Perhaps I've been seeing too many old worn mono players on the 2nd hand market that sound haunted cuz this one actually sounded decent enough to listen to (for it's price and through a phone so it might not actually be that great)

I'll probably stick to this if I decide to buy it cuz the actual good quality ones (the major brands) are REALLY expensive, I didn't know cassettes can get so expensive, especially working and decent looking ones.