reel-to-reel
adjective
: of, relating to, or utilizing magnetic tape that requires threading on a take-up reel
a reel-to-reel tape recorder
Examples of reel-to-reel in a Sentence
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The photographer returned to Chicago with a portable reel-to-reel recorder to capture the voices and stories behind the black-and-white images.
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Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024
The younger Penders, who has seen reel-to-reel highlights of that team, would like to have his own Omaha adventure to bring to the next holiday gathering.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2024
For the next two decades radio astronomers kept gradually improving their view of Sagittarius A*, but they were limited by a lack of suitable telescopes, relatively clunky technology (think reel-to-reel magnetic tape) and the inherent difficulty of looking into the crowded galactic center.
—Seth Fletcher, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2022
The visual exceptions are the clichéd, recurring establishing shots of an old-fashioned reel-to-reel tape recorder, next to a martini glass.
—Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
To us denizens of the digital age, the state-of-the-art eavesdropping technologies in these movies, with their dials and levers and reel-to-reel tapes, look quaint bordering on otherworldly.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2024
In the mid-1950s, 3M advertised its Scotch audio reel-to-reel tape.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Apr. 2024
Seven places to listen to the reel-to-reel tapes and 14 machines running.
—Mary Zahn and Bill Janz, Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
Equipped with an elite audio system that features Klipsch Forte speakers, a vintage reel-to-reel tape player, and vinyl turntable, Bar One Fourteen provides guests an unparalleled listening experience in an environment like no other.
—The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024
Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024
The younger Penders, who has seen reel-to-reel highlights of that team, would like to have his own Omaha adventure to bring to the next holiday gathering.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2024
For the next two decades radio astronomers kept gradually improving their view of Sagittarius A*, but they were limited by a lack of suitable telescopes, relatively clunky technology (think reel-to-reel magnetic tape) and the inherent difficulty of looking into the crowded galactic center.
—Seth Fletcher, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2022
The visual exceptions are the clichéd, recurring establishing shots of an old-fashioned reel-to-reel tape recorder, next to a martini glass.
—Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
To us denizens of the digital age, the state-of-the-art eavesdropping technologies in these movies, with their dials and levers and reel-to-reel tapes, look quaint bordering on otherworldly.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2024
In the mid-1950s, 3M advertised its Scotch audio reel-to-reel tape.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Apr. 2024
Seven places to listen to the reel-to-reel tapes and 14 machines running.
—Mary Zahn and Bill Janz, Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
Equipped with an elite audio system that features Klipsch Forte speakers, a vintage reel-to-reel tape player, and vinyl turntable, Bar One Fourteen provides guests an unparalleled listening experience in an environment like no other.
—The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024
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