TEAC W-1200B Dual Cassette Deck with Recorder with USB Pitch Control Karaoke-Mic-in and Remote

I have over three hundred cassette tapes sitting in a drawer, and have not been able to play them because I could not fine a decent quality unit. My friend writes me and says how about this one, with a link. I used to own a TEAC reel-to-reel, and purchased it. After I plugged it in and hooked it up, suddenly there were all the tapes sounding exactly like the day I recorded them, bright, brilliant, crisp. It's a dual deck, and is not auto-reverse, nor does it switch from one deck to the other deck at the end of a tape. But having that sound quality is worth having to get up and push another button. One other thing, they say 90 minute tapes are not recommended, but I have all 90 minute tapes and have not encountered a problem. No regrets!

It's early yet to see if this unit will have any longevity without issues, but when I got everything all hooked-up to the system I was surprised at the fidelity. Reviews have been mixed pro and con, maybe I got a good one? I have many tapes all recorded on an old Nakamichi that keeps going to the shop for more repairs being 30 years old. This Teac W-1200 has a year warranty on parts, 90 days labor, save the box in case. If it blows-up within 2 months I can return for a exchange or refund. Watched a YouTube video of a fellow doing some testing on the published specs and it turned out to be better than factory. Have 6 hours on it so far and sounds as good as the Nakamichi, maybe better.C 90s have been working good.

Very good quality, brings back the good old days.

so far so good

This unit puts out incredible sound. I really love just about everything about this unit. I only have one complaint. It only has one input and one output. Not an issue if you have an amplifier or powered speakers,or if like me, you only need one for the record player. But if you have any other unit or streaming device, you will need a way to switch between them. Again, for me it’s not an issue but it may be to some.

Awesome Sony quality at a steal of a deal! Great for two-speaker systems! Value for money: Cheap! Ease of use: Easy Functionality: Great for two speakers

I should learn to give something proper time before sharing my thoughts: this deck is lightweight, plastic junk - in stark contrast to my enthusiastic initial review as I have since become wise and gotten a Nakamichi 303 in great shape. It’s eaten a few tapes already and, aside from the novelty of having access to a piece of equipment, the time, which can play treasured music, it’s nothing but a bog standard tape player. Sure the sound is quite pleasant but that has more to do with the quality of the cassettes (most factory sealed at the time) and adjacent equipment. Old tapes are in peril as it eats anything which challenges its weak transport. Ugh. If it weren’t such a hassle, I’d return it. TEAC disappointed here: their pedigree from the 70s and 80s have NOTHING to do with this modern mediocre offering.

I found vintage / used tape decks to be costly to repair. I’m very pleased to have this new deck. The noise reduction makes the hsss close to none existent during play back. Both a&b decks can record. Nothing flimsy. The buttons are electric not demanding the pressure from the figure to lock the controls and the doors are solid and tapes slide in easily.

Ottimo apparecchio di grande qualità . Buone le finiture . Quello che promette mantiene per le sue caratteristiche. Consigliato

Excellent product

Teac has a good reputation for its tape decks and I was pleased to see that Teac are once again producing a good quality cassette player and recorder. This dual cassette deck works great for recording from my old cassettes onto new ones preserving some radio programs I recorded 35 years ago. I popped in a pre-recorded tape of the Clash I’ve had for ages and the sound quality was very good. Very happy with this unit.

Good stuff

Only giving this a 4 star rating because it's way too expensive. Very nice deck and I guess you can charge what you want when you are the only game in town! This replaced my old 1978ish TEAC A100.