attending? and did she feel underdressed?

 

[oscarthewild]

Originally Posted by mystillwater

what kind of convention do you suppose the woman in the plaid shirt on the left thought she was attending? and did she feel underdressed?

The guys do not have drape suits either. The male - female ratio at these conventions is a little skewed.

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