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

Very good quality, brings back the good old days.

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.

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!

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.

so far so good

The glory days of stereo cassette decks (three heads, dual capstans, Dolby B/C NR, etc) are long over. That said, this deck seems to follow TEAC's reputation as being a well built machine that performs as its specifications describe. I plan to use it primarily to digitize my cassette collection for use on a computer. While I miss some of the bells and whistles of previous generation machines, this deck is about as good as it gets today and should meet my present needs.

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.

Arrived very quickly and in fantastic condition. Works great!