I think I used Ampex machines when I took radio broadcasting in college. I love that kerchunk sound as well. I don't currently work with open-reel tape but I would like to. My buddy has a whole bunch of recordings of albums that aired on CHUM-fm and WBUF and we would both like to find a machine to play them on. > From: howard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: tape@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [TapeVille] Re: Great Concept for List! > Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 22:01:49 -0500 > > Hi all, > > I guess I must be new here cuz I think this is a new list, huh? > > I've never had the chance to run one of those ampex 350's or other pro > machines, but I've had a few ampex home machines in my day. They were sure > built nice. I wish I had a couple of them back again. For open reel tape, I'm > now using a pair of pioneer 7 inch reversable machines, 707 or 717 or > something like that. > > I'll be glad to know if anyone is still seriously using open reel tape. > > Take care > > Howard, near Milwaukee > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tyler" <programmer651@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <tape@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 6:56 PM > Subject: [TapeVille] Re: Great Concept for List! > > > Well, that's a good thing! Welcome to TapeVille, buddy! We're trying to > become both a > discussion list and a magazine, so, if for some odd reason, tapes are in the > news, then we will try > to put it on here ASAP. > Tyler Z > On Tue, 9 Jul 2013 18:34:43 -0500, Max G. Swanson wrote: > > > >As I try to resurrect my iPhone bought just in March, I prefer to think > >about the wonders of tape. What, in digital land, can you compare to the > >kerChunk of an Ampex 300 you just started up from the radio station's > >board; and it's your first time running a board, and you cued up the > >29-minute taped program perfectly? > > > >Now that's a thrill. > >-- > >"Americans must know the basic architecture of programs designed to > >protect them."(Senator Franken.) Regards, Max. > > > > > > > > >