Why not get a CD burner. Less money, sounds better, easier to handle. There are few good quality cassette decks now, compared to the day when cassette was a living format.

If you can find a used Nakamichi or Tandberg, you would have a good deck. If you are going to buy new, a Sony ES would be a wise choice. ES series has a 6 year near-no-fault warranty on them. I put those in churches all the time.

The only companies making pro cassette decks anymore are Tascam (Teac), and Denon/Marantz.

Why not get a CD burner. Less money, sounds better, easier to handle. There are few good quality cassette decks now, compared to the day when cassette was a living format.

If you can find a used Nakamichi or Tandberg, you would have a good deck. If you are going to buy new, a Sony ES would be a wise choice. ES series has a 6 year near-no-fault warranty on them. I put those in churches all the time.

The only companies making pro cassette decks anymore are Tascam (Teac), and Denon/Marantz.

The tascam 102 and 122 really surprised me. Blew away my notions of crap cassette sound from previous low end recorders. If you need a great sounding cassette, Tascam all the way.

Dan

I have three Tascam 122MKIII's and they have been flawless performers for my cassette work. I agree with previous posters about Tascam recommendation. (I can part with one of mine if interested)

Tascam 122 Mk III is indeed good.
I would also look for a Tandberg. I forgot the model number (TCD-340??), but it is the flat, horizontal, top load model with 3 heads. They did not have the head gap mismatch of Nakamichi & made great recordings that are compatible on all other decks.

As for less expensive, I would suggest contacting Dreamhire or The Toy Store & renting one for a day or check Analogique or one of the high end stereo shops for something used (with a warrantee).

I have and still use on occasion an AIWA F660 which I purchased new about 15 years ago. These are consumer hi-fi decks, but if you can find a used one, they're great. Other models with even more features are the F770 and F990. Very nice. F990's on eBay going for about $175. An F770 just went for $65.