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    Marry Christmas with our new master tapes release !

    Sure Larry, the test tones are at the end of the tape for a rough check ... or even a calibration if you want to setup for our tapes ;-) The 1KHz tone is at +0db and the 10KHz one at +10db as per instruction that come with the tape box. The 10KHz is at -10db to not saturate and Leif is right...
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    Marry Christmas with our new master tapes release !

    Sure ! Here at Open Reel Records we think to be on the podium ... and we want to fight to stay there ! So thanks to our friend Ralf for a joint venture with us ... now we have the really best reels in the world for our loyal customers ! Top 12/10 sheets (not 10 or 9 as china flanges ...) with 10...
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    Marry Christmas with our new master tapes release !

    Fast shippings Thanks friends, we work harder to ship fast, we take the stock on the high-side and use DHL Express since we ship worldwide. Frrom Italy we have a very good German gateway to USA and East Asia !
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    Marry Christmas with our new master tapes release !

    The conductor was Jean Fournet with Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, I have updated the page, thanks for the remark ! Thank very much to all customers and master tapes enthusiast for the compliments to our products. We put so much care in making master tapes, this is a world of passion not just...
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    Marry Christmas with our new master tapes release !

    I apologize for the error ... but what is done is done! I hope you can smile and forgive my mistake ... next time I will use the Google translator ;-)
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    Marry Christmas with our new master tapes release !

    Merry Christmas with our new master tapes release ! We are happy to release you a new amazing Jazz release, Jimmy Gourley and The Paris Heavyweights, one of the most accomplished members of the French jazz expatriate community ! Moreover we are proud to present you Classical on Tape, the...
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    OpenReelRecords : new title on the market ...

    Thanks to our friends of Mullan that have used our Demo Reels to demonstrate the quality of the top of the notch SM900 !!! A real big event the Audio Engineering Society congress in Paris !!! www.openreelrecords.com http://www.whatsbestforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=27466&stc=1&d=1465335975
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    OpenReelRecords : new title on the market ...

    Thanks, we work hard to let our company growing by giving all of you master tapes always at best ! This week we sent all over the world the first pre-series batch of the two new titles to our loyal old customers , while from now we await the new one with a little surprise at the time of...
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    New Revox Reel

    I love Lyrec Frida and when a week ago I see the "look and feel" of the new Revox I think immediatly to Frida alluminium beam and print motor ! I own one of them and I am rebuild it from the ground up :)
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    New Revox Reel

    I agree completelly, your words must be written on stone !!! Even if "technically" we are Orch House competitor in this small market when this deck come out this can give a real boost to reel to reel world !
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    OpenReelRecords : new title on the market ...

    Easter time with our young artist! Easter time with our young artist! Get it free, take three and pay two ! Choose from them and have it free if you buy others two tapes ! Put one of this two tape in the cart, choose the others two tape you want and in step 2 of the checkout you will...
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    OpenReelRecords : new title on the market ...

    We are working for now on some other support like 7 1/2 ips master tapes, we start briefly with a "starter pack" with refurbished entry level deck and three tapes at a very interesting price ...
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    OpenReelRecords : new title on the market ...

    You are right, really Haydn Concerto is one of the best tape we ever heard, the same top level of the Grammy winner Sara Mingardo in Vivaldi's Nisi Dominus ...
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    OpenReelRecords : new title on the market ...

    This Christmas give yourself a master tape ! Free shipping this Christmas ! (until sunday 10 January 2016) Order freely from our site and enjoy our tapes ! Hello forum, we want to wish you a Merry Christmas with a nice gift, free shipping during these holidays ! Choose between our...
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    OpenReelRecords : new title on the market ...

    Although with a little delay, but ready for Christmas, we published "Haydn Concerto" performed by Enrico Dindo, the famous Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, one of the most famous concerts cello of all time by F.J. Haydn ! The first tape ship from Wednesday ! Play it !
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    OpenReelRecords : new title on the market ...

    This tapes comes in "Master Series" because the recordings is amazing, really pioneering for its time. The sound engineer was Alberto Albertini, with a custom tubes mixer from Eng. Barry Blesser, 12 channels with a 3 channel out to an Ampex 300/3, 3 traks on 172 inch tape. We will post more info...
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    OpenReelRecords : new title on the market ...

    Sure Bruce, your tape is one of the first shipped ;-)
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    OpenReelRecords : new title on the market ...

    The first tapes sold and shipped just now ! In the next days more info about this amazing master tape, we open a separate thread regarding the artistic and historical value of this "live" and the tech info about a pioneering recording for its time ! Stay tuned ...
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    Lyrec TR-55 pinch roller

    $ 2,000 is not really a good price ... ;-)
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    Lyrec TR-55 pinch roller

    I need one for my Lyrec Frida Ptr-1 do you have some link to buy it ? Thanks Marco
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    OpenReelRecords : new title on the market ...

    We are really sorry for the damage, we send another box as spare parts at our expense, let us know if the damage require an immediate shippings or if we can ship a box in your next potential purchase; in this case we have already loaded on your email a discount of 20 % as compensation for the...
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    OpenReelRecords : new title on the market ...

    We are back from Munich High-End ... very nice show, a lot of interesting things ... and our Demo Reel 2015 that play in some stands ;-) And for the second year voices about a new open reel deck from a historical brand; modular and with a very interesting entry level cost ... we stay tuned...
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    OpenReelRecords : new title on the market ...

    While sales of the first titles are going very well, we are preparing the new release of May, the debut on tape of a splendid Italian voice that offer a tribute to American folk music . Erica says “... this album is an homage to american music, the music I’ve been loving and singing for the...
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    OpenReelRecords : new title on the market ...

    We are engaged to release a tape more or less every two months, in this days is out the rediscovered Vivaldi's magnificient Nisi Dominus. You will find every detail about the title at this link Nisi Dominus. Sara Mingardo, one of the rare voices of true contralto of today's music scene, was...
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    OpenReelRecords : new title on the market ...

    Hi Leif, the rediscovered Vivaldi's magnificient Nisi Dominus will be ready for shipping for the next weekend; we are waiting the last translation of the "Listening Notes", therefore we send quickly booklet for printing, the remaining the material is ready. Nisi Dominus Sara Mingardo
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    OpenReelRecords : new title on the market ...

    The RMGI SM-900 we use are high thickness archival-quality tapes that require an effective magnetization to exploit their full dynamic range ; we record as per specifications below indicated 320 nWb/m . The concept of "saturating" a studio master is not very common , we are very careful with...
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    OpenReelRecords : new title on the market ...

    A lot of customer ask about analog recording and duplication chain; we are preparing a page on the website, in the meanwhile just some details ... we duplicate in a production studio in Milano, Italy. We use a Studer A-812 as source master, that distribute via a Studer 169 mixer to a bank of...
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    OpenReelRecords : new title on the market ...

    Yes of course, we have customer from everywhere and ship worldwide with DHL; we are just in this days adding a "shipping calculator" in home page, otherwise you find the shipping cost in step 2 of the checkout.
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    OpenReelRecords : new title on the market ...

    Hello Forum, just some updates for all welcome visitors to our site; we have implemented some feature suggested from our customer and have had a little graphical restyling. We have also reprinted a new batch of our best selling tape, the Vivaldi's Concertos from Enrico Dindo "... a cellist of...
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    OpenReelRecords : new title on the market ...

    No, we offer metal reel option, thanks to your suggestion we ha put this option as preferred. Thanks to the forum for the interest !

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