I recently purchased this set on Ebay still sealed. It just seemed like a pretty cool collector’s item. I don’t know if I dare open it. Would the sound on these be any better than LP or CD? I’d really like to have these transfered to find out.
The sound quality of reels would beat almost any CD ever made. As for LP, it depends. Most reels were done with high speed duplication transfers as mentioned earlier (big boo boo). It can also depend on whether or not the reels were recorded on 7 1/2 ips tapes. Nothing can beat the high frequencies of the outer grooves on vinyl but in saying that, at least the frequencies from a reel are consistent all the way through. Both can have an edge on each other.