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
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Dark and comfortable, Donna’s hums with reel-to-reel tape or vinyl most nights, the walls hung with museum-quality pieces.
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Carrie Honaker, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 June 2026
Recorded on five reel-to-reel decks, the composer’s 1975 piece blends everyday and exotic sounds—human breath, cheeping frogs, bubbling geysers—into a passionate defense of the raptures of listening.
—Joshua Minsoo Kim, Pitchfork, 28 Apr. 2026
Armed with a Wollensak reel-to-reel tape recorder, Segal also recorded shows at other city venues.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
There was space for storing LPs or for an optional Ampex 1250 reel-to-reel tape recorder.
—Allison Marsh, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Jan. 2026
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Carrie Honaker, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 June 2026
Recorded on five reel-to-reel decks, the composer’s 1975 piece blends everyday and exotic sounds—human breath, cheeping frogs, bubbling geysers—into a passionate defense of the raptures of listening.
—Joshua Minsoo Kim, Pitchfork, 28 Apr. 2026
Armed with a Wollensak reel-to-reel tape recorder, Segal also recorded shows at other city venues.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
There was space for storing LPs or for an optional Ampex 1250 reel-to-reel tape recorder.
—Allison Marsh, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for reel-to-reel
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“Reel-to-reel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reel-to-reel. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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