I recently starting playing with cassettes again. Here are my two decks at this time.
Yamaha K-1020
This is a really good deck. I was somewhat amazed how well it plays and records. I wish I had this back in the day. It has some cosmetic issues is mechanically sound.
Onkyo TA-R440
This looks to be a mid-tier deck. I could not find much information on it but it seems to perform as well as the Yamaha