Turtlerock Forum

Posted: **Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:15 am**

Everyone has a personal favorite machine
if they've worked with more than just one or two machines.

So here's a little 'test'

see if you pick the 'best sounding' tape recorder your first try!

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Choose the machine you think is the BEST SOUNDING TAPE RECORDER

SEARCH THE ENTIRE LISTING!! Think carefully !!

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the STUDER A-827

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the AMPEX MM 1200

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the OTARI MTR 100

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the 3M M79

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the AMPEX ATR 124

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the SCULLY 100

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the AMPEX MM 1100

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the STUDER A-80

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the MCI JH-24

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the OTARI MX-80

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the 3M M56

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the OTARI MTR 90 mkIII

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the AMPEX MM 1000

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the MCI JH-16

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Pick the machine you think SOUNDS THE BEST !
then see if you got it right!

Posted: **Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:06 pm**

Bugger!!..... I feel like such a failure....picked the wrong machine of course... still i'm happy with what i'm doing with my old MM 1100 on the odd occasion i get to use it these days

Posted: **Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:26 pm**

Darn

You left the Yamaha MT4X cassette 4-track off the list. I made me first album on one of those.

...... and Beck still uses one to make records.

Lets all do the chant: It ain't the gear .....

Posted: **Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:40 pm**

Make sure you click on the link to make sense of this thread...

http://www.analoguerules.com/bestmachine.html

Posted: **Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:05 pm**

What a load of toss!

If you can't hear the difference between a Studer A80 and an Ampex ATR then you're in the wrong business.

Posted: **Tue Apr 24, 2007 6:59 pm**

i went for the A80 too

hmm should of stuck with my Ta@#$% porta 2

having said that my doro answering maching gets a pretty decent response at 1k

Posted: **Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:07 pm**

Yeah, but it must be hard figuring where the 2" tape goes in...