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Excellent basic deck
I've used this deck for years, and was surprised to read the other review panning it. It's an excellent unit, very easy to use, and very durable. I've recorded hundreds of hours on mine, and the resulting tapes sound clean, loud, and well-balanced. It plays back well, and doesn't try to do too much - auto-flip or double-sided tape decks have always given me maintenance problems. This deck works great.

Sony Dual Cassette Deck
The machine is an incredible piece of work for a vanishing recording format. I still need to find a deck with dual mike jacks and the controls
found on the old Radio Shack Realistic my son borrowed and never returned.

Very Professional
I was very pleased by the quickness of the delivery and the condition of the package. The Tape Deck worked beautifully. Thank You

Sony TC-WE305 Dual Cassette Deck Good For DJ-Mixing
This Sony TC-WE305 Dual Cassette Deck is good for DJ-Mixing. You can mainly press down on the pause record and then press down on the record + play button. You can then record a sound more instantly, when you press down on the pause key again. This is the only cassette deck that is available, that will allow to record a sound more instantly, without any delays. I personally like to make remixes on my cassette tapes. I can put beats and music together with this kind of cassette deck, without any space delays on the cassette tape. Like with the JVC TD-W209 Dual Cassette Deck, where you just tap the buttons, to get your recording started. With the JVC TD-W209 Dual Cassette Deck, whenever you try to record something on it, it puts a one second delay space, on your cassette tapes, before it starts recording. Therefore with the JVC TD-W209 Dual Cassette Deck, it is not that easy to be able to put beats and music together like you want them to be, when you are trying to make your remixes on a cassette tape, with the JVC TD-W209 Dual Cassette Deck. That's why the Sony TC-WE305 allows you to mix the music on a cassette tape, without any delays or spaces, being on the cassette tape. I personally prefer to get cassette decks that have the regular analog manual keys, where you press down on the keys, because you have more control over the keys, when you are trying to record. When you just tap a button to record something, you don't have very much control over with what you are going to record. So this is pretty much your last chance to be able to get a cassette deck here, that you can really make decent remixes on the cassette tapes. The JVC TD-W106 Cassette Deck is a collectable item to get from JVC. The JVC TD-W106 Cassette Deck pretty much allows you to do the same things as you could with the Sony TC-WE305 Dual Cassette Deck. The JVC TD-W106 Cassette Deck also has the analog manual keys, that you just press down on the keys. The Sony TC-WE305 Dual Cassette Deck is recommended, if you are into remixing the music, on to the cassette tape.

Good Audio Cassette Deck
It's hard to find an audio cassette deck of any worth these days. I am no old-timer but I love audio tapes and know way more then most teens. First off, the fact it can hook up to your receiver is good, but not y u should buy it! It's compatibility. For one, there is not just one tape type. There is 3 [Type 1,II,and IV]! All new stereos and boomboxes tell u plainly not to use Type II and IV tapes because there non-compatible! Read your manual people! U can't make real copies of CDs or LPs without Type II and IV compatibility. That's what they are for. Secondly, Dolby B is a MUST for pre-recorded tapes. Virtually all tapes [new and old] have "Dolby System" or "Dolby B" written on them. Unless your tape deck has Treble control, u need Dolby B. Most decks today don't have anything. U need a decent unit like this. As far as Auto-Reverse, unless your a music-mixer or Dj, or something like that, u don't need it! It kills tapes! If your that lazy, get a CD player morons! Sorry but people irritate me with their laziness. Auto-Reverse is for people [as mentioned] who can't afford to stop and flip a tape over, otherwise your just damaging your tapes when using it! I may not be over 30 or any where near it, but I know u need a cassette player like this for standard recording: CD's,LP's, and off-air [radio] or pre-recorded tape duplication. As far as sound, it is not equal to CD's, but good. No static can be heard when using a Cr02 [Type II] tape withOUT Dolby B. All features are great and sound good. I haven't used Metal [type IV] due to availibilty issues, but Normal [type 1] and Cr02 tapes work great. The only problem is manually setting recording levels. While this is a must unless u are a DJ or mixer etc... ,for some reason it won't always record what u set it. This generally only happens on my Rap Cd's I guess due to loud Bass impact. A manual fine-bias-tuning control would help. That's when u adjust settings for different brands of tapes. Maxell [Cr02] tapes almost always distort on this deck while Sony CD-It [Normal and Cr02] generally don't. Memorex [Type II] tapes are good and actually go just a little bit lower then set. All in all, most recordings played on other decks [including Deck A of this unit] play lower distortion then Deck B. One more thing, clean your deck before CD recording or after ten hours of playing/recording. It may seem like trouble but it's worth it. If record and play doesn't work, u must immediately clean them. Don't Demagnitize until u hear hissing or very low sound witch probaly won't happen if u don't constantly use Metal tapes. If u use a Cassette Cleaner Tape, be sure to let recording
"Record" on the non-recordable leader [white or blue leader at end and beginning of either tape side] to wype dirt/magnetic particles from the erase head, where Tape version cleaner can't get. Best to just clean the heads with a non-lint Q-tip lighly moistened in Radioshack cleaning fluid for audio cassette decks. Happy shopping!

Great value and good quality
With cassette decks becoming more and more a rare commodity, and myself in need of one, thought I'd give this one a shot. Found a customer return on clearance for (from Vanns), and looks to have been a good decision. The buttons are responsive, the mechanisms smooth and quiet, and my tapes sound darn good through it. Teac has a low budget one for around , but other reviews made it sound cheap and cheezy, plus there was no push-button tape eject mechanism on it. A review of a comparable Sony (around 0) said the unit could easily be damaged, simply by an incorrect button push while the unit was playing. No thanks. This Pioneer unit is solid, quality, nice looking, easy to hook-up and use. Considering the dated technology, it's ashame none of these deck units sell for lower cost. Makes me think the RIAA is somehow involved. But, if you want a quality unit for around 0, you can't go wrong on this one.

cassette recorder ctw208R
this unit works great, it was needed to copy a collection of cassette recordings that were getting some age on them. it is good to find a quality unit still available at a reasonable price.

Not "Dual" Auto Reverse
Be careful when ordering.

The item described and pictured here is NOT a DD-6200. It is a different Sherwood model. The DD-6200 does not have dual auto-reverse. Only one tape drive has dual auto-reverse capability. I found out the hard way. The product arrived in the mail (from J&R - also described incorrectly on their website) and it was not as described here.

3 stars might be a little generous. Call it basically a neutral rating.

The unit seems to have excellent sound quality. However, only one of the tape drives was working correctly when I received it; the other played at about half speed. Because mine was defective and the product was not as described here, I returned it.

Even though it doesn't have auto-reverse, the sound quality was good enought that I probably would have kept it were it not defective.

There's always going to be defective units of a mass produced product. I wouldn't let the fact that mine was defective keep me from buying another Sherwood product. It could have been banged around when it was shipped. But be aware that this is NOT a "dual" auto-reverse machine.

Great for those of us who can't part with our audio cassettes
My initial impression is that this is a high quality unit that does great things, not only for CD albums, but for all those treasured cassettes you used to use in your car until your new car came with a CD player.

Now you can bring both of those formats out of the car, now that a hot summer is just around the corner, and enjoy them inside using earphones or as input to your stereo or home theatre system.

My greatest surprise is how good the cassettes sounded in this player. I never remembered them sounding this good! Possibly the player does some audio processing above and beyond the call of duty. Anyway, I love the sound, features (it records to cassette from CD or line input), and the general quality of the unit.

It may be considered expensive compared to the many cheaper CD or cassette players flooding the market. But this is a quality player. Recommended.

Just what I needed
I tape delay radio talk shows that are broadcast during the day while I'm working - then listen to the tapes on my drive to work the next day. This deck does the trick. It has the capability to interface with an appliance timer and can record on both decks (and both sides) sequentially. I also recorded some music and thought that the quality was quite acceptable - reproduction was very close to original for all practical purposes. I don't know why TEAC dropped Dobly "C" on their tape decks. But I don't really miss it.

you made my husband very happy. thank you
It is hard finding good dual cassette decks, and harder to find one with pitch control. This is a wonderful product and a very affordable price. My husband was thrilled with his surprise birthday gift!!! Thank you so much.

meets my needs
The W-360R cassette recorder does everything that I want from a recorder. I am interested in recording long musical pieces from my FM radio amplifier, and with the W860R I can record up to 180 minutes using both tapes which meet my needs. Very few operas, oratorios etc exceed this time limit, and the few that do can be coped with by replacing tape I with a new tape.

Adequate but I've bought better
I bought one a little while ago (2/06). It does the job but seems chintzy, compared to the Sony I had before. The right hand well is noisy which is a drag since the deck is right next to me as I listen/record. I do like that it has a pitch control (on deck 1 only) but wish it had a time counter rather than an index counter. It also has rotating heads which is just plain bad engineering. There is no need for that. I don't expect this unit to last long with rotating heads but there are so few dual well decks that record on both wells, this will have to do for now. It is also noisy as it reverses direction (heads rotating) and as it plays/records.

TEAC W-860R Cassette Deck
Good Audio quality, many options for reasonable price. However the transport mechanism is too noisy and cassette comparment covers/eject nobs substandard (poor). Overall a good Deck.Challa S.
Dubai

Good product
This deck produces great sound on old tapes. Easy to use and to hook up.

Super unit
I am a retired Band Director and have gotton 4 of these over the years. They are really good. I bouht the first one so I could plug a mic with 1/4 into it. This ine listed here is my own , not one for a school.

the best sounding cassette deck I have ever heard
Have owned for a year and probably has 300+ hours of use and so far so good, no problems with any function. This is the best sounding recorder I have ever heard and I have had many pro decks. When used with premium type II tapes the copy is indistinguishable from the source. Get it while you can.

Tape Recorder Success
It came in 4 days!! Just exactly what I wanted ++. The playover feature plays both tapes. The controls are all up front and easy to use. The manual is easy to understand. And the price was great. I thought I'd have a hard time finding a dual deck cassette, but no problem!!
Charlie Lawrence

Great machine for the money
I haven't had a single problem with this thing yet and I've run well over 250 cassette tapes through it (side A and B) without any problems. If you keep the heads clean and keep it unplugged when you won't be using it for a while I think you will be in great shape.