Teac W-1200-B W-1200(B) Double Cassette Deck (Recording/Playback, Microphone Input, USB Output for Digital Recording to PC/Mac, Conference Transcripts) Black, 14.5 cm*43.5 cm*28.58 cm

The media could not be loaded. 2022.. if your looking at this product u will be of a certain age ( like me ) :) so to save u the time.. there are only 2 pro cassette decks currently made/available, this teac or the tascam.. both are the same machine, except for 3 things.. 1 the price, teac is over £100 cheaper.. 2 : the teac doesn't have the 19 inch rack mountable edges / lugs.. 3 : the color of the display is blue / red where as the Tascam is the classic orange. As for the machine, i couldn't be happier, cannot believe how good 40 year old cassette are sounding, the usb at the back gives you a direct to mac / seen as an audio device/input so perfect for transferring those tapes to digital without the added noise reduction from cheap ion type models, & at full 48k resolution.. be warned, tape machines that have the ability to record direct to a front side usb thumb drive are limited by DRM protocol & will only copy your cassette to a maximum of 128kps mp3.. with this machine the direct to mac usb audio is without limitation & pure. Ive saved my friendly electronic engineer a day fiddling around with my old Denon tape machine & he can now spend that time on services my DAT machine !, ( which who would have thought it.. not 1 DAT machine made today ).. finally, the teac feels very well made, solid & like it will outlive me :) the packaging & machine smells really great too.. took me right back to my local video / hifi store in 88.. worth every penny.

My journey back to the old format of the Cassette Tape was at times a frustrating one, only many years earlier I remember them to be great in separate decks and car audio tape players perhaps not so in personal tape players like the hand held ones, again they were new then. For me it was a love of the physical format of music and the interaction and personal pleasure derived from it i.e. looking for a vinyl album to play putting it on the deck and giving it a spin and the same with a Cd (give or take) and Cassettes. Anyway I started to purchase decks on eBay and time and time again although described as "works" there was usually always a problem, cassette doors that jammed, and excessive (for some reason) feedback on an old Technics deck from 1982 that "worked", when I pressed play & record etc, just a few examples, rubber belts becoming too loose (spongey) over the years (which is natural) my point is I learned a lesson with tape decks that when I had them in the days that they were standard is that unless you know a bit about them or you know a reputable audio repairer or can change the belts the old ones can be a bit challenging and this is because they they stem from the 70's 80's 90's mostly and have used well over the years and parts become worn. I purchase four decks an Awia (which is an old warhorse) Technics(1982) a Rotel and JVC the last three out of second had shops and the last 3 described were faulty. The experience did get me down a bit and the money I personally spent would have paid around over half of the cost of this TEAC W1200B. I never knew they had produced a new model and after feeling I should throw in the towel I found this one and read the reviews and thought why not get one. This model feels like and has been built very sturdy the cassette doors feel strong and sturdy and the TEAC tape deck is not too over populated with extra add-ons it does what it says and is simple to use. I personally enjoy taping some of my old vinyl records and making mixed tapes as I find it fun and adds to the interaction of ones music experience. you can tape cd's if you wish or go tape to tape whatever you like. I found the sound quality excellent after taping some records and after buying this TEAC deck have no regrets and personally feel my faith has returned to this format. Happy taping.

First new tape deck in 30 years and what a disappointmentPRO’S looks good, functional remote and thats it.CON’S Theres a lot and have all been mentioned apart from a fewBuild Quality: its feels very empty like a tin can you can actually push the top casing in and not a good idea to put anything on top.Cassette Transports very noisy and can be heard at low volume the empty casing actually makes this worse.Only plays certain old tapes well i put this down to Dolby and different types of NRWoW and Flutter very noticeable at the end of long tapesTheres a few other bugs but i think ive said enough just not worth the money and sent it backI was thinking of asking for a replacement but my gut told me it wouldn’t matter how many units i had they would all be the same

It is lacking some things like Dolby C, track search and auto reverse. Bur toy gain very sturdy and quiet mechanism, the play only noise reduction I hardly use sounds perfect as it is. It's handy to have 2 recorders with many ways of recording. The USB out seamlessly connect installing USB AUDIO CODEC on PC. A lot of people put it down cos it will not record Metal tape and up to 15k. Cassettes ate very expensive now, normal or chrome. As toy get older the bandwidth you can hear shrinks, at my age I would not be-able to hear as high as 15K. So is perfect for the older generation. Finally even the oldest of tape cassette will play well no wow and flutter heard. The remote control is fine, does not have on/off on that note it will switch itself off when idle

very good cassette deck it is not auto reverse just single play but this is a plus not a minus as it makes for a more stable mechanism . I like this cassette deck it does dubbing and you can connect to your computer. cassette tapes still hold a fascination for me and this machine doesn't let me down . It is a very good buy .