If it totally nails (a variety of) tape then it’s a reasonable price. Used tape decks are more and more expensive and costly to maintain. And don’t do ‘realtime’…
I got schooled pretty hard about the shortcomings of plugin alternatives earlier in the thread. But I like the sound I’m getting currently with combinations of Satin/Virtual Tape/Kaya/Decimort 2. First time I genuinely haven’t missed my old tascam 388… Doesn’t sound ‘exactly’ the same but I dig the sound I have now just as much as my old tape recordings sound. And it’s all multiple instance/super convenient/flexible etc.
That’s all at mixing stage tho… For shows and ‘hands on during tracking’ I’m pretty tempted to eventually grab one of these or heat.
Edit - yeah at a glance it does seem overpriced compared to Heat. Guessing it has some expensive/high-grade components? Maybe someone can open it up and elaborate on that aspect? Might even have already been covered earlier in this thread?