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The reel-to-reel format was used in the very earliest tape recorders, including the pioneering German Magnetophons of the 1930s. Originally, this format had no name, since all forms of magnetic tape recorders used it. The name arose only with the need to distinguish it from the several kinds of tape cartridges or cassettes which were introduced in the early 1960s. Thus,the term “reel-to-reel” is an example of a retronym.
Reel-to-reel tape was also used in early tape drives for data storage on mainframe computers, video tape machines, and later for high quality analog and digital audio recorders in the 1980s and 1990s, before hard disk recording effectively eliminated the need for reel-to-reel technology.
Stellavox, Nagra, Denon and Otari are currently making analog reel to reel recorders.
The format was commercially developed in the late 1940s by American audio engineer Jack Mullin with assistance from Bing Crosby. Mullin had been a member of the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II. His unit was assigned to investigate German radio and electronics activities and in the course of his duties he acquired two Magnetophon recorders and fifty reels of I.G. Farben recording tape from a German radio station at Bad Nauheim, near Frankfurt. He had these shipped home and over the next two years he worked to develop the machines for commercial use, hoping to interest the Hollywood film studios in using magnetic tape for movie soundtrack recording.
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Pioneer CTF 1250 Cassette Deck Excellant Condition See Full Details US $81.00 |
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TASCAM NAB 1/2" 38 48 58 80-8 TSR MSR REEL NAB HUB See Full Details US $76.00 |
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Teac A 3440 Reel to Reel Superb Condition See Full Details US $160.39 |
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OLSON BULK TAPE ERASER MODEL TA-147 See Full Details US $10.50 |
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RARE REEL TO REEL TAPE OF LOUIE ARMSTRONG EX. SHAPE See Full Details US $56.00 |
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New Cassette Tape Head Demagnetizer! Recorder Deck Reel See Full Details US $16.95 |
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♫ 4+ NOS SEALED RADIOSHACK SUPER TAPE 3600' REEL 2 REEL See Full Details US $24.95 |
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Ampex Tube Model 1260 Reel to Reel Recorder See Full Details US $99.95 |
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Fostex E2 Tape Deck w/ DBX 150 outboard & Take up reel See Full Details US $280.00 |
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Antique Vintage Revere Reel to Reel Recorder See Full Details US $29.90 |
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6-NOS TDK 35/180GX Open Reel Tape with TDK take up reel See Full Details US $175.00 |
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AKAI GX-620 620 Open REEL TO REEL Tape Recorder See Full Details US $137.48 |
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Vintage DBX 3BX Expander in Great working condition A+ See Full Details US $102.50 |
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PIONEER RT-707 REEL TO REEL DECK NICE See Full Details US $81.00 |
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Pioneer RT-707 Reel to Reel Tape Player See Full Details US $145.36 |
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Korting Constellation 66 Reel to Reel Tape Recorder See Full Details US $50.00 |
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SCOTCH 7" METAL REEL- NEW! See Full Details US $5.50 |
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