u/Contrantier

I'll be visiting an audio electronics store in a week or two to see if I can find a true real deal cassette recorder. Until then, I found this cheap multipurpose boom box at Wal-Mart. Finally, a tape player that's new and works even if it isn't top quality.

Using FM transmission, I can bypass the FM recording limitation and put whatever I want on the tape. As heard right here.

(Edit: I'm an idiot, it is possible to record line in directly, I just wasn't doing it right)

You can also see I'm using a radio / compact cassette recorder hybrid to play back with a 3.5mm to tape adapter, just for a little more cassette goodness even if it's fake. The radio can't play or record real tapes anymore so that's the closest I'll get with it anyway.

This microcassette recorder got me into compact cassettes which I'm going to try and find a recorder for soon. Today at a thrift store I found six old tapes for like three dollars altogether, and I'll record over them for my own stuff. Maybe I'll make another post once I get a recorder I can use.

Left one's display fades in and out when adjusting contrast; I have to nudge the dial into a specific position to make the screen stay on, so something's definitely loose in there. But when it's on, it works great.

Right one's display is off center (too far left), slightly horizontally squashed, and pretty faded. But the speakers work great.