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BASF were decent, but quality dropped rapidly when they became EMTEC. Unfortuantely nowadays EMTEC tapes are the only ones you can more or less easily get, at least in Europe.
I've been a TDK fan since my early tape meddling days. I'd say stick with those if you can get them.
Last edited by irrlichtproject (Nov 8, 2013 9:56 pm)
I have a Califone A45 5270 and I really like it, the onboard mic is perfect for lo fi demo recordings of my band.
That kind of shit is what im looking for. Something I can use to dump tracks on cassete for limited releases OR something to record my shitty band.
Ill give you 3 euros for yours and a bubblegum. (all i have) xD
Good thing he didn't go all the way with "totally irresponsible" 
Q: What is a good tape recorder? A: One which does not eat tape. Do not get the ones they have at wal-mart they are junk and will die on you in a month.
Good thing he didn't go all the way with "totally irresponsible"
Q: What is a good tape recorder? A: One which does not eat tape. Do not get the ones they have at wal-mart they are junk and will die on you in a month.
Lucky for me we dont have walmarts in spain. Im sure theres an equivalent but I wont find a tape recorder there.
SketchMan3 wrote:Good thing he didn't go all the way with "totally irresponsible"
Q: What is a good tape recorder? A: One which does not eat tape. Do not get the ones they have at wal-mart they are junk and will die on you in a month.
Lucky for me we dont have walmarts in spain. Im sure theres an equivalent but I wont find a tape recorder there.
Yeah. I forgot the brandname.. I think it's like... Omni or something. Stay away from that junk. I'm sure they probably sell them other places besides walmart, maybe... haha. But probably not in Spain... but you never know...
Ive seen that shit, people is buying some sort of omvi or whatever walkman to record mp3's off your tapes. Its completely opposite from what I want anyways, haha
arlen wrote:that shitty lo-fi sound
them's fighting words.
uh oh. i didn't mean it in a negative way! im a big fan of tape stuff. i actually need to find a nice cassette deck one of these days. i've got quite a few tapes but my little walkman died about a year ago. 
i passed up an Akai deck at a thrift shop over the summer and really regret it now.
I bought a Fair mate unit at a flea market and it works, plays, records, got a mic included, etc, but when I press play and/or record it only works WHILE pressing, the very moment you stop pressing it jumps up and stops playing/recording. Any mechanical way to fix this?
Last edited by SuperBustySamuraiMonkey (Nov 10, 2013 9:49 pm)
There are two pieces of the mech to check on- the one that holds the play key down to make sure the key catches on it, and the one in the deck that checks for tension to automatically stop the deck at the end of the tape.
Ill unscrew it tommorrow and see what happens. Will post pics and all.
