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Well worth the price paid. 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).
One knob for both channels (L & R).I was spoiled by the heyday of cassette supremacy. What is lacking are many features that I used to take for granted. Shy on features, but good on sound. You better have light on the face of this deck to see what you're doing.
(Not a complete sentence). A good basic deck for dubbing(copying) and listening. The sound quality of this deck is very good. This comes from a guy who owned one of the first commercially available home stereo cassette deck - the pre Dolby Ampex Micro 50. No Tape Counter. See above.No intelligent use of lights.
Lucky to find any decks at all these digital days. No light on play button or any others. I hate that. What a scam.No individual record levels. How can a serious recordist know when a tape being recorded will end. You are forced to buy all same brand components. Had Panasonic, Teac, Technics, Sony, Nakamichi, Aiwa, etc.
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". OK, this is a rarity anyway.No mic inputs. The sound quality is equally good on either deck, so I am pleased by this. No fine bias control.
I am very happy with the unit. So, it was just a matter of learning the new control positions. The Pioneer replaced a Sharp that finally died. Everything worked right out of the box.
receivedin good time, good packing. I am quite satisfied with this item. Wish its outer casing was moreattractive, with some part having wood looking panelling.
Makes me think the RIAA is somehow involved. Considering the dated technology, it's ashame none of these deck units sell for lower cost. 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. 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. 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. But, if you want a quality unit for around $150, you can't go wrong on this one. The buttons are responsive, the mechanisms smooth and quiet, and my tapes sound darn good through it.
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.
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