Used Tape Deck Overview

Over the last few decades, we’ve seen 100s of reel to reel tape decks through our doors, from early 1950s mono tube machines, to mid-1980s studio multitrack units. While there are many unique problems...

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Multitrack Recording

Single Track, ½ Track, ¼ Track A track is a portion of the magnetic tape that is recorded onto. A full track tape recorder uses the entire width of the tape to record one...

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Buying a Used Reel To Reel Deck

So you’re going to buy that long coveted reel-to-reel, or maybe you want to upgrade your existing model with something higher grade. For this article, we’ll assume you’re looking for a stereo consumer tape...

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Professional Equipment

Big Sound and Big Bucks These decks were designed for studios, planetariums, and other commercial applications that demanded the highest in fidelity and reliability, with a similar hi-fidelity price tag. Typical tape speeds were...

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Semi-Pro Equipment

‘Semi-professional’ machines made their debut In the early 1970s. These tape decks had features not found in consumer machines, and the mechanisms were usually designed to be more rugged and endure more frequent switching...

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Home/Consumer Equipment

Many early home reel-to-reels were mono, but by the late 1960’s, most were stereo. Most mono reel-to-reels had an amplifier and speaker built right into the reel-to-reel, while entry level stereo units had stereo amplifiers and...

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