Go for the classic Sansui look and a black SC-3110 especially if you have the rack handles. And forget all that stuff about .wav's and .mp3...... there's nothing more musical than a well made cassette on a good quality deck. There are lots of great decks out there for cheap these days. Be advised you may need to learn how to change belts and pinch rollers. But the analog sound lives forever.
Wow. What a bunch of old fogey's. :sigh:
Us young'ns like me (pushing into the late 50's) are going to have to do some hand holding and explain all this new fangled stuff for you kids.
Seriously, I understand the vintage part and enjoy it all. I'm just saying that for the specific purpose of managing old, great music, there are a lot of ways you can go that make things easier and even sound better in many cases.
Immediate examples I can think of is that both my Duncan Browne "Give Me Take You" album and my Left Banke "Walk Away Rene" album were so painful to listen to that I quit trying.
However, after recording them into .wav's and then some minimal sound repair, they are now back into my vintage collection for listening.
If someone needs a cassette deck, though, I do have an Ultrx RD C21 (made my Sanyo) that I ended up with as a package deal with an AU-505.
I thinks it's supposed to be a pretty good deck but I admit that I know little about it, don't need it, nor have I even plugged it in. But if someone just needs a deck and know something about this model, it's ready to go to a good home.
As for this particular discussion; this is clearly about "vintage" equipment so just like an old Hobbit, I will leave this thread and diminish into the West.
