[Por_sha911]

Reasons for converter being mandatory:

-Recording of my wedding
-Recording of my daughter (3 YO) sent to her grandma
-Obscure Christian bands that never made the big time but were fantastic musicians

This is not about whether to convert the tapes but how is the best way to convert them to enjoy them.

Now we understand the issue,
has anyone done the converter route and what did you use? If not, I'll take my best guess on what to get

p.s. 8-track really sucked - they had more self-destruct sessions than the TV series of Mission Impossible.
Cassettes were the bomb in their day. You could copy a album and take it with you on the road. Then there were trading sessions in the parking lot before a Dead concert...

Maxell "Chrome" cassettes were the best because the supposedly better "Metal" tapes sounded worse in the car than the cheapest regular tapes. That is all I used.