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Post by c0rtland on May 8, 2018 9:23:38 GMT -6
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Post by kcatthedog on May 8, 2018 10:23:35 GMT -6
Very cool, you can get the rebuilt mci mala for around $5g’s ?
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Post by ericn on May 8, 2018 10:43:43 GMT -6
Very cool, you can get the rebuilt mci mala for around $5g’s ? And that’s what will kill these, $11k plus in today’s world means consumer Audiophiles! Here is the thing the modern recordist thinks they want the sound of tape, if they can get it in a modern Hyundai with maintenance included package, tape will always be an old Jaguar that requires as much time being maintained as it does on the road.
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Post by jimwilliams on May 8, 2018 10:55:24 GMT -6
A good phile converter runs $20,000. Speakers run from $25,000 to 1/2 million. $5k for a reel to real is nothing to that crowd. It's probably not good enough as there is a market for $20,000 tape playback in Dubai and Japan.
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Post by kcatthedog on May 8, 2018 10:58:54 GMT -6
I wasn’t being negative if you have the dough a brand new deck would be sweet !
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Post by ericn on May 8, 2018 11:36:36 GMT -6
I wasn’t being negative if you have the dough a brand new deck would be sweet ! Didn’t take it that way, but if you buy that $5k refurbished deck you know there are parts out there do we know how long this new company will be around and what there parts stock looks like?
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Post by kcatthedog on May 8, 2018 12:22:49 GMT -6
Ya that’s more like where I was going, you can buy used mci2 track pretty cheaply but they will need a lot of work or the mala refurb: everything’s done, has warranty and is all us parts, but still an older machine and finally you can buy new for even more dough: pick your poison! I’ve been semi seriously researched used mci, if my last name was Williams, no probs, alas, it isn’t!
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Post by Johnkenn on May 8, 2018 13:33:36 GMT -6
WTF is wrong with people? https%3A//soundcloud.com/johnkennedyproductions/give-more
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Post by ericn on May 8, 2018 13:37:22 GMT -6
WTF is wrong with people? https%3A//soundcloud.com/johnkennedyproductions/give-moreMore money than brains?
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Post by drbill on May 8, 2018 13:41:09 GMT -6
they need a new company name.
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Post by schmalzy on May 8, 2018 15:59:49 GMT -6
they need a new company name. It's a division of the Dick Hand Corporation.
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Post by the other mark williams on May 8, 2018 16:34:29 GMT -6
if my last name was Williams, no probs, alas, it isn’t! My last name is Williams, and I still have waaaaaaay too many problems.
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