Reel to Reel - Page 3 - spintheblackestcircles.org

Reply

Re: Reel to Reel#133419

By Bezulsqy - Wed Dec 23, 2020 8:02 am

- Wed Dec 23, 2020 8:02 am #133419

Reel to reel equipment is one of the most beautiful pieces of home audio gear there is.

Re: Reel to Reel#152545

By static14 - Sat Sep 30, 2023 10:31 pm

- Sat Sep 30, 2023 10:31 pm #152545

breaking in a new pinch roller.

Attachments

IMG_7386.jpeg (2.86 MiB) Viewed 4807 times

Re: Reel to Reel#152898

By static14 - Wed Nov 22, 2023 8:43 pm

- Wed Nov 22, 2023 8:43 pm #152898

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Attachments

IMG_7426.jpeg (2.82 MiB) Viewed 4680 times

Re: Reel to Reel#152899

By static14 - Wed Nov 22, 2023 9:23 pm

- Wed Nov 22, 2023 9:23 pm #152899

Deja Vu

Attachments

IMG_7427.jpeg (1.43 MiB) Viewed 4677 times

Re: Reel to Reel#152904

By Bezulsqy - Thu Nov 23, 2023 8:09 am

- Thu Nov 23, 2023 8:09 am #152904

Love seeing these pictures @Static. That machine is a thing of beauty!

Re: Reel to Reel#153512

By static14 - Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:22 pm

- Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:22 pm #153512

Took apart the RTR today to give it a good cleaning and deoxit all the pots and switches. Seems like it really needs it every few years. First post work listen! :)

Attachments

IMG_7518.jpeg (2.78 MiB) Viewed 4341 times

Re: Reel to Reel#153587

By static14 - Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:22 pm

- Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:22 pm #153587

Some more work on the Akai and my cassette decks today. Finally received some test cassette tapes and an open reel test tape as well that were all on the slow boat from Europe. spent the afternoon calibrating speed and playback and record levels on all my decks. :)

Attachments

IMG_7538.jpeg (2.86 MiB) Viewed 4299 times

Re: Reel to Reel#153633

By static14 - Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:34 pm

- Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:34 pm #153633

The work continues! Replaced all the transistors on the playback side, and waiting on some more in the mail to redo the record side as well. Playing with inky black backgrounds now. :) Super happy I finally did it.

Attachments

IMG_7554.jpeg (2.92 MiB) Viewed 4251 times

Re: Reel to Reel#153634

By static14 - Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:30 pm

- Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:30 pm #153634

Beethoven's 9th

Attachments

IMG_7555.jpeg (2.85 MiB) Viewed 4248 times

Re: Reel to Reel#153686

By static14 - Fri Apr 05, 2024 9:49 pm

- Fri Apr 05, 2024 9:49 pm #153686

Work is done!

Attachments

IMG_7572.jpeg (2.82 MiB) Viewed 4202 times

Re: Reel to Reel#153746

By static14 - Fri Apr 12, 2024 5:34 pm

- Fri Apr 12, 2024 5:34 pm #153746

Blade Runner

Attachments

IMG_7620.jpeg (2.95 MiB) Viewed 4173 times

Re: Reel to Reel#153747

By static14 - Fri Apr 12, 2024 7:13 pm

- Fri Apr 12, 2024 7:13 pm #153747

Thunderball

Attachments

IMG_7621.jpeg (2.85 MiB) Viewed 4168 times

Re: Reel to Reel#153748

By static14 - Fri Apr 12, 2024 8:07 pm

- Fri Apr 12, 2024 8:07 pm #153748

Time After Time

Attachments

IMG_7622.jpeg (2.73 MiB) Viewed 4167 times

Re: Reel to Reel#153785

By static14 - Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:40 pm

- Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:40 pm #153785

Dune

Attachments

IMG_7631.jpeg (2.83 MiB) Viewed 4108 times

Re: Reel to Reel#153786

By inksb - Wed Apr 17, 2024 5:18 pm

- Wed Apr 17, 2024 5:18 pm #153786

static14 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:40 pmDune

Now you need to make another one Complete Dune release of the Zimmer score. What is the longest runtime you can fit on a reel?

Re: Reel to Reel#153787

By static14 - Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:01 pm

- Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:01 pm #153787

The reels I'm using for these are 1650' so 44 minutes a side at 7.5ips

Re: Reel to Reel#153805

By static14 - Fri Apr 19, 2024 8:29 pm

- Fri Apr 19, 2024 8:29 pm #153805

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Attachments

IMG_7637.jpeg (2.97 MiB) Viewed 4065 times

Re: Reel to Reel#153806

By static14 - Sat Apr 20, 2024 7:49 pm

- Sat Apr 20, 2024 7:49 pm #153806

Dune

Attachments

IMG_7638.jpeg (2.77 MiB) Viewed 4044 times

Re: Reel to Reel#153818

By static14 - Sun Apr 21, 2024 7:46 pm

- Sun Apr 21, 2024 7:46 pm #153818

Dune part two

Attachments

IMG_7640.jpeg (352.44 KiB) Viewed 4026 times

Re: Reel to Reel#153819

By inksb - Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:21 pm

- Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:21 pm #153819

very nice. how many customs have you made so far? what have you been paying for reels? I always assumed they were kind of expensive

Re: Reel to Reel#153823

By static14 - Mon Apr 22, 2024 4:15 pm

- Mon Apr 22, 2024 4:15 pm #153823

7 so far. 3 of those were updates and re-recordings of ones i made years ago. Tapes can be expensive but I found a really great source for ampex tapes that were used once by an audio book company as master tapes and bulk erased.

Re: Reel to Reel#154134

By static14 - Fri May 31, 2024 5:54 pm

- Fri May 31, 2024 5:54 pm #154134

Taking the leap into 15ips 2 track! Tascam 32 showed up yesterday and I spent the afternoon and evening getting it all cleaned up and fixing a handful of issues. Just waiting on a new belt and pinch roller to arrive to get it up and running! :)