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Jose Sifontes, on Flickr
This is the Teac 550RX. You would walk by it at a flea market and think "just another shitty 2 head deck". And you would be wrong. I bought this from Tom, who knows a thing or two about sleeper decks. It has a tone to it that is unique - tube like. I cannot monitor what I record, but what I do record I often what to hear again. Commercial recordings that sound meh on a regular deck sound good in this one. I salute you, Teac!