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Most name brand decks from pre 2000 have decent quality. I prefer Teac and Denon (still have both running from the 80's. I prefer older decks that don't have stuff like auto-reverse - more stuff to break.

As someone using Cassette since 1974, I strongly recommend a regular cleaning the heads and semi-regular demagnetizing the heads. Also, the quality of your sound depends on quality tapes. I preferred Maxell CrO2 or TDK Chrome tapes if Maxell not available (can you even buy blank cassette tapes anymore?).

I also recorded them through an EQ to get the balance of bass and treble that sounded best on the system they were setup for with Dolby enabled.
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