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

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

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


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