ojunk (JWelsh3374) wrote in message ...
I have a beautiful, low hours, full-blown Otari MTR 90 mk III. This sucker has
all the optional stuff...video card...sync card....both locators...extra
channel card....all docs and manuals.

I also have an iZ RADAR 24.

I have not used the Otari, even for tracking, for almost a year. With the Fatso
and assorted tube gear and the groovy converters on the RADAR I really haven't
felt the need. That and the fact that nobody gives a crap abou audio quality
anymore....

I notice these tape decks are rapidly losing value.

My question is.... What should I do with the Otari?

My options a
Sell it at 'street' price ASAP and cut my losses.

Trade it for more gear.

Keep it in the event the world will wake up one day and hate DAWS and ProTools
and/or these things become 'classic' or collectible.

What do y'all think? What would YOU do?

Does anyone know how much longer 2" tape stock is gonna be made?

I really love my Otari... it just seems nobody cares about analog any more and
even I have not used it recently....so I am really struggling with taking the
big cash loss. I paid $24K for this 5 years ago. I would probably only get
around $10K (or less) for it now.

Thanks in advance.



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Wow that really sucks...I think part of the deal is this level of
equipment does not get used that much in pro situations anymore, BUT
at the same time it's kinda scary for the hobbyist, analog freak kind
of people on a budget that are still buying analog tape decks.

They might scare up the $4k the deck would sell for but then if
something breaks they are concerned about the parts and tech services
costing them a grand or so. Tape costs kind of enter into it as well.

With something like a small format Tascam, there is a greater comfort
level with these kinds of folks. Don't forget too that some of these
kinds of users are also running unbalanced, or small format boards and
would have to updgrade their console and cabling just to use your
Otari.

So 2" machines are kind of caught in a netherworld, not enough demand
for pro situations, at the same time not cheap enough and "friendly"
enough in terms of service and maintenance costs (this is relative,
I'm talking about the perception more than the reality) to appeal to
the hobbyist types that want an analog deck.

I think these days it might be easier to sell a TSR-8 or MS-16 just
because of the market for analog machines has gone more to the
hobbyist types.

I bet right after World War II you could get a helluva deal on P-51
Mustangs, just for these very same reasons (difficult to fly,
expensive to fly).

Analogeezer