Will need a 7.5 ips copy at some point 
(maybe at Jim’s?)
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The first rule of tape club is nobody talks about tape club.
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But yes 4T and 2T copies 
I have that Opus Eric Bibb album on 45rpm vinyl. A comparison might be interesting. The tape costs about twenty times more - I’ll bet it doesn’t sound 20 times better! 
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About 10 times, and since when did Hi-Fi ever work like that?
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Never, was just being a twat 
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Good man.
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Wish it did though. I need a Coco LCR tape head amp.
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Just ask him nicely…
This is worth watching if you’re interested in the history of the format.
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Go for it @coco 
Btw my final year project at Uni was input and output amps for an open reel tape player, including variable eq and variable bias level and frequency. Totally mad faff… purpose was to investigate none linearity of tape hysteresis and how the bias level and frequency affected distortion. Replay is much easier mind 
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You think tape faff is expensive try eating at a posh restaurant in Milan.
We spent more on fish, veg, and puds than Ed spent on that Eric Bibb. 
A few years back, I did a tour of Europe on my motorbike, and visited my family In Lausanne. They insisted on taking me out to their favourite Italian, which was a nice enough place but nothing spectacular. Thank fuck they were paying, because a pizza cost £30…
Could get Eric Bibb to come and play a house concert, likely to be cheaper 
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Supplies came from Tapecity so I’ve repaired 2 tapes and added leader tape to them. Just the rest to do now…
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You know you want it.
Oh baby!
I want and I don’t even own a R2R