Comment by Lio
7 hours ago
I actually still have an old Grundig reel to reel somewhere, although I can't claim it as ever really hifi.
I would stand by recording to reel to reel tape for quality being even less common recording to cassette tape.
Quality domestic reel to reel decks were just not that widely owned here. Maybe it was different where you lived.
They we never common from what I know. However again the context is people who care about sound quality and in that group I believe they were much more common.