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Reel to Reel Tape Machines / Re: For what it's worth

« on: February 20, 2008, 02:06:24 PM »

Same ad on AudioKarma. (The Tascams)

Seems like a great deal for those that would have $800 to spend....

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Reel to Reel Tape Machines / Re: newbee looking for direction on 15 ips recorders

« on: February 13, 2008, 07:06:57 PM »

The 3440 is like my A-3340S, and it is a quarter-track only deck.  You would be laying down 2 duplicate tracks, without any improvement.  Just 2 copies of the same thing.

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Reel to Reel Tape Machines / Re: Teac A-3340S and most likely the youngest person into reel to reel.....

« on: February 13, 2008, 06:21:19 PM »

Thanks much!   I will try to upgrade the rest of my playback system first, and then buy The Tape Project tapes.  Then try to get an Ampex 350-2 from my local classical radio station.

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Raw Tape / Re: ATR 1/4" Updates?

« on: February 13, 2008, 04:49:14 PM »

According to a post I saw on AudioKarma, it is being sold from US Recording Media.

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Reel to Reel Tape Machines / Re: Teac A-3340S and most likely the youngest person into reel to reel.....

« on: February 13, 2008, 02:12:32 PM »

Oh yeah....

The rest of the system:
Onkyo TX-4500 receiver (fully recapped and refurbished)
JBL 4311 speakers
Acoutsic Research AR-4x speakers
Baby Advent speakers.  Not all tun at the same time.  One set at a time.
Technics SL-D202 with Audio-Technica AT95e cart
Akai GX912 cassette deck
Teac A-6010 reel to reel (needing repairs, left motor does not work, therefore, it cannot play nothing, because of no tension.)

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Reel to Reel Tape Machines / Teac A-3340S and most likely the youngest person into reel to reel.....

« on: February 13, 2008, 12:09:19 PM »

Hello, everyone at The Tape Project forum.  My name is David, and I had a few questions about my Teac A-3340S, and playback of the Tape Project tapes.  In the event that I will ever be able to afford some (I am 16 years old), I would like to know what options I have.  I am probably the youngest person into reel to reel tape anywhere, but the downside to that is that I have no money.  My Teac cost less than ONE Tape Project album, but it has less than 200 total hours on the heads, so it will be performing wonderfully for a long while to come.

My questions:
Could I somehow mix together the 4 tracks down to 2 tracks?  I have an 8 channel mixer (but it is near 30 years old, a Tascam M30).
Are the Teac NAB hub adapters good ones, or should I look into getting better ones?  They work fine as far as I can tell.....
How much difference is there between NAB and CCIR (I believe that to be the EQ that you are using)?  I cannot get a hold of a CCIR eq, unless the Dynaco SCA-35 has one (I know it has tape head outs), and geting hold of that would be tough.  I also am very hesitant to mess with the wiring of my Teac.

Thanks for your patience with this R2R noob.

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VinylDavid
"Music is like candy. It is only good when you get rid of all the rappers."