[sdiy] cheap and decent reel to reel recommendations?

[Mike Peake]

At 8:50 PM -0700 9/10/03, denshi wrote:
>any veterans of tape splicing/musique concrete have
>recommendations for a decent and affordable reel to
>reel machine?  i would like to explore some of the
>tape techniques that i take for granted on computers.
>
>
>it needs to be affordable, and i would like to modify
>it to have variable speed with a pot (unless of course
>thats a feature).  so far ive seen some interesting
>ureh and akai models, but im looking for suggestions.
>thanks all!
>
>seth s. nemec

Technics RS-1500

Revox A77 and B77

Sadly, most RRs will go cheap nowaday.
ATRs are an exception.

Easier,
-- 
Mike Peake, Your Postwar Administrator

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