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Hi everyone, I'm a long-time reader though I haven't posted much. Back in the early fall I had the unfortunate experience of getting my apartment broken into and a lot of valuables stolen (namely: a great guitar, a bass guitar, and all my wife's jewelry). Thanks to our renters insurance we got...

Thanks again, this has been incredibly helpful. My fears and worries have subsided and I'm excited to take the plunge into the Reel world. I'll be on the lookout for a Tascam 38/48/58/TRS-8 or an Otari MX5050-MKIII in the near future, so if you're selling and you're in the mid-atlantic/New...

This is all really interesting and helpful, thank you all for your responses. Just to make sure I'm reading this correctly and my question was clear enough, I'm specifically focused on the short term recording and re-recording of the same section of tape (and less so with long-term storage, as...

I'm considering dipping into the analog, reel to reel world. I'd like to buy a 1/2" 8-track reel to reel, likely Otari or possibly a Tascam. I have two questions about tape. What is the average lifetime of a new tape? If I record a track, and the rewind and record again (either on the same...