<p dir="ltr">I have a Yamaha dual deck and amp, speakers, 5 disk CD player stack. $150. I can throw in a turntable with unknown needle status. This stack is analog only (except for CD player) and incompatible with my TV/DVD/roku stack.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 27, 2013 1:37 AM, "Ron Frazier (ALE)" <<a href="mailto:atllinuxenthinfo@techstarship.com">atllinuxenthinfo@techstarship.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi all,<br>
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I know some of you are audio fans. I need to prepare some music for a family event on Sunday 5 days from now. Not only that, I can only work on it Tue - Thu. I need to burn some cd's and some of the source music is on cassette tape. I need a GOOD cassette tape player fast that won't eat the tapes and will play them accurately. I picked up a Grace Tape2USB unit from Frys. I didn't know that the takeup spool wasn't turning and it ate my test tape. I got it out without breaking initially but it broke when I was rewinding it in another player. Reading amazon reviews indicates that this unit is rubbish for many reviewers. It's going back. Not happy about the damaged tape either.<br>
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Needless to say, I don't want that to happen to the music source tape for the event. I used to have some tape splicing equipment but that was LONG ago. It seems like the only options are cheap boom boxes and VERY expensive tape decks over $ 500. I need something in the $ 100 range. All the brands I used to know back in the OLD days seem to have disappeared, like Teac, Pioneer, etc. It would be nice if I can continue to use the deck after the event to convert old music, sermons, and audio books. So, it would be nice if it will last a while. However, the event is my primary priority. If the unit has a built in usb port, that's fine, but not essential. I can feed audio into the computer via line in if needed.<br>
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Eventually, I want to banish all audio tapes, video tapes, and non LED light bulbs from my life.<br>
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Anybody have any ideas?<br>
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Any help is appreciated.<br>
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Sincerely,<br>
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Ron<br>
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