Spent $30 on a rewound cassette deck from a thrift shop

I picked up this old Sony cassette deck for $30 a month ago, thinking it would be a fun novelty. Turns out the belts were intact and it actually plays my dad's old mixtapes from the 80s perfectly. The sound is warm and hissy in a way that makes everything feel like a memory. Has anyone else tried reviving old tape gear and had it actually work out?

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the_amy8d ago

Read somewhere that tape has a magic digital can't match.

derekp708d agoMost Upvoted

Wait, you actually found one with intact belts and @the_amy is right about tape magic being real.