Sansui D-W10 Dual Cassette Deck -Thrift store find

[Navanoise]

They originally wanted $20 for it and I wasn't in the market for yet another deck that may or may not work well. It wasn't the cleanest machine either, but everything was intact. It sat in the store for a week. Finally, it came to half off day so I took it to their testing station and to my surprise everything worked. Well? It's a Sansui and it has a nice build weight to it too so I gave it a new home. Here's some info I've drubbed up online so far, Maybe you guys know more. "The Sansui D-W10 is a stereo double cassette deck with Dolby B and C noise reduction, it was introduced by Sansui in 1984 and discontinued 2 years later in 1986. The main features of the Sansui D-W10 are: microprocessor-controlled dual transport, auto-reverse, double-dubbing cassette decks, 2 heads, analog 3 digit tape counter, automatic tape type selection with support for normal, chrome and metal tapes. Suggested MSRP $600." The tape path needed a major cleaning is all about I've had to to to it so far. I've never owned a computer controlled deck. I'm digging it and it sounds good to boot.

I want to get my matching MSC 3563 deck working again, but in the meantime I'm happy with this rig!

 

[Rey1]

I had one of those once, I ended up passing it along to a friend, but it's a nice dual deck

 

[Navanoise]

I had one of those once, I ended up passing it along to a friend, but it's a nice dual deck

I'm surprised it plays as good as it does (so far). I looked inside and it was very clean and has those robust wide flat belts the seemed to be ok (for now). I'm not used to having a desk with so many bells and whistles. lol Could never afford one. I'm very happy to have it.

 

[Hugh JerrDan]

I just bought one for $20 myself. Nice shape, works good, built like a tank. I’m on the fence about keeping it or selling it