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- From: logan@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Logan Shaw)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio
- Subject: Re: Cassette Deck Dilemma
- Message-ID: <85434@ut-emx.uucp>
- Date: 16 Dec 92 12:31:57 GMT
- References: <1722@stake.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
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- Organization: The University of Texas at Austin
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- In article <1722@stake.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> bsmith@stake.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (ROBERT SMITH) writes:
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- [ question: whether to repair / replace broken 10 year old cassette deck. ]
-
- > - I pay to get the old deck fixed. Least cost option. (I'm broke
- >these days.)
- >
- > - I buy a new modestly-priced deck (maybe $300). Is it possible to
- >get an adequate deck in this price range? What brands? Any 3-head ones?
- >
- > - I wait and save money (very un-American) and buy a better deck, but
- >will this be another dying medium, like LP's.
-
- Personally, if I were you, I'd get the Nakamichi Cassette Deck 1. I'm not
- sure how much they cost, but I know they're < $500. If I remember
- correctly, it's not a 3-head one, but it performs better than many lower
- end 3-head decks.
-
- Perhaps you could get a used CR-1A or something for a few hundred dollars.
-
- I think I'd avoid the DCC option - if things work out like they have for
- every other electronic item ever, the performance and reliability of
- currently available $800 DCC decks won't compare to that of the $300 models
- that ought to be available sometime in 1995 or so. (If the format doesn't
- fall flat on its face or something.)
-
- Adios,
- Logan
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