Two-Track Analog
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Professional Analog Tape Machines

Two-Track Analog holds the largest inventory of professional analog tape machines in North America — every machine professionally serviced, refurbished, and prepared on order. We also buy machines in any working order, serving clients globally.

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Philadelphia Area, Pennsylvania · Serving clients globally

Hand-SelectedWe choose only the best machines for refurbishment
Professionally ServicedService and refurbishment by seasoned, trusted technicians specializing in analog tape machines
CalibratedEvery machine sold is professionally aligned and calibrated to customer request
Audiophile Upgrades AvailablePerformance upgrades available on request
Crating & FreightAvailable for safe worldwide delivery
Trusted ClienteleStudios, institutions, and audiophiles

The Shop

A Specialist in Professional Tape Machines

Two-Track Analog is a specialist dealer in professional analog tape machines — the Studer, Ampex, and Otari-class recorders that built the classic record catalog and still anchor serious studios today.

Every machine we offer is sourced carefully, evaluated in hand, and bench-tested before it is presented: transport behavior, head condition, electronics, and calibration are checked and documented, so what arrives at your studio is ready to work — not a project.

If you are looking for a specific model or configuration, we source on request and will tell you honestly when a machine isn't the right fit.

Studer A820 master recorder with its meter bridge, threaded with tape

Our Standard

Our Standard

The music we grew up listening to was recorded on these machines. They were built to run all day, every day, for decades. We carefully and properly prepare them for a second life.

We carefully select, properly prepare, and place them with the studios, institutions, audiophiles, and collectors who will use and appreciate them.

A tape machine is an instrument. We prepare it like one.

Who We Serve

Professional Studios

Tracking and mixdown decks that hold alignment and stay in session — multitrack and two-track machines tested under real working conditions, with freight and setup guidance for rooms anywhere in the country.

Audiophiles & Collectors

Master-recorder-class two-track machines for reference playback and serious collections, presented honestly and documented in detail — the provenance and condition a collector expects.

Institutions & Agencies

Dependable machines for archival preservation and legacy-tape transfer work, where formats span decades and playback fidelity is the whole point. Documentation suitable for procurement on request.

We also work with the engineers, integrators, and designers who build rooms around these machines.

Have a Machine to Sell?

We buy professional tape machines in any working order — single decks, studio decommissions, and estate collections alike. Tell us what you have and we will respond with a straightforward, fair evaluation.

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Contact

Emails are answered personally. Contact us by email and tell us which machine you are considering, or what you are looking for as we have machines in stock not currently listed and we also source machines.

We serve clients globally, so international inquiries welcome.

Current Inventory

The machines below are current stock at Two-Track Analog. Those marked Available Now are ready to go at short notice; those marked In Stock, Prepared on Order are on hand and are fully prepped once an order is placed.

Looking for a model that isn't listed? Contact us — we source specific machines on request.

Philadelphia Area, Pennsylvania · Serving clients globally

Inside the Two-Track Analog workshop: a Nagra T-Audio TC in the foreground, with an Ampex console recorder and a row of Studer console tape machines behind it, warmly lit against a darkened, cleaned-up background
The workshop — machines on the bench, in preparation, and ready for placement.
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Worldwide delivery: we ship internationally — every machine is professionally packed and crated for safe freight delivery anywhere in the world.

Looking for a model that isn't listed? We source machines on request for studios and collectors — tell us what you need and we will find it.

HiFi

Select high-fidelity electronics offered alongside the tape machines — chosen with the same care, and held to the same standard of selection and preparation as every machine we place.

Philadelphia Area, Pennsylvania

Worldwide delivery: we ship internationally — every component is professionally packed for safe delivery anywhere in the world.

Looking for a specific component that isn't listed? Contact us — we source on request.

Sell to Us

Sell Your Machine

We buy professional tape machines in any working order — a straightforward sale, handled personally from first email to pickup or freight.

Philadelphia Area, Pennsylvania · Buying & selling globally

We Buy Machines

We also buy machines in any working order — single decks, studio decommissions, and estate collections alike. If you have a professional tape machine to sell, send the make, model, and a few photographs, and we will respond with a straightforward, fair evaluation.

What We Buy

Our focus is professional analog tape machines — the studio and mastering recorders we sell every day. Working order matters more than cosmetics: a clean, complete machine that needs service is still of interest, and we would rather hear about a machine than have you guess at its value.

  • Two-track & mastering decks — Studer, Ampex, Otari, Nagra, Stellavox and their peers
  • Multitrack recorders — 16- and 24-track studio machines, with remotes where fitted
  • Portable & location recorders — Nagra and Stellavox field machines
  • Studio decommissions & estates — single machines or complete collections, considered whole

Good to Know

Evaluations are based on the make and model, working order, head condition, completeness, and the current market — the same documented standard we apply to every machine we sell. There is no obligation: if our offer is not right for you, the conversation simply ends there.

We buy machines internationally as well — if your machine is abroad, get in touch anyway and we will work out packing and shipping together.

Not sure whether your machine fits? Ask. A make, model, and a photograph or two is enough to start, and we will tell you honestly either way.

How It Works

  1. Get in touch

    Email with what you have — make, model, and where the machine is located.

  2. Share details & photos

    Send a few photographs and notes on condition and working order. More detail means a firmer evaluation.

  3. Receive an offer

    We respond with a straightforward, fair offer based on the machine and the market — no pressure either way.

  4. Arrange shipping or pickup

    Once agreed, we coordinate the practical side — local pickup, or professional packing and freight, domestic or international.

Ready When You Are

Tell us what you have — make, model, condition, and location — and attach photographs if you have them. Inquiries are answered personally.

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Rental

Machine Rental

Professional analog tape machines for hire in the Philadelphia area — two-track master recorders and multitrack machines, prepared to the same standard as the machines we sell.

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Tape Machine Rental

Professional Tape Machines, On Hire

Two-Track Analog rents professional analog tape machines to studios, producers, engineers, and institutions in the Philadelphia area. Two-track master recorders and multitrack machines are available — each one bench-tested, aligned, and calibrated before it goes out, so it arrives at your session ready to work.

Whether it is a tracking date, a mixdown, an archival transfer project, or a special recording, tell us what the session calls for and we will match the machine to it.

  • Two-track master recorders — mastering and mixdown decks
  • Multitrack machines — including 24-track, 2-inch recorders
  • Minimum rental term — 3 days
  • Rates & terms — contact us for rates and terms
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A pair of Studer A827 multitrack tape machines with their remote autolocator in a control room, the monitor showing the stage at Carnegie Hall
A pair of Studer A827 multitrack machines, rented by the Philadelphia Orchestra for a recording session at Carnegie Hall, New York.

Audiophile Upgrades

Audiophile Upgrades

Beyond service and calibration, a great tape machine can be taken further. We offer performance modifications for the machines we sell — and for your own deck — fitted, aligned, and documented to the same standard as every machine that leaves our bench.

Philadelphia Area, Pennsylvania · Serving clients globally

Modification

Direct Output, Switchable Repro

The shortest path from tape to system is straight off the reproduce head. Our direct-output modification takes the signal directly from the repro head to a dedicated output, ready to feed an external tape preamplifier of your choice — bypassing the machine's internal reproduce electronics entirely, so the external preamp does all of the amplification and equalization.

Crucially, nothing is lost. The modification is switchable: the machine's original internal repro electronics remain fully intact and available at the flip of a switch, so you can play back through the stock electronics exactly as the machine was built — or through your external preamp — and compare the two paths on the same tape, in the same session.

  • Direct head output — a dedicated connection taken straight from the reproduce head, for use with an external tape preamplifier
  • Switchable output — select between the direct output and the machine's internal repro electronics; the original playback path is fully preserved
  • Fitted & aligned in-house — installed as part of a full bench preparation, with alignment and calibration documented for the machine
  • On our machines, or yours — available on machines we prepare and sell, and on your own deck by arrangement — ask us about your model
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Studer A80RC master recorder on its rolling stand — a candidate machine for the direct output modification
Authorized Dealer

NextGen Audio Systems

NextGen Audio Systems

Two-Track Analog is an authorized dealer for NextGen Audio Systems — the plug-and-play repro and record electronics that transform the legendary Studer A80R/C master recorder into the world's finest magnetic tape music reproducer. Order through us and we will supply, fit, and align NextGen products as part of your machine's preparation.

NextGen Studer A80R/C Repro Card — the green plug-and-play circuit card resting on its key features sheet, with its output cables

NextGen Audio Systems

Studer A80R/C Repro Card

A “Plug & Play” Studer A80 Repro Card that transforms the legendary Studer A80R/C Master Recorder into the world's finest Magnetic Tape Music Reproducer.

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NextGen Studer A80R/C Record Card — the green plug-and-play record electronics card

NextGen Audio Systems

Studer A80R/C Record Card

A “Plug & Play” Studer A80 Record Card that transforms the legendary Studer A80R/C Master Recorder into the world's finest Magnetic Tape Music Reproducer.

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NextGen Outboard Tape Electronics — the black rack-mount unit with illuminated channel meters and NextGen Studer A80 repro and record amp cards fitted

NextGen Audio Systems

Outboard Tape Electronics

An outboard tape electronics unit that uses the NextGen A80R/C Repro, Record, and Bias/Erase Oscillator Cards — NextGen electronics in a standalone rack unit.

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NextGen Professional Phono Preamp Card — the green phono preamplifier card

NextGen Audio Systems

Professional Phono Preamp Card

A professional phono preamplifier that defines a new standard in audiophile phono reproduction.

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NextGen Audio Systems products are available through Two-Track Analog — contact us for pricing, fitment, and installation. Product details and photographs courtesy of NextGen Audio Systems; see the full range at nextgenaudiosystems.com.

A Two-Track Analog Service

Custom Paint

A machine that sounds exceptional can look the part, too. Two-Track Analog offers custom paint as a finishing option on the machines we prepare — refinishing a deck in a color and finish chosen with you, carried out as part of the machine's full preparation so it arrives looking as considered as it sounds.

Tell us the machine and the finish you have in mind, and we will talk through what is possible.

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Custom Enclosures

Built Around the Room It Serves

Not every machine should arrive in its factory form. We work with specialist woodworkers to design custom enclosures that adapt a machine’s form factor and presentation to the environment it will live in — an ATR reconfigured for rack mounting in a space-conscious studio or laboratory, a more compact arrangement where every inch matters, or a furniture-grade presentation equally at home in a dedicated listening room. For select machines we also offer side panels in solid hardwoods, including maple and walnut, produced with our woodworking partners and finished to furniture standard.

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Ampex ATR-102 with blue reels in a two-piece custom solid-wood enclosure — the electronics enclosure stacked above the transport enclosure — against a graphite studio backdrop
Ampex ATR-102 in a custom solid-wood enclosure.