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RE: Well, you know me... :)

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In Reply to: RE: Well, you know me... :) posted by Victor Khomenko on June 08, 2024 at 04:18:00

I've always thought the Lyrec decks were aesthetically beautiful machines. Never used one or heard or seen specs, but they sure looked nice.

But I'm still partial to the Studer A80 VU as the most elegant-looking deck ever, even though the Ampex ATR-101 and 102 outperform it sonically.

There was a time when I really, really wanted an Ampex ATR or an A80, but I'm over it now. What would I do with it? Play 30 - 50 year old tapes? Record birds in the back yard? :( :)

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Today the answer is simple - Victor Khomenko 09:05:44 06/08/24 (1)
We have something we didn't 30 years ago - many high quality prerecorded tapes. 15ips, 2tr recordings of very, very high caliber, possibly the best available media today.

You can also record the hi-res streaming, it sounds better that way.
- Right on... - kootenay 10:45:02 06/08/24 (0)
  Like you, I do my recordings now from QOBUZ and or TIDAL hi-rez streaming using Audirvana as the interface. My favorite music is being recorded from 24/192 hi-rez digital source to 15IPS speed on my Revox PR99 MK II RTR and Revox B215 Cassette deck. They sound fabulous with no hissing noise whatsoever.
  
  A friend who visited me lately listened to the newly recorded music on my Revox B215 cassette deck he couldn't believe a cassette tape could sound like this.

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