Studer vs. Otari

[OldiesButGoodies]

You lying piece of turd - you listened to the tape on my Otari through your cans and we had to wipe the drool off the floor. 

The Tandberg is in a different time zone!  We could invite you over to the next one -just need to coordinate to make it happen.  I warn you in advance that there is a high probability that the Revox may quit Tonya-Harding-style and weasel out based on some technical issue. Of course, the promoter will then sell you a line about "how awesome it would play if it were playing, how angels come down from the heavens when the german tape deck is online...".   I can guarantee you recording is not in the cards,  that machine only plays what others recorded so far as I know.  "But once back in 2011 it recorded a few minutes of Pink Floyd and it was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G..."   Sure...

OBG

[Reverend]

[papabearjew]

Looks like we may need a referee. Play nice boys

[MacGeek]

None of this matters.  These are all great machines and the arguments are over incremental differences in performance (and maybe taste).  The best part is watching them work, having a few beers, getting together with a few friends and listening to some good tunes.

[schwarcw]

They need some more beer! 

[Reverend]

It's all in good fun.

[bearjew]

hate to change the subject, but what was that turd on the turntable?  I can't seem to bring my focus away from that...

[Sir Thrift-a-Lot]

It's not an unreasonable question.

[OldiesButGoodies]

The turd is in honor of the best private hi-def music streaming service there is*

OBG

*Not accessible from work at companies that care about security.  *Very* easy to access from any  Sony Inc. corporate office location.

[OldiesButGoodies]

Just removed 20 feet of mangled Maxell UD tape from the Revox incident. This is what german engineering did to Patty Barber right in the middle 'Laura' - "And you see Laura  $%$W@#*(UPkkk....."  Maybe next time I will bring a tape of Bryan Adams recorded on Realistic low-noise 3600,  that way I can limit the losses...   

Untitled by JSifontes, on Flickr

[Sir Thrift-a-Lot]

I friggin' hate when that happens! 

[bearjew]

*Not accessible from work at companies that care about security.  *Very* easy to access from any  Sony Inc. corporate office location.

Haha well played.  The IT guys where I work still don't realize that I can stream like everything but Spotify.  It works out well now though since I have tidal.

[OldiesButGoodies]

So you and PBJ thing Tidal is worth it? It is basically CD quality. 

[bearjew]

So you and PBJ thing Tidal is worth it? It is basically CD quality. 

Yeah, it's definitely worth it.  I mean, how often do you buy records and tapes and whatnot?  You're technically getting a lot for your money as long as you use it.  Listen to two or three albums on it and it's paid for for the month.  I use it every day, as does PBJ (especially now that he has a nice DAC instead of using his phone).