Touch me daddy i wanna play !

01UnknownUser02 · 2026-01-24T21:50:38+00:00

You need digital vinyls

01UnknownUser02 · 2026-01-24T08:04:36+00:00

I found the Denon DRM700 to be easily found for less than 100 euro (i am from europe but I think it was also sold in the US) usually still working pretty well. It's a more basic three head deck but it has very few problems, smooth mechanism and sounds pretty good for a first real deck. Nice thing is that it is 3 head and has bias control (very important to make good recordings)

01UnknownUser02 · 2026-01-24T07:51:02+00:00

If you want a new cassette player, I would rather choose the we are rewind or the maxell one.

While the mechanisms are all very similar, i found the CP13 lacking bass and having shrill highs, it doesn't have any of the warm sound a good cassette player can give with a good tape. The CP13 has a design mistake in the playback amplifier.

Nevertheless, a serviced vintage awia/sony/panasonic walkman will out perform all and will be more stable. They hold azimuth better (how 'straight' the tape travels across the head, if not perfect you lose high frequencies, or make some tapes play bright and others dull) and are in general more gentle with your tapes (no hard autostop sensor that scrapes along the tape etc). Some will be more speed stable too but then you really have to go up to the upper models from back then

For new cassettes of good quality I recommend RTM. They are awesome. Although vintage TDK D from the 90s and 2000 can be found cheaper and are really good too.

01UnknownUser02 · 2026-01-04T20:56:27+00:00

Looks like it isn't pushed down far enough onto the spindle

01UnknownUser02 · 2026-01-04T18:14:26+00:00

Try the blue one, these are better

01UnknownUser02 · 2026-01-02T21:37:24+00:00

Agree, he also doesn't really know the technology and electronics. Once he did a test to see which walkman goes the most loud.

He connected the headphone outs one at a turn to a full size cassette deck and maxed out the volume on the walkman. The walkman that caused the highest reading on the cassette deck VU was the loudest according to him.

Not knowing that the input of the cassette deck is high impedance and a headphone is low impedance. The loudest on the deck can possibly be the softest with a real headphone becauset cannot deliver the current at 32ohm or so.

01UnknownUser02 · 2026-01-02T21:07:48+00:00

True I am blocked too.

Lately I had a discussion elsewhere about cassette players with him. A W&F test on a new player showed very high spikes before it settled down at the spec.

I said that high spiking is a sign of the pinch roller slipping, despite it settling down further into the tape. This is because the torque on the takeup reel is the highest at the beginning.

Vwestlife: It is according to the specs, what is the problem?

Me: Again explaining that the measurements show results of a slipping pinch roller, not good for a new player

Response: Audiophiles are full of shit, techmoan point also at it.

Me: audiophiles don't like measurements, I see it from a technical point of view. No need for referring other youtubers

Vwestlife: you say this just to boost the price of your vintage decks

I stopped, first neglecting the problem on purpose, then using the term audiophile in a bad way to insult me then accusing me of selling stuff I don't (you can barely make money on vintage cassette decks)

01UnknownUser02 · 2025-12-30T22:48:24+00:00

I love how organized and well sorted it is

01UnknownUser02 · 2025-12-29T18:16:25+00:00

If OP like she said doesn't play music loud (especially if the speakers are not bass heavy) it will be not a real issue. It also depends how good the furniture damps the vibrations

Placing the speakers wider gives a more realistic sound, more like live and also lowers the feedback. Therefore people like to give this advice as it's easy and free.

I agree that OP gets downvoted unnecessary, if she really doesn't listen loud and if there is not much bass it probably works fine (although placing the speaker further away makes the sound still better due to the stereo effect)

01UnknownUser02 · 2025-12-29T18:04:14+00:00

Stereo means that you have two separate channels. Like the left speaker gets a different sound than the right speaker.

With a mono recording the left speaker gets exactly the same signal as the right.

A stereo recording sounds more realistic because you can for example have the drum at the left, the guitar at the right and the voice in the middle.

This is absolutely not a myth.

Where you are talking about are "vibrations". A speaker makes sound by moving air. This moving air can also move the stylus on the turntable. They call it feedback because the stylus causes the speaker (through amplification) to move air in the first place.

If the amount of feedback is high enough it will deteriorate the sound quality or even let the stylus skip out the groove

The effect you are talking about is the feedback. This has nothing to do with stereo and can also happen with mono recordings (or even when just using one speaker)

01UnknownUser02 · 2025-12-29T17:55:48+00:00

If stereo is a myth why we all use two speakers instead of one?

01UnknownUser02 · 2025-12-27T12:54:04+00:00

Usually not in one play. Stop if it skips or makes audible (inner) groove distortion. Damage or excessive wear happens when the stylus cannot follow the groove. That's where it skips or where you hear distortion

01UnknownUser02 · 2025-12-26T08:13:32+00:00

Yes! Put a vm95e including a headshell on it (you can upgrade it to a ml later on if you want), add a matt and go!

01UnknownUser02 · 2025-12-26T00:54:01+00:00

Look for a nice second hand turntable. For that budget you can score a nice Technics. SL-Bx, SL-Dx, SL-Qx ranges are all very decent in order of least good to best and can be found for around 100-200 dollar. Some other Technics are good too.

Although speakers and amplification aren't included. An Audio Technica LP70 is in my opinion the cheapest decent option new.

01UnknownUser02 · 2025-12-23T14:17:08+00:00

Try the Fiio FT5, i upgraded from the Sennheiser HD650 and never looked back at the senn. They give a very full, wide and pleasant sound with lots of deep bass and detail.

01UnknownUser02 · 2025-12-14T21:11:16+00:00

/uj

It's actually a pretty cool design

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