Reel to Reel, a new adventure

[northwest]

Because I only have my Lenco 75 to repaint, a Plinth to build, my ESL 57's to rebuild and my Home Office to build from scratch this week I thought I would buy myself an Akai Reel to Reel tape player as well:stalks:

Having never owned one, always wanted one and have absolutely ZERO experience of them I decided to just trawl eBay until one came up in my price range (really cheap) and I can now announce to the world that I am the proud owner of an AKAI X5000 Reel to Reel tape machine!

Okay, so now it's on its way to me, what do I do with it when it gets here?

Answers on a postcard please.......

[f1eng]

Make some recordings. Learn about off-tape monitoring and hear what change to the sound you get when you record to tape. Try a couple of tape speeds and see what you think about the differences.
Have loads of fun.
Good microphones are not cheap if you get enthusiastic for live recording.

[seoirse2002]

Ive got an old Sony TC-730 reel to reel and love it...enjoy the new experience

[The Black Adder]

Enjoy!... It's addictive so be warned! :)

[Beechwoods]

Oooh! This is the tip of a very big iceberg!

Whatever you do, don't start checking eBay for Factory made reels, they're even more addictive than the machines that play them :)

http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1929

[Lodgesound]

And whatever you do don't ever get so interested in tape machines that you start collecting professional ones...

[Rare Bird]

Because I only have my Lenco 75 to repaint, a Plinth to build, my ESL 57's to rebuild and my Home Office to build from scratch this week I thought I would buy myself an Akai Reel to Reel tape player as well:stalks:

Having never owned one, always wanted one and have absolutely ZERO experience of them I decided to just trawl eBay until one came up in my price range (really cheap) and I can now announce to the world that I am the proud owner of an AKAI X5000 Reel to Reel tape machine!



Saw that on auction ;)

[northwest]

Saw that on auction ;)

To be honest, I didn't know which one to go for and figure any would be the answer as it is more of a nostalgia thing for me than a serious addition to my system. I have been thinking it would go well in my new shed attached to the Hi-Fi in there.
We will see.

[shane]

Not the greatest r2r ever made, but at that proce who's arguing!

If you get a taste for it, Revoxes don't cost a fortune. A nice G36 would be good.

[wiicrackpot]

Any views on the Brenell Mk5?.

[Rare Bird]

I can't get on with Revox's Shane i always end up selling them! I always go back to Sony machines.

[The Grand Wazoo]

For £36 that's a pretty good way of finding out about r:r - as the others have said it's pretty addictive!