Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.16 $; site datacube.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decvax!cca!datacube!mandy From: mandy@datacube.UUCP Newsgroups: net.music.synth Subject: TASCAM vs. FOSTEX 8-track decks Message-ID: <22300014@datacube.UUCP> Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 12:56:00 EDT Article-I.D.: datacube.22300014 Posted: Tue Aug 13 12:56:00 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 00:02:37 EDT Lines: 19 Nf-ID: #N:datacube:22300014:000:668 Nf-From: datacube!mandy Aug 13 12:56:00 1985 I am trying to put together an 8-track studio, and I don't have a whole lot of money to spend on it. I have been looking at the 8-track TASCAM 38 reel-to-reel and the 8-track FOSTEX A80 reel-to-reel tape decks. The recording qualities seem to be comparable. However the TASCAM runs for $2200. and the FOSTEX for $1700. The FOSTEX is not as well-made mechanically. If I get the FOSTEX, I will also be able to afford a reverb unit which I wouldn't if I got the TASCAM. I would appreciate any thoughts or experiences from the readers on these two tape decks. Mandy Salsali Datacube Inc. 4 Dearborn Road Peabody, Ma. 01960 ihnp4!datacube!mandy