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I bought this as my last replacement cassette player as there are still some cassettes I needed to review and move music from. I have had it for almost two months and find it easy to use and it has a great sound quality (for cassettes). Well worth the price paid.
You are forced to buy all same brand components. This comes from a guy who owned one of the first commercially available home stereo cassette deck - the pre Dolby Ampex Micro 50. How can a serious recordist know when a tape being recorded will end. No light on play button or any others. I hate that. The sound quality is equally good on either deck, so I am pleased by this. (Not a complete sentence).
What is lacking are many features that I used to take for granted. No Tape Counter. The sound quality of this deck is very good. See above.No intelligent use of lights. You better have light on the face of this deck to see what you're doing. No red light on the record button.Just small lights in the "light box" above the record level lights to display current function.No back lights to view the cassettes.No remote-it uses the "one remote for all Pioneer components". A good basic deck for dubbing(copying) and listening. Lucky to find any decks at all these digital days.
Had Panasonic, Teac, Technics, Sony, Nakamichi, Aiwa, etc. What a scam.No individual record levels. No fine bias control. OK, this is a rarity anyway.No mic inputs. One knob for both channels (L & R).I was spoiled by the heyday of cassette supremacy. Shy on features, but good on sound.
The Pioneer replaced a Sharp that finally died. Everything worked right out of the box. So, it was just a matter of learning the new control positions. I am very happy with the unit.
I am quite satisfied with this item. Wish its outer casing was moreattractive, with some part having wood looking panelling. receivedin good time, good packing.
Makes me think the RIAA is somehow involved. This Pioneer unit is solid, quality, nice looking, easy to hook-up and use.
Found a customer return on clearance for $97 (from Vanns), and looks to have been a good decision. The buttons are responsive, the mechanisms smooth and quiet, and my tapes sound darn good through it.
With cassette decks becoming more and more a rare commodity, and myself in need of one, thought I'd give this one a shot. No thanks.
Teac has a low budget one for around $90, but other reviews made it sound cheap and cheezy, plus there was no push-button tape eject mechanism on it. A review of a comparable Sony (around $150) said the unit could easily be damaged, simply by an incorrect button push while the unit was playing.
Considering the dated technology, it's ashame none of these deck units sell for lower cost. But, if you want a quality unit for around $150, you can't go wrong on this one.
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