[Redcarmoose]

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Or you could just record your TT onto a new tape with your reel to reel and forget the swanky tapes...and it will beat the sound of your TT when played back through the reel deck.

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 no     wait a minute .......................................................................................................................your right..........................but where are the records?

 

[colinharding]

You've quite a bit of tt gear...so maybe at your house 

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[J.Pocalypse]

Where do you buy "reel" albums? Are they still made?

 

[Redcarmoose]

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You've quite a bit of tt gear...so maybe at your house 

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Believe it or not I gave 30% of my vinyl to a guy on head-fi who is maybe a lot ot closer to you. I don't have any friends...............that is why I'm here!

 

[colinharding]

Yeah, though sometimes you have to buy a box of 500 to get the one you are looking for.  I believe United Home Audio as acquired a lot of the master copies and sells them, at least they mentioned something like that at a recent show (capital audio fest).  However, their stock and choice of albums is very limited.  Honestly, just find your favorite recording of a specific album and buy a blank reel.  Play it off your comp, tt, DAC or whatever you wish into your reel deck and record it onto the blank reel.  As I was discussing with Skylab earlier the reel will apply its respective equalization curve (be it NAB or IEC) and when you play the album back it will sound wonderfully analogue.  

 

[colinharding]

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Believe it or not I gave 30% of my vinyl to a guy on head-fi who is maybe a lot ot closer to you. I don't have any friends...............that is why I'm here!

 
Gave!?  Here as in you've been banished to headfi lol?

 

[Redcarmoose]

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Yeah, though sometimes you have to buy a box of 500 to get the one you are looking for.  I believe United Home Audio as acquired a lot of the master copies and sells them, at least they mentioned something like that at a recent show (capital audio fest).  However, their stock and choice of albums is very limited.  Honestly, just find your favorite recording of a specific album and buy a blank reel.  Play it off your comp, tt, DAC or whatever you wish into your reel deck and record it onto the blank reel.  As I was discussing with Skylab earlier the reel will apply its respective equalization curve (be it NAB or IEC) and when you play the album back it will sound wonderfully analogue.  

DAC wt TH phuc????  No DAC can get us there my child?
 
 
you have to think up steam and nothing is going to magically turn your turd into gold,,,,,,I'm sorry to say.

 

[Redcarmoose]

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DAC wt TH phuc????  No DAC can get us there my child?
 
 
you have to think up steam and nothing is going to magically turn your turd into gold,,,,,,I'm sorry to say.

Ask sky how many illuminating Cd's he has recorded onto tape for keeping reference?

 

[colinharding]

Hahaha, well I'm only saying, if you don't have a TT or other appropriate source; recording from a DAC will still make the source material sound more analogue than it is.  Not the best option, but an option none the less.

 

[Redcarmoose]

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Hahaha, well I'm only saying, if you don't have a TT or other appropriate source; recording from a DAC will still make the source material sound more analogue than it is.  Not the best option, but an option none the less.

 
 
 
Wow so getting an analogue fuzz burn will make the CDs sound better? I'll have to take note of this.

 

[colinharding]

Seems that almost anything I record via the reel deck sounds better, gives the source that nice reel (or real depending on how you hear it 

) EQ sound.  Give it a try, blank tapes aren't that much of an expense. 

 

[Redcarmoose]

Placebo and analogous Eq blend are strong. As a compression blend it is much more powerful than we ever talk about at Head-Fi.
 
 
 
The fact that compression on tape will always have a  different sound. Never going to one up a CD even in any-ones dreams. Placebo is strong though!
 
 
There is nothing wrong with an analogue epiphanie at the right terms. It is real as you are going to find.

 

[colinharding]

Placebo or not, I like it! 

 

[Redcarmoose]

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Placebo or not, I like it! 

It is all real.

 

[jtaylor991]

For finding tapes, many factory pre-recorded tapes are available on eBay for $10-$20 (7 inch reel, 1/4"). That's where I get mine. Classic rock is quite expensive on pre-recorded tape though...