What was your reel-to-reel history?

[Shovel_Knight]

So $12,000 and no record facility! Not for me then.

It's for people who are buying $500 "master tapes".

[Barry]

Be interesting to see if it comes to market, unlike the proposed reintroduction of the TD124 turntable.

[Primare]

The Pioneer RT909 is certainly a beautiful machine isnt it

Alan

It sure is, worth having one just to look at. :-)

Alan,
Ali Tait,

This Pioneer RT 909 is quite a looker to my eyes at least. At the same time I like its sound as well.
I have bough it in non working condition and a very serious maintenance was done. All rubbers, caps, engine replaced. Adjusted to factory settings and for new LPR 35 tape. Delivers a lot of pleasure

Alan,
Your R2R collection is impressive!

BR,
Ivo

[337alant]

Ivo, glad to here it sounds as good as it looks
Did you do any of the upgrade mods to it?
"Matrix" has a whole section on Tapheads.net for the RT-909, definitely worth reading if you haven't already seen it
http://www.tapeheads.net/forumdisplay.php?f=147

BTW thats quite a collection of Pioneer gear you have there in your signature would like to see a picture of all that stacked up

Alan

[Made in 1968]

Im not sure wht to make about all these re-introductions of old classics, surely the original thing is the attraction, Retro fad does my head it.. A lot of this is happening in the Synthesizer market, With Korg re-introducing the ARP 'Odyssey & their classic 'MS-20'.. Roland re-introduced the 'Jupiter 6' a bit back & a whole hoast of classic synth modules [System '100M' & '500'] Ive had a few but dont give me what the originals did..

[topoxforddoc]

Today's work - Sony APR5002 - archiving a production master of ELO "Out Of The Blue"

Digital rip using Prism Sound Lyra 2 at 192/24 AND tape duplicate onto new tape stock (LPR90) with Dolby SR on my other Sony APR5003

[Ali Tait]

Ivo, glad to here it sounds as good as it looks
Did you do any of the upgrade mods to it?
"Matrix" has a whole section on Tapheads.net for the RT-909, definitely worth reading if you haven't already seen it
http://www.tapeheads.net/forumdisplay.php?f=147

BTW thats quite a collection of Pioneer gear you have there in your signature would like to see a picture of all that stacked up

Alan

Thanks Alan, useful information.

[Made in 1968]

Luverly that Sony

[topoxforddoc]

Luverly that Sony

It sure is. My two Sony APR 5000 series machines are probably my favourites - gentle tape transport (albeit forced guidance rather than precision guidance on the Studer A820), really flexible software driven calibration with 3 presets for each tape speed (3.75 thru to 30 IPS) and great stock electronics.

[Primare]

Ivo, glad to here it sounds as good as it looks
Did you do any of the upgrade mods to it?
"Matrix" has a whole section on Tapheads.net for the RT-909, definitely worth reading if you haven't already seen it
http://www.tapeheads.net/forumdisplay.php?f=147

BTW thats quite a collection of Pioneer gear you have there in your signature would like to see a picture of all that stacked up

Alan

Alan,
There are no modes on my Pioneer RT 909.
But a serious maintenance is done: all caps and rubbers changed, engine changed, cleaned and greased, adjusted to factory settings, aligned for LPR 35.
You can see more pictures of my Pioneers here:
https://theartofsound.net/forum/show...ighlight=Sofia
BR,
Ivo