[ale] [OT] need a GOOD cassette tape player fast

[Jim Kinney]

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.
On Aug 27, 2013 1:37 AM, "Ron Frazier (ALE)" <
atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Eventually, I want to banish all audio tapes, video tapes, and non LED
> light bulbs from my life.
>
> Anybody have any ideas?
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
>
>
> --
>
> (PS - If you email me and don't get a quick response, you might want to
> call on the phone.  I get about 300 emails per day from alternate energy
> mailing lists and such.  I don't always see new email messages very
> quickly.)
>
> Ron Frazier
> 770-205-9422 (O)   Leave a message.
> linuxdude AT techstarship.com
> Litecoin: LZzAJu9rZEWzALxDhAHnWLRvybVAVg**wTh3
> Bitcoin: 15s3aLVsxm8EuQvT8gUDw3RWqvuY9h**PGUU
>
> ______________________________**_________________
> Ale mailing list
> Ale at ale.org
> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/**listinfo/ale<http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale>
> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at
> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/**listinfo<http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail.ale.org/pipermail/ale/attachments/20130827/6c8874c0/attachment.html>