I was looking to get one, but a lot seem to be mono only. Otherwise Retekess TR606 looked interesting, even if just mostly as a toy.
Comment on The forgotten war on the Walkman
Sanctus@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Same as it always was with new technology. On a side note, I wish these were still made like they were. New portable cassette players all have the same terrible tape heads and the models from the glory days are really starting to fall to disrepair as time passes. I just had to cannibalize one of my Walkmans to fix the other, only to have the same issue resurface nearly immediately.
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 17 hours ago
wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
How’s the Fiio player? Also crappy heads?
Sanctus@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Thats one I haven’t forked over for yet. It appears very chunky and I like my cassette players slim for pocket storage so I did not consider it.
otacon239@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Fiio player? If you’re referring to the Echo Mini, it’s just a digital player. It’s just aesthetically a tape player.
wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
No, the CP13: fiio-shop.de/EN/FiiO-CP13/HL02296.SkyBlueSilver
iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Unless they clearly say so, assume the same crappy Chinese magnetic head/motor combo single integrated module as in every other cassette player these days. I wouldn’t buy it.
otacon239@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Oh neat! Didn’t know this was a thing. Not something I need, but glad to know it exists.
I’d be surprised if it was anything other than the cheap mechanisms everything else gets. There’s very few companies manufacturing them and Techmoan is always on top of modern cassette systems and hasn’t brought it up. I could always be wrong, though.