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General Discussion / Modern Uses of reel to reel for Joe Blogg

« on: February 24, 2013, 07:56:45 AM »

I have inherited about 6 Teac and Akai reel to reel tape recorders. Some are decks whilst others have built in amp and speakers. They all accomodate tapes up to 7". Included in the lot is a ASC AS 6004 S deck- which can accomodate tapes up to 12". Also in the box are about 24 brand new 10.5" tapes. Ideally  I would like to keep the ASC AS 6004 deck (as it works really well) and use them with the 10.5" tapes. My question is what does one use these reel to reel nowadays for? The only thing that came to mind was recording radio programmes off the radio and  listening to it at leisure- or perhaps transferring some jazz and classical onto the tapes and listening to it through my analog NAD hi-fi to appreicate the more "warmer "anaologue sound.
If this sounds weird- forgive me this is my 1st post and I am not clued up with these tapes recorders. I am 31 years old- so these recorders are before my time! Appreciate all your help. Laz