sloper Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 (edited) Goodaye all Got a mint Teac A430 Cassette deck with manual's here and l dont know how good these are. l would be struggling to find a tape to play. regards Bruce Edited July 16, 2017 by sloper Phat thumbs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roumelio. Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Just enjoy it for what it is, and hope it doesn't eat a tape. There is no real value in tape players anymore. If your really bored, visit the tape section here and on audiokarma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audiofeline Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 I don't know if it's upper- or lower-level quality, but it looks like it is at least a step up from the cheap+nasty level, and would be at least as good as most cassette decks from it's day. You could probably find a manual and spec's for free at HiFi Engine, and you can compare those specs against known poor and high-quality machines (eg. the Nakamichi's). With the very rare exception, pre-recorded tapes are of very low quality. These machines were usually used to record friend's records at a low cost and achieved reasonably good quality. You can get cassettes on eBay. Most OpShops don't take cassettes any more, sometimes you could be lucky and someone donate their old recorded tapes which can be reused (if it is a good quality tape). The ability to copy CDs to CDR's killed the cassette medium. If you can get this cheap and think you might have fun with it, go for it. There are probably youtube tutorials on cleaning the heads, this needs to be done periodically (depending on the amount of tape played and the quality of the tapes) to get the best out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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