Press Play > Dedicated to All Things Reel-to-Reel
Iain Betson
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S3E4 Press Play - The Podcast from Reel Resilience - Ep 28: Buying A Reel-to-Reel
This is an audio version of a presentation I deliver at Hi-Fi shows and to interest groups. It covers:ApplicationReels sizesTrack layoutTape speedsReversable machines EqNew or used machinesA…
S3E3 Press Play - The Podcast from Reel Resilience - Ep 27: Why Gen X Are Loving Tape
Reece Beard is a final-year student at Salford University in the UK. I thought he would make a great interview as to why GenX, Millenials and Gen Zeds are going back to the analogue tape format.You…
S3E2 Press Play - The Podcast from Reel Resilience - Ep 26: In Conversation With Dan Labrie of Myriad Magnetic - Part 2
In part 2 of this two-part podcast (see Ep 24 for Part 1) we continue our talk with Dan Labrie owner of Myriad Magnetic.Dan has been involved in professional analogue recording technology since…
S3E1 Press Play - The Podcast from Reel Resilience - Ep 25: Iain Is Interviewed on Local Radio
I have been meaning to do this for a long time, a bit more about me and my experience, so you get an idea of the person behind all of this. I did an outline of my background in Episode 1 but there…
S2E3 Press Play - The Podcast from Reel Resilience - Ep 24: In Conversation With Dan Labrie of Myriad Magnetic - Part 1
In part 1 of this two-part podcast we talk to Dan Labrie owner of Myriad Magnetic.Dan has been involved in professional analogue recording technology since 2010. He began his career replacing…
S2E2 Press Play - The Podcast from Reel Resilience - Ep 23: Who's Going To Fix These Machines? - Part 2
The resurgence of reel-to-reel, whilst great, has brought with it a few myths and misnomers and, shall we say, less than best practice in using them. In part 2 of this 3 part mini-series on…
S2E1 Press Play - The Podcast from Reel Resilience - Ep 22: Who's Going To Fix These Machines? - Part 1
In the 1960s to 1980s, when tape recorders were in regular use, there were many people to fix them. Half a century down the line, the number who now do this has reduced for many reasons. So who's…
S2E2 Press Play - The Podcast from Reel Resilience - Ep 21: Talking About the PR99, A700 & The B67
Part 2 of my conversion with Rob Brinkworth. In Episode 20 we talked about Rob's collection of Revox A77 and B77 machines and we carried on talking about the other recorders in his collection too, so…
S2E1 Press Play - The Podcast from Reel Resilience - Ep 20: The Revox A77 (and a bit about the B77 too)
It’s rare you can use the term game-changer in the world of reel-to-reel, In the genesis of the format developments came organically, with perhaps only the discovery of AC bias, to radically improve…
S1E19 Press Play - The Podcast from Reel Resilience - Ep 19: Why MCI? Part 2
This episode is part 2 of our two-part look at (Sony) MCI tape machines - I am told, by those with minds immeasurably superior to mine, that there is no difference between those machines badged with…
S1E18 Press Play - The Podcast from Reel Resilience - Ep 18: Why MCI? Part 1
This episode, and the next one, of the Press Play > podcast is all about MCI tape recorders. I put the word out on the Facebook groups that I wanted to talk MCI tape machines and studio owners…
S1E17 Press Play - The Podcast from Reel Resilience - Ep 17: A New Reel-to-Reel from Thorens
In this episode we introduce the fourth new reel-to-reel machine to arrive on the market. Thorens show their confidence in the resurgence of reel-to-reel by the launch of the TM1600 player. Gunter …
S1E16 Press Play - The Podcast from Reel Resilience - Ep 16: The Beatles on Tape
Andrew Morton runs the website Parlogram Auctions. A site specialising in the sale of rare and collectable Beatles memorabilia. An Englishman living in Austria, Andrew has an encyclopaedic knowledge…
S1E15 Press Play - The Podcast from Reel Resilience - Ep 15: Getting Into Reel-to-Reel
In conversation with Stuart Blacklock on buying an entry-level reel-to-reel machine. Stuart has been a guest on Press Play before, and it's with good reason we welcome him back. He is a man with a…
S1E14 Press Play - The Podcast from Reel Resilience - Ep 14: The Kostas Metaxas Interview - Part 2
Kostas Metaxas of Metaxas & Sins: This episode is part 2 of our two-part chat with Kostas Metaxas of Metaxas & Sins. We’ll hear about the TRX recorder, move onto discuss the new…
S1E13 Press Play - The Podcast from Reel Resilience - Ep 13: The Kostas Metaxas Interview - Part 1
Kostas Metaxas of Metaxas & Sins: Despite the resurgence of the tape format, few people, or companies, have created a new tape-recorder. Kostas has not just done this once, but twice. First with…
S1E12 Press Play - The Podcast from Reel Resilience - Ep 12: Talking Heads - Part 2
Tape heads: It all stops with a head when the audio is recorded on to the tape and starts with it on replay. Fortunately magnetic heads for audio recording are still manufactured by at least three…
S1E11 Press Play - The Podcast from Reel Resilience - Ep 11: Talking Heads - Part 1
Tape heads: It all stops with a head when the audio is recorded on to the tape and starts with it on replay. Fortunately magnetic heads for audio recording are still manufactured by at least three…
S1E10 Press Play - The Podcast from Reel Resilience - Ep 10: Righteous Reels
This episode of Press Play> very much deals with the visual, which may seems strange considering open-reel is a sound format, but pretty much since the visual media started, tape machines have…
S1E9 Press Play - The Podcast From Reel Resilience - Ep 9: Talking MPU boards with Steve Fensome
It may seem crazy, but Steve Fensome took a working, and hard to find, Studer A810 MPU board and dismantled it. But it was all in the name of tape machine progress, because, as a result, he is now…
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