Bought a new Sony Walkman a few years ago to record cassette tapes to my PC for really obscure stuff that has never been on CD, live tapes, demos, that type of thing. Tried to use it recently and it doesn't play at a steady speed, just cheap quality rubbish unlike back in the day. Thought instead I'd get a cassette deck to do this. There's a geezer on ebay selling reconditioned 80s/90s decks: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/the_hifi_guy/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from= Which one should I get, would a £500 one be that much better than a £150 one?
That is a very good question. I would do what most people do at restaurants with the wine list. You know the most expensive won't be that much better than the others so go for the 2nd cheapest one. I think I have an old Sanyo ghetto blaster that I could sell you, if you are interested?
I’m looking at this guys reconditioned ones because if it’s been sat around for years the belts will be focked. I’ve got a technics one that was in my mum’s shed for years, it’s had it. Think it’s dangerous too as it tripped the fuse board.
I had Technics separates with a Kenwood amp but if you want a decent quality tape you need DAX . Pro DJ's used to record dub plates on an old Betamax VCR which is better because of the tape thickness. Hope this helps
I just looked for DAX tapes on ebay and didn't see anything. Maybe those expensive chunky metal tapes were called something else ?
I bought a Walkman about three months ago, just to nostalgically listen to my old tapes from time to time. However, the ****ing thing chewed up my trusted love tunes mixtape. I owe much of my success to that tape, if you know what I mean, but now it's knackered .
doubt it’s going to be three times better. Definitely best to buy reconditioned from 80/90s though rather than new or more recent. Twin cassette decks are to be avoided in the reconditioned market by all accounts. I was looking into this a while ago. Hth.
