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ISO Audiophiles looking to buy a working piece of history.
Posted on 8/13/24 at 4:14 pm
Posted on 8/13/24 at 4:14 pm
I know buy/sell is considered taboo on TD (aside from tickets), but I have the opportunity to sell a piece of audio history and was hoping someone on TD would be interested (or know someone interested). The piece I am selling is a Teac A-5300 reel-to-reel recorder/player. This thing is in pristine shape and sounds absolutely amazing! This was my first time hearing reel-to-reel sound and it is definitely some of the cleanest I have ever heard.
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Posted on 8/13/24 at 5:09 pm to Longtime_Lurker
I cut my teeth in radio with turntables and reel to reels
Posted on 8/13/24 at 6:00 pm to Longtime_Lurker
Selling an item without listing a price. Bold move.
Posted on 8/13/24 at 6:15 pm to shutterspeed
It's kinda like "market price" at a restaurant, if you need to see a price you should probably not be buying it! This is a rare piece (given the condition) so the "value" of something like this is going to be based on purchaser. If I put a price on it I could sell myself short or overshoot it all together. Someone really interested will know what this goes for and make a reasonable offer. I have done market research so I have a pretty good idea of what they go for, but to be honest none that have seen for sale have been in as good of shape as this one.
Posted on 8/13/24 at 7:37 pm to Longtime_Lurker
Ground Patti used to have one. . Thought it was so cool.
Posted on 8/13/24 at 7:59 pm to Longtime_Lurker
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If I put a price on it I could sell myself short
At least you're upfront.
Posted on 8/13/24 at 9:19 pm to Longtime_Lurker
Nah.
Posted on 8/13/24 at 10:16 pm to Longtime_Lurker
I can give you about tree fiddy
Posted on 8/14/24 at 12:37 pm to Longtime_Lurker
How many USB ports does it have?
Posted on 8/14/24 at 1:42 pm to Marco Esquandolas
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Nah.
Marco has spoken
eta we have an ampex reel to reel from the late 1960s and a ton of music on reels.
thats all i got.
This post was edited on 8/14/24 at 1:45 pm
Posted on 8/14/24 at 10:42 pm to Longtime_Lurker
Original owner?
Original box?
Original owners manual and other documentation?
AC (large) or DC (small) motors?
Do the heads show signs or wear and/or mis-alignment and/or dirty from playing tapes with sticky shed syndrome?
These are rare but not for the reason you think. Unlike the rest of the A series, they originally had DC motors that really weren't that good. For a while, TEAC sold AC motor conversion kits that fixed some of the problems with this particular deck. If yours has AC motors, it will be worth more.
Also, they made a lot of changes to this model compared to the other A series decks (4300, 6100, 3340, etc.) so mechanical parts are harder to find.
Finally, it's a 7" reel model. The 10.5" units are worth more.
Best places for information are tapeheads, audiokarma, and diyaudio.
Now if you had a Technics RS-1500...
Original box?
Original owners manual and other documentation?
AC (large) or DC (small) motors?
Do the heads show signs or wear and/or mis-alignment and/or dirty from playing tapes with sticky shed syndrome?
These are rare but not for the reason you think. Unlike the rest of the A series, they originally had DC motors that really weren't that good. For a while, TEAC sold AC motor conversion kits that fixed some of the problems with this particular deck. If yours has AC motors, it will be worth more.
Also, they made a lot of changes to this model compared to the other A series decks (4300, 6100, 3340, etc.) so mechanical parts are harder to find.
Finally, it's a 7" reel model. The 10.5" units are worth more.
Best places for information are tapeheads, audiokarma, and diyaudio.
Now if you had a Technics RS-1500...
Posted on 8/15/24 at 5:27 am to Longtime_Lurker
My dad had one on his system when I was young... I remember playing around with it.
Posted on 8/15/24 at 4:12 pm to au7342
Thanks for that information! It did belong to the original owner, but he passed away a while ago. I am just helping the family sell some of his assets. It was not in the original packaging, but it was packaged rather well along with a pretty nice pioneer reverb amplifier. He has a lot more stuff like this but I thought this was the coolest! I sell a lot, but this is the first time selling something like this so I was hoping to get some little nuggets of information along the way. I have joined several audiophile groups for just that reason. Thanks again for your input.
Posted on 8/16/24 at 2:37 pm to Longtime_Lurker
I’ve got my dad’s Akai reel to reel he purchased when he was in Vietnam. Has 8 track on side too. Many a night as a kid I’d listen to it. I need to get it cleaned up and checked to make sure it still works
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