I have a box of old cassette tapes (remember those?) that I want to get onto my PC. Nothing valuable or well-recorded, just some nostalgia from garage band days. I just gave away my old dual cassette deck which was broken (freecycle.org is great!), so now I am casually looking around for a new playback deck (don't need to record onto it). Any suggestions/recommendations under say $100?
Thanks,
Mark
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Another option I just realized I have... dusted off the old Tasc
Another option I just realized I have... dusted off the old Tascam Porta-07 4 track. It plays regular cassettes, but at high speed. Turns out that it is double speed, so I can transfer to PC, then use a pitch shifter/time stretcher to get back to the orginal speed. I'm probably losing some quality in the process, but again these are not exactly hi-fi to begin with. Worked okay on one track, anyway.
Still might get a "new" deck for convenience at some point... but then again maybe I'll save my $$ for something else.
-Mark
Keep your eyes open for one of these: Nakamichi MR-2 Marantz P
Keep your eyes open for one of these:
Nakamichi MR-2
Marantz PMD501
And one of my favorites:
Tascam 112MKII
You might be able to find any one of these on Craigslist or Ebay for under $100.
In fact, I checked on Ebay. [[url=http://[/URL]="http://cgi.ebay.com…"]Here's a cat selling a 122, the bid is at $91.[/]="http://cgi.ebay.com…"]Here's a cat selling a 122, the bid is at $91.[/]