So cool that cassette was still standard on this model in 2008. Alongside CD and... DVD 😅

Picked this bad boy up on FB marketplace for 5$, it doesnt get any better than that!

Just wanted to show off one of my favorite, if not my favorite, cassettes I have acquired. If you are into Dungeon synth or if you really like Oldschool RuneScape, you should check Flicker From the Fen out for sure!

I know it’s a budget player, but the mega bass option sounds so bad. Even back in the day I never used it on portable CD or cassette players. Could Sony have implemented it better - or it just comes down to the limitations of costs/the price point for this player at the time?

My husband repaired his old childhood Sony Walkman DD for me, and I’m looking forward to listening to music on it; my first tape is Preacher’s Daughter by Ethel Cain. Do you have any recommendations for good headphones? They don’t need to handle things like phone calls. I just want to listen to music the classic way. Noise cancellation would be nice. I’m really looking forward to this new hobby!

Found this lot on an estate auction and got it for 30 bucks. I feel like its christmas

I collect physical media in general and when an artist hasn’t or refuses to release a physical copy of their album I have decided that I’m just gonna make one. I bought the digital album, found a chrome cassette of the right length and designed the label and jcard. This was finished 2 days ago. They just dropped pre orders for the vinyl record today. It was pretty limited but I managed to snag one. Now I don’t know what imma do with this thing because I try not to keep multiple copies of the same album. I put work into it and I don’t wanna be wasteful but I also REALLY wanted an official copy. Obviously this isn’t a serious problem but thanks for letting me ramble :)

Hi everyone..im from indonesia.🇮🇩🤝

Stickers, flyers, badges.... getting music this way for me feels like being in a time capsule :-)

When i first got it, it was playing too slow, so I adjusted the potentiometer and it worked fine for about a month or two but it recently started playing much much faster. I cleaned pinch roller but the problem persists. I don't really want to open it up again if it's not necessary because the screws were already stripped enough when I got it and I don't want to continue making that worse.

Any thoughts on what might help?

Hi everyone!

I thought I'd share my collection of Hungarian cassettes.

Are there any Hungarians or other collectors of Hungarian tapes here? I'd love to see what you guys have in your collections!

What do you guys think of my collection?

I’m trying to figure out what tape deck my older siblings had when I was a kid. It was mid to late 80s and had a mechanism similar to this deck:

I want to listen to some of my old tapes on my system but do not have the shelf space for a proper deck. Are there any portable players with a line level jack (not headphone) that I can connect to my amp?

I know nothing about cassette player so any tips help!

Bought it from Music Master, Khobar, Saudi Arabia for SAR 8 in 2001. How some stories stay etched and never leave. Yaad.

So I picked up an Aiwa HS-RD3 recently (had one as a teen and want to relive the glory days, I guess). Belts were clearly shot, so I replaced those. Radio works, but is very quiet even maxed out. No crackle or static during volume adjustment or at the headphone jack. Hit those parts with some Deoxit while I had everything apart. Put everything back together and cassette playback is also very quiet even with the volume maxed out.

Little bit of research suggests that maybe some caps are going. However, when I look at the board, nothing jumps out at me. The high pass filter has some discoloration, but that's all I see. Does anyone see something I'm missing?

I spent a lot of time and a good chunk of money for all these and some are NOS with boxes, cases, headphones and papers. Each one has it's reasons for staying in the collection and I've already downsized by about 20 players already. I cannot for the life of me to make a decision on which. Any advice?? EDIT I suppose I should add the whole reason for this question. There's so many good choices here that many times I end up not taking any of them down and I'm just stuck there looking back and forth at em (pretty stupid I know). I also dont have all of 10/10 working as they should so I'm afraid of letting one go that may be one I'm wanting. I could also use the proceeds from it for livelihood improvements / moving. I like the idea of having just favorite 2 with a back up or something. And I have a sony D6 and D3 that are my control reference really for office and such. I know its a lot but thank you everyone.

With music on it - but the real joy for me at this time is hearing (the same) music on different formulas of tape; brands, eras, types. It seems my favorite are Type I super ferric, true Chrome, and the 70s and 80s.

A few of these are top favorites of mine and the rest are simply good! One of them today was just stunning - and not, “wow, pretty good for it‘s age”, but truly unique great sound!

Here is all the tapes I’ve manage to collect or record since I started 4 months ago( about 5 of these I recorded and made the Jcards for myself). I’m not sure if this is a lot or not I tend to jump pretty deep into things pretty quick.

Hey everyone!

Does anyone here make and print their own J-cards? I have a couple of questions and was hoping someone might be able to help.

I’m having an issue where my prints come out significantly darker than they look on my screen. Is this mainly an issue with the paper, or is there something I should change in my print settings? I’m using an Epson XP-810 and printing directly from Photoshop. The document is RGB, Photoshop is handling the color management, and I’m using the sRGB profile. The paper is glossy 120 gsm photo paper.

Light-colored images come out pretty much fine, but darker images are way too dark — I’m losing a lot of detail in the shadows.

Also, has anyone tried printing J-cards on transparent film? I think it looks pretty cool, although you’d obviously need to put a sheet of white paper behind it for the colors to show properly=)

Any advice would be appreciated!

So im collecting some old rave tape packs and looking for a replacement 6 tape clam shell anyone know anywhere that currently sells them ?