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Here's a question for the reel-to-reel gurus.
As far as I can see this AIWA TP1011 is an ordinary domestic
2 or 4-track.
It doesn't even appear to be valve-based:

http://cgi.ebay.com/VGC-AIWA-3-HEAD-REEL-TO-REEL-MDL-TP-1011_W0QQitem...

Interesting to note that all the higher bidders are first-timers.

If I were going to set up some "shill" accounts, I could "buy"
thousands of items from myself worth millions of dollars I
never had. This is just insane.