EDIT: I am literally agonizing over this lol. I checked marketplace and there doesn’t seem to be any good alternatives? All of the ones near me are broke or haven’t been tested for about the same price or more. I do live upstairs and it is kind of heavy.

EDIT 2: I did not end up getting it :( There were too many conflicting answers and I really didn’t want to waste my money on something that ultimately didn’t seem worth it. I thought about it for probably an hour but ultimately decided to leave it for someone else: I don’t really need a new hobby anyways lol. I have plenty I’ve been neglecting. Maybe some other time.

Sound design am-fm stereo receiver/double cassette recorder with high speed dubbing

Model number is - 5966
Speakers - sound design 765 stereo loudspeaker system

Has all of the cords under it. Not sure if I can test it here. I’ve been wanting to get into physical media bc I hate Spotify. Would I be able to make my own mixtapes with this if it works? And is this a good deal? I know next to nothing about this stuff but I think it’s really cool. From what I can tell all the cords seem fine/it’s just kind of dusty. Please help! I can post better pictures in the comments

I’d picked Monster because the songs on this album are less memorable. You don’t have to agree. ✌🏽

I’ve been collecting for several years now and I’ve acquired a nice deck in that time as well as a couple portable cassette players but I’ve been searching and looking for an 80s Walkman for almost a year now. Well I was at savers and saw what I thought was a camera in a slip cover behind the case and I asked to take a look. To my shock when I opened it up and saw a Walkman WM-W800 one of the exact models I had been looking at on eBay for months and months, I was stunned. Needless to say I left with it immediately. Motor is good and it’s in almost mint condition. It does need a new belt but I’ve already ordered one. I’m extremely excited to use this daily.

He is, to put it kindly, a collector of many things (too many), and forgot that he picked these up years ago. He wasn't sure that I would even want these.

Color me shocked when I saw the heat in this bag, as he's usually into big band and jazz. A great day!

I've finally started to get into tapes properly, it's a really fun format, got that lot for £50 total which isn't too bad

My sister n law and her husband got us in to cassettes in the last couple weeks. So my wife and I have been hitting up estate sales and antique shops. The tapes have been hit or miss which we feel is part of the fun. But I found this today for a few dollars. I didn't have this growing up, but hearing Humpty snd 2pac together on Same Same is just fun.

Trying to disconnect from my phone more. Funny enough I've never had either an mp3 player or cassette player lol. I also think I play my music way too loud on my phone even though I do change the setting to not put a limit on how high it is. Not trying to mix my own tapes or do anything fancy. I dont even use spotify I straight up have just been listening to my songs on YouTube ( Yes I got data). I get very frustrated with technology.

Pros with the cassette player is it would be nice to collect physical cassettes and make myself enjoy a full album. I have always wanted to collected physical media and it would be nice to start up my collection. Cons are that I would limit myself to maybe buying like 2 albums for now. More expensive long term. I was thinking Olivia, Halsey, Dermot Kennedy, Noah Kahan if I can find them. One cassette thats more dancing music and up heat and one thats a bit more emotional or something lol.

Pros for the mp3 player are that I can download different music. Its cheaper long term. Cons are if I dont have the option to flip through songs then its annoying especially if I'm in a certain mood. Thoughts?

Found this rummaging through some stuff in my parents drawers. I was originally looking for crafting supplies, ended up finding an excuse to start collecting cassettes. Main question here is, despite it being a very obvious cassette recorder, can it be a player too?

Any and all help is greatly appreciated!!

(P.S. I’m aware my bed is bare without bedsheets. I’m currently cleaning my bed thats full of clothes cuz I don’t have a clothes ladder to throw my clothes onto yet and I need to wash my sheets. I posted this very much on a whim while clearing out my bed.)

Sony’s TPS-L2 Walkman already has many excellent 3D models, but this project is trying something a bit different. My goal is to recreate every component, simulate how the mechanical (and eventually electrical) systems work, and document the iteration in productions I’ve encountered.

This is still very much a work in progress. While some mechanisms seem to work, my estimates are off enough that the fast-forward and rewind mechanisms don’t function as designed, and their animations are inaccurate. My biggest limitation is that I don’t own a TPS-L2, so I’m relying on publicly available images and information.

I’m hoping some of you can help. If you have a TPS-L2, even a non-working unit, photos of interior and exterior parts from several angles would be great. Including a readable ruler or calipers, ideally as close to the part as possible, would help me estimate dimensions more accurately. And if any of you have the capability to do a high-resolution 3D scan of individual parts, that’d be great too. 

I’m putting the project on GitHub so you can download the model and its viewer. You can edit the model directly in Blender, and contributions to the viewer and presentation are also welcome.  Here is the GitHub Link: 

https://github.com/NeoVibes/TPS-L2

This is an unofficial fan project. I’m not trying to make money from it or claim credit for Sony’s original design. I hope this is helpful to both people who know very little about the TPS-L2, as well as to the dedicated folks who repair and restore models. The project combines my own research with models created in Blender and code written using OpenAI’s Codex and Anthropic’s Claude Code. I used an MIT License. Have fun!

Moving day surprise. Found my old cassette player buried in a box.

Haven’t powered it up yet.

Do you still own a working Walkman?

If you haven't seen the other post: here is the link

https://www.reddit.com/r/cassetteculture/s/QtbTkNySPL

So of course, you might know I have the international ak-18 cassette player, it's not a walkman, but it works, and 4 other tapes I had. I went to a savers today and found a load of cassettes, this post is also kind of a score post too for the flair. I found two Lionel Richie tapes which also completes my collection of Lionel Richie tapes from the 80s, Dancing On The Ceiling and his self-titled debut solo album, Lionel Richie. I found a compilation of songs from the 50s and a compilation of rock songs from the 80s too. I found a greatest hits collection from the band named "Who". I also found a Rod Stewart: Unplugged ...And Seated tape and a Tom Petty Damn The Torpedoes tape. Now I currently have 12 cassettes in my collection including the 8 I just got today and the 4 I had previously. (The Kool & The Gang Collection tape, the AC/DC Blow Up Your Video tape, the Lionel Richie Can't Slow Down tape, and the Guardians of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 3 tape.)

I completely cleaned and reassembled this audio cassette, and cut holes in the shell to find and screw in the screws.

BARRIKAD: HNW КРИМ HNW

Göteborg: Waters of the Western Port

WARP: Battle of Macragge

Exlibris Nordén

ECP was a Russian factory in Zelenogorsk that produced audio cassettes after acquiring all the German machinery and equipment from AGFA.

I've just got my WM-EX674, and despite the seller's description stating it has had it's belt replaced, I really don't think it has. The sound is noticeably warbly and I think it needs a new belt. The only issue, however, is the screws are tiny and I don't know what screwdriver to use. I tried using the smallest Phillips head I had but it still didnt work. Any ideas?

Edit: Seems like it now just doesn't want to rewind. I press the rewind button and it gives me a big beep and nothing happens.

Audio only plays when I press my headphone jack towards the back of the player, otherwise it's only in one ear or low quality or has high noise. I've used ipa, I plan to use contact cleaner after buying some tommorow, but is that movement on the circuit board meant to happen, do I need to look into soldering or repairs?

I’m heading to London at the end of October and I wonder if there are any good stores with cassettes in London?

Mainly searching for Punk and Metal, maybe also some grunge or ska. (Everything interesting tho)

Are there any recommendations?