Re: [ARSCLIST] The Tape Project

[Jeffery Kane <jeffkane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's only if you do the full monty subscription. Individually they  
are $329. The selling point is low speed duplication as generationally  
close to the master as possible. I have a subscription, the first two  
tapes have been enlightening.

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On Dec 9, 2007, at 5:44 PM, Andrew Justice <justice.andrew@xxxxxxxxx>  
wrote:

> I haven't seen this discussed, so I thought it may be of interest:
>
> http://www.tapeproject.com/
>
> "[T]o make available to the discerning audiophile an analog listening
> experience that comes as close as possible to the experience of  
> hearing the
> original master tape. A small group of music lovers has started  
> securing the
> rights to release a variety of extraordinary recordings on high  
> quality reel
> to reel tape. We have also assembled the highest quality duplicating  
> system
> that has ever been attempted. The result, for those with ears to  
> hear, is
> the most involving and satisfying experience that has ever come from
> reproduced music.  Our plan is to release ten titles per year.   
> These tapes
> are recorded  as 15 inches per second two-track, one of the formats  
> most
> common for analog master tapes. Each album normally comprises two  
> reels."
>
> So they're re-releasing albums on reel-to-reel tape, for about $129  
> a pop.
>
> Andrew Justice
> University of North Texas