Comment on The forgotten war on the Walkman

• Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨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.

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• otacon239@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨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.

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  • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    No, the CP13: fiio-shop.de/EN/FiiO-CP13/HL02296.SkyBlueSilver

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    • iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨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.

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      • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        They do indeed specify some sort of high voltage precision motor and a copper flywheel.

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    • otacon239@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨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.

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      • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It’s probably true for the head, but at least coming from Fiio there’s a good chance the rest of the system (motor, flywheel, etc) is top notch at least.

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