Though its tempting, I will pass on it, I just dont have the space for one thing, and I already do have a very nice vintage two speed deck, the venerable BIC T-4M. (and also a T-2M). Otherwise, I would probably go for it.
However, while I do like cassettes, I much prefer the sound quality of open reel machines- they run at much faster speeds and the sound quality is tremendous- in fact, when I have recorded songs from my cd player onto open reel, the copy of the song on the reel sounds more pleasing to the ears than the source CD itself. Its the magic of that 'ol analog warmth.
The Teac A-3440 is a classic machine that I L-O-V-E.
Regards,
B/F