For your consideration: For sale is a highly coveted and rarely seen vintage piece of electronic wonder of historical scale, the Presto Metrotech Inc. 500 series reel to reel open deck! The specimen featured here is in aesthetically gorgeous state for its age. The unit was an on-going personal collection refurbishing of mine awhile back and unable to fire-it-up to determine accurate operational state. For the most part. I conducted a considerable amount of refurbishing session including but not limited to: new rubber tire, compatible belt. Detailed clean, hand buffed, replenished and deoxit some pertinent components and mechanical parts including knobs, dials and switches. Too inundated with so much in-progress restoration work on hand and I may not be able to execute further testing. Included in the sale the wired-remote and the two Metrotech pre-amps seen on the pictures. This is as pure analog as it can get! Ideal for incurable collector of all things analog and everything unique, one-of-kind rarities. And for those who seek for an absolutely unmatched. Esoteric texture of warm analog sound that the ubiquitous ones and zeros could never deliver. More images available upon request for serious parties! The deck is heavy. Like any other vintage there may be some traces of normal wisdom imperfections due to age is almost always expected. Ideal for serious incurable collector of all things analog, unique and in short supply with intent to build a showroom, I would consider to sell to the. Exceeding 3 decades of tracking down and literally thousands of man hours invested in refurbishing, restoring, repairing. Amazing electronic wonders to accumulate such magnificent. Concentration of historical analog importance you’ve ever seen! And few are part of my on going passion in what I do. Nonetheless, all has given equal meticulous attention and care to arrive in the integrity they. Once were and will be hard pressed not to admire. I baby all my gears more than anyone I know :- and pictures don’t do justice but. Reflect what you see. There simply is too much to. Itemize at once as I continue to build up the inventory list and pertinent details of what’s included in. The sale, item condition that will be revised as it. Included but not limited to. Are Otari 5050 reel to reel, Fostex and other open decks. Over 30 amplifiers in the like of Crown D-75, D-150, Carver TFM-55, 35, SAE amps, QSC. Marantz 2285, 2235, Revox. Integrated amp, Revox turntable, processors, DBX, Audio Control, Ashly, Nakamichi, Klipsch. Rane, Numark, Vestax, Roland, Tascam plus racks. Cases and much much more! Too much to list. Complete gear inventory accounting in progress. Pictures available upon request for serious interested parties. Open to best offer. Drop me a line! The item “Metrotech Presto 500 series Reel to Reel Analog Tape Recorder. Vintage Rare” is in sale since Tuesday, June 4, 2019. This item is in the category “Consumer Electronics\Vintage Electronics\Vintage Audio & Video\Reel-to-Reel Tape Recorders”. The seller is “retrospective_introspective” and is located in Ajax, Ontario. This item can be shipped to United States.