AXPONA 2026: Reel-2-Reel & Misc

[amirm]

I didn't spend much time in the expo area but was delighted to see these vintage Reel to Reel tape decks:

Didn't know RBH made this kind of granite (?) speakers:

And what the heck is this contraption?

I guess it washes your LPs with some magic juju?

 

[Chanur]

I didn't spend much time in the expo area but was delighted to see these vintage Reel to Reel tape decks:
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Didn't know RBH made this kind of granite (?) speakers:
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And what the heck is this contraption?

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I guess it washes your LPs with some magic juju?

+23% to vinyl enjoyment.

 

[DVDdoug]

Beautiful tape machines!

But not practical and I have no desire to own one. I wouldn't be particularly "delighted" to see them.

They would make nice display pieces or conversation pieces if I had space for that kind of thing.

 

[amirm]

They are really conversation piece as they can't accept the large reels and play at higher speeds which you need for current (expensive) commercial R2R releases.

 

[rdenney]

An LP cannot be properly cleaned without having gone through a machine that costs more than the turntable. And I'm not talking about a cheapie turntable

Is the R2R in the second post a Revox?

I notice no Teacs--maybe my two aren't going to contribute to my retirement program as much as one might hope.

Rick "profit margin is always in the accessories" Denney

 

[BinkieHuckerback]

Those granite speakers...good for rock music?...I'll get my coat...

 

[mhardy6647]

Is the R2R in the second post a Revox?

This one?

Everything about it screams TASCAM.
It is snazzier than my TASCAM 22-4, though.




EDIT: I think it's a TASCAM BR-20T (or somewhere in that family).

Surprised to see no Ampex/ATR, Studer, Sony/MCI -- you know: big boy tape decks.

 

[Chanur]

So I learned yesterday that RBH started out as a cabinet maker for speakers. Then they got bought out and started making speakers but stopped making the cabinets. The world is crazy.

 

[mhardy6647]

ReVox B77 on the right of the first photo (or perhaps its Studer "pro" cousin, PR99), inexplicably sporting "TEAC" reels. Couple of Pioneer RT-707 decks on the left, and some AKAI deck in the middle. I am less savvy of the better and later AKAI consumer decks, unfortunately. A GX-something or another, I reckon.

 

[rdenney]

I had noticed the B77 in the first photo and the Pioneer 707's are cult fetish objects.

I had never known a blond Tascam, but I agree, it's at least related to the BR-20T.

Rick "whose Tascam experience was with the 80-8 and the 22-2 mix-down deck" Denney