[sdiy] cheap and decent reel to reel recommendations?

[Peter Grenader]

There has been a Teac 3340s for cheap at a place called Black Market Music
in LA for-ev-er.  Somewhere around $200.  Don't know if it works, but if
anyone wants it, I would be happy to go over there and run it through it
paces if you're seriously thinking of buying it.

Revoxs are easily retrofitted with not only a varible speed pot, but the
addition of a variable speed VC input and a switch to turn the erase head
off for that old Eno loop thing.  I used to have the sketches on how to add
the VC input - in 1975.  Possibly a web search could drudge it up.

Also, Otari made (makes?) EXCELLENT four channel half track machines with a
variable speed pot with a pretty wide range.  If you can find them, STAY
AWAY FROM DOKORDER.  Far away.  Don't even glance at it, it may get it's
juice on you.  Horrible things.

Mike Peake wrote:

> 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,