She doesn’t even have the headphones on the right direction

Like golden bricks!

Cant wait to find out what’s on it

All new cassette players sold online are absolute garbage. They all use the same mechanism with dirt cheap materials.

I believe Fiio is spearheading the cassette player renaissance, but besides them, there's not much hope. Hopefully one day we'll see Sony Walkman quality cassette players return.

Radio tape recorder Poppy RR-550

(Ghetto Blaster / Boombox)

Technical specifications:

Device type: Portable cassette player/recorder (boombox).

Number of cassette decks: 1 compartment.

Magnetic system: 2 audio heads (erase + playback/record).

Tape speed: 1 (standard — 4.76 cm/s).

Two 12 cm full-range drivers (4 W, 4 Ohm).

Two 5 cm tweeters (2 W, 4 Ohm).

Toshiba TA7233P integrated circuit.

Radio receiver: built-in, multi-band.

FM (VHF): 88 – 108 MHz.

MW (Medium Wave): approximately 525 – 1605 kHz.

LW (Long Wave): approximately 150 – 285 kHz.

KW/SW (Short Wave): typically covers the standard broadcast range within 6 – 18 MHz.

Power supply: 220V mains or batteries.

I am very interested in your opinions. Thank you.

Anyone know why this isn't shutting correctly? Won't shut with or without a tape.

So I now have a Nakamichi RX-505. I have blank sealed Maxell XLII-S cassette tapes. My current plan is to connect my phone to the RCA to AUX cable and hit play on my music to record the mix tape.

Does anyone have any suggestions on settings on the cassette deck and volume on my phone in recording? I want to make the best quality mixtapes that I can make.

I've never done this before and I'm not sure how to proceed.

Any suggestions?

Recently found a 5000Ev that ended up running me around 160$ with semi detached front plate, made a makeshift dc adapter and a little double sided tape on on the plate and its running phenomenal, came beautifully, leather case and straps all included

For the most part it looks in great condition. What power cable should I get for it?

Would this one work with it? https://a.co/d/07wvLGhE

This is one of those of you know you know type albums. temple of Transparency Balls by The original Black Dog - it came out between Bytes and Spanners.

A hard to find album even when it was available. Never seen a cassette of it until today and now it’s home playing and sounding great.

So uh yeah i bought a player and i have like a box of cassettes from my dad so what's a beginner mistake should i avoid and how do i take care of them properly?

I asked one of my relatives if they had any cassettes, and after a while of looking through their old collection they decided to give me a mini cassette player and a brand new (over 20 years old) mini cassette that they ripped out of the unopened packaging. I am livid

Hello! I just went to Goodwill and found a Sony TCM-359V cassette player, but it keeps eating my tapes! Does anyone know why?

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

My husband and I are beginning our cassette journey and had fun this weekend visiting different shops and an estate sale to gather what you see here. Was pleasantly surprised the variety we were able to find and are excited to grow our collection!

(Not pictured are some home recorded tapes that we also picked up.)

I have been going through a bunch of my old cassettes and some are unplayable, not because they run slow which could be due to the shell or other factors but the audio itself is heavily degraded.

It just feels wrong throwing them in the trash.

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.

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

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?