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Thanks but I'm still none the wiser. Looks like Cold War spy equipment
Wow - are you a millenial? - It's a reel to reel tape deck - as used in analogue recording studios - if you see references to the 'mastertape' of a particular recording, this would be the format - capable of astonishing SQ compared to the humble compact cassette (and, arguably, any other front end) - used to be relatively popular as a high end domestic source when I was a child (I remember a friend of my father who would record all his vinyl from an LP12 onto a beautiful Revox reel to reel, and then just listen to the tapes) - a lot more niche these days, but still have a dedicated following
 
Wow - are you a millenial? - It's a reel to reel tape deck - as used in analogue recording studios - if you see references to the 'mastertape' of a particular recording, this would be the format - capable of astonishing SQ compared to the humble compact cassette (and, arguably, any other front end) - used to be relatively popular as a high end domestic source when I was a child (I remember a friend of my father who would record all his vinyl from an LP12 onto a beautiful Revox reel to reel, and then just listen to the tapes) - a lot more niche these days, but still have a dedicated following
I've just checked the formal definition and I am indeed a millennial - I never knew!
Thanks for the explanation. I had never heard of it, let alone seen it in domestic use. Were albums once purchased in mastertape?
 
I've just checked the formal definition and I am indeed a millennial - I never knew!
Thanks for the explanation. I had never heard of it, let alone seen it in domestic use. Were albums once purchased in mastertape?
I am no expert, but AFAIK reel to reel prerecorded releases were pretty limited - 8 track and cassette took over pretty quickly for domestic use (the term 'mastertape' only refers to the original recording made in the studio) - I'm guessing you'd need pretty deep pockets to build up much of a collection, and you'd be pretty limited re genre etc - I would have thought you'd have seen kit like this in films: you should watch 'The Conversation' - classic Francis Ford Coppola starring Gene Hackman - should bring you up to speed on analogue recording technology... F
 
I am no expert, but AFAIK reel to reel prerecorded releases were pretty limited - 8 track and cassette took over pretty quickly for domestic use (the term 'mastertape' only refers to the original recording made in the studio) - I'm guessing you'd need pretty deep pockets to build up much of a collection, and you'd be pretty limited re genre etc - I would have thought you'd have seen kit like this in films: you should watch 'The Conversation' - classic Francis Ford Coppola starring Gene Hackman - should bring you up to speed on analogue recording technology... F

I think it might be one of the greatest films ever, Walter Murch's masterpiece of sound/video editing and one of the loneliest/paranoid films I can think of.

I'm about the same generation as Boyce (I'm 82 opposed him being 83) and I've seen a few R2R's around, the first time was when I bought/sold a guitar to a chap who had one in his guitar room and also told me of copying vinyl to R2R as it would bring out sounds that'd be missed otherwise.

I'm a fan of the compact cassette as well, mainly for the sake of nostalgia. My association with music was heavily dependent on friends giving me home recorded cassette's (D90, an album on each side). As a 14 or 15 year old, a friend of my dad's gave me a D90 with Meat is Murder on one side, Unknown Pleasures on the other.
 
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