Proof Positive that Coast Recording is on Drugs

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<analogeezer@aerosolkings.com> wrote:
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>I'm beginning to see now what people mean about Coast Recording not
>having a clue about prices...do these people actually ever sell
>anything?

Coast sometimes has reasonable prices on things like used reel flanges
and unusual cabling, but for equipment the prices are generally crazy.

I think they sell enough to guys who need a given piece of vintage gear
on short notice to be profitable, although with the big labels cutting
back, the number of huge budget projects that will be doing that sort of
thing is going to be reduced a lot.

They do not dicker. At least, not with me.
--scott

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You go into their showroom and that is the general feeling I get. Sometimes
you can beat them down on price, but their idea of a deal often seems to be
List + 10%.

I will say their showroom is really fun to look at, though.

--Ben

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Los Angeles, CA
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<analogeezer@aerosolkings.com> wrote in message
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>I have been in the market for a low cost cassette deck, I rarely use
> cassettes any more like most people, but my Tascam 112R deck is not
> working properly...it has been fixed before but the problem came back
> so I thought I might just get another deck. Obviously I don't want to
> drop a lot of cash on a cassette deck.
>
> I had found a Tascam 112B on Ebay that didn't meet reserve, I emailed
> them and they said they'd sell it to me for a bit less (as in under
> $150).
>
> So I've been considering that particuliar deck, mainly because it's
> coming from a shop that serviced it and carries a 90 day warranty.
>
> So looking around on Ebay some more I come across this one from Coast
> Recording:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.d [...] eName=WDVW
>
> $440 starting bid? Buy it now for $450?
>
> Are these people on drugs?
>
> These decks usually sell for $150 max, and you can buy a new one for
> about $600.
>
> I'm beginning to see now what people mean about Coast Recording not
> having a clue about prices...do these people actually ever sell
> anything?
>
> Analogeezer
>

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audioguy <urbinsprawl@earthlink.net> wrote:
>I've got a couple Tascam 122mkII decks, and certainly don't need two
>anymore. (Can't see myself making any cassette to cassette copies anytime
>soon) I'd be glad to sell you one for a fair price. ($200?) I know the 122
>is a step up from the 112, but I'm not sure exactly how, other than the
>addition of the locator functions. It has both XLR and RCA in and out. The
>thing sure is built like a tank.

Flutter on the 122 is much lower. You need to replace belts often, though.
I strongly recommend the 122 over just about any other cassette deck out
there. The Naks might sound better, but the 122s are bulletproof.

Given that NONE of these machines are worth anything much today, you might
as well get the 122. I just gave one of them away to a puppet theatre this
fall....
--scott
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In article <1105556191.568069.159030@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> analogeezer@aerosolkings.com writes:

> I'm beginning to see now what people mean about Coast Recording not
> having a clue about prices...do these people actually ever sell
> anything?

I think they just like to have old gear around the showroom. I drop in
there once every couple of years when I'm in LA and have some free
time and I always see the same stuff at absurd prices. The only thing
I've ever bought there (for very reasonable prices) is used tape
reels.

Basically they're a pretty knowledgable dealer of new stuff at
reasonable competetive prices (good) with a nice museum of old gear
that they'll never sell. They probalby don't really want to.

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If it is in fact a hard drive problem with your Masterlink (most likely),
than your best bet may be to just replace the hard drive yourself and
reinstall the software. I think it won't recognize anything bigger than a
32GB drive, so that shouldn't cost much at all.
"Roger Hughes" <rhughes15@cox.net> wrote in message
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>
>
>
> I have an Alesis Masterlink that I have used for years as a mixdown
> machine
> for audio files made in my my Digital Performer Mac system. Usually I mix
> everything down to the Masterlink and store it as a 24-bit file in the
> Alesis format, which I then give to mastering houses, practically all of
> which have the Masterlink machine. I also mix down to 16-bit files, using
> my Waves plug-ins, for stuff that I master myself.
>
> Question: My Masterlink is apparently on its last legs (hard drive
> crashing, lots of weird messages, etc.) Before I repair/replace it, I am
> inquiring into the storage/transfer/mixdown preferences for the pros out
> there in the DAW market. I suppose I could do everything internally
> within
> my Mac G5. Are there external machines (CD burners/drives, etc.) that
> people use that have proven to be reliable and of high quality? Any
> suggestions would be appreciated. Many thanks.
>
> Roger
>

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In article <BE0B48E7.83CE%rhughes15@cox.net> rhughes15@cox.net writes:

> Question: My Masterlink is apparently on its last legs (hard drive
> crashing, lots of weird messages, etc.)

Why not replace the disk drive and see if that solves your problem?
The Masterlink is a very handy device. If it can't support anything
larger than a 32 GB drive, you may have to do a little looking around
in order to find one that "small" but they're out there. The Mackie
hard disk recorders are like that (there's a BIOS update that extends
it to 120 GB) and people are buying good 30 GB drives from sources
that they usually find through Pricewatch.com. It's worth $50-75 to
try to restore the Masterlink.

> Before I repair/replace it, I am
> inquiring into the storage/transfer/mixdown preferences for the pros out
> there in the DAW market.

A lot of people are mixing "in the box" straight to the computer's
disk drive, and the mixed files copied to CD or DVD as data, but if
you normally mix through a console connected to the Masterlink output,
there's still nothing wrong with that. Professional mastering shops
make a point of being able to accept just about any medium so you
really don't need to worry about what you send them. I'm pretty sure
that the only thing special about the Alesis CD24 format is a table of
contents (like on an audio CD) and there are actually real WAV files
written to the CD, so a Masterlink isn't required to read it, only to
play it like an audio CD.


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<< Basically they're a pretty knowledgable dealer of new stuff at
reasonable competetive prices (good) with a nice museum of old gear
that they'll never sell. They probalby don't really want to. >>

Yup. I've had one of the salespeople actually advise me not to consider buying
one of their used Schoeps bodies because you can find them elsewhere at much
better prices.


Scott Fraser

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Yeah, same here with both their Neumann and Schoeps bodies. I found a KM
body there that they only wanted $300 for and I thought that was a deal
until I found out what the capsule cost... May as well buy the mic new for
that...

--Ben

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Los Angeles, CA
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"ScotFraser" <scotfraser@aol.com> wrote in message ...
> << Basically they're a pretty knowledgable dealer of new stuff at
> reasonable competetive prices (good) with a nice museum of old gear
> that they'll never sell. They probalby don't really want to. >>

>
> Yup. I've had one of the salespeople actually advise me not to consider
> buying
> one of their used Schoeps bodies because you can find them elsewhere at
> much
> better prices.
>
>
> Scott Fraser