Sony TCWE475.CEK

The tape player almost feels jurassic when you consider that subsequently the the compact disc the mini disc followed and could arguably be superseded themselves by blu ray audio. However it certainly brought back nostalgia when listen to this cassette player. As people will have noticed already due to the age of this player and due to manufacturers ceasing production of cassette players, it is now only possible to purchase these second hand. This also has it's upsides to as it provides the potential benefit of picking up a bargain for very little outlay. Upon seeing this cassette player again ... more

Its true, I don't think anyone really uses cassettes anymore. But a cassette player was the only device missing from my hifi set up, so when I saw this in my local town I thought I might as well get it...then I could listen again to all those dusty tapes that were now packed away in a box. The good thing about this device is it has two tape drives. This means that you can copy from one cassette to another. Handy if you have a recording of a radio show, for example, and want to edit the advert breaks out. However, you can only record on one of the decks, not both. You eventually get used to ... more

This is the worst quality cassette deck I have ever owned. The sound quality can vary slightly each time you play a cassette and it also depends on the direction (auto reverse) and which deck you are using. The problem is the way the auto reverse is implemented. The heads are rotated to play one side of the cassette, and not rotated for the other side. And they don't seem to hit the rotation 'end stop' quite right sometimes, which means the heads are sometimes not aligned correctly, resulting in significant changes in frequency response at the top end. I got the deck to transfer a lot of old ... more

I needed a twin deck cassette for copying cassettes of piano accompaniments for my wifes singing lessons. I was suprised to find a Sony for this little money. What you end up with is a famous name product with reasonable functionality, no graphic equaliser or remote control but you get two Decks, Dolby C, servo controls (although they are a bit clunky in operation) variable speed dubbing and a reasonable finish, mine was in black and matched nicely with some Marantz seperates I already had. Its not the smallest unit in the world so check the dimensions and the two way two deck playing ... more