Sony TCWE475 Dual Cassette Player / Recorder

The Sony player replaces a 20 year old Fisher unit,in which the drive belts failed. The replacement of the belts,if they could be obtained, was a task for a watchmaker. The Sony player-recorder has more features and refinements than the Fisher and performs as described. I have over a hundred classic oldies tapes, and no way to play them through the home audio system. Hook up was a snap. A word of caution to any one making a similar replacement. The first two tapes I tried, were terrible; "wow" , "flutter", and "fidelity". At this point I was discouraged and decided to try them in the car player, with the same results. Chucked those defective tapes and picked some other tapes with great results. Very satisfied.

As a faithful Sony product purchaser, I was shocked to hear from the receiver of this "Gift" that after an accumulated 12 hours of play, Side A suddenly decided NOT to operate properly. On that note ... I requested a replacement through Amazon and was promptly taken care of. Again ... This one faulty item certainly does NOT curtail me from a Sony purchase. My brother-in-law was delighted... until the defect. But is just as delighted that his gift is being replaced. Thank you Amazon, for your integrity and AAA customer service.

I treated myself to an entire array of sony equipment for my birthday and Christmas.I never buy anything for myself. This time I did. Long over due. I purchased a flatscreen television, complete stero equipment, home entertainment center. I only have one problem. Sony does not have a product that can connect all the equipment I have, therefore I have to disconnect one item and replace the input with my LP phonograph. I am still very happy. I can listen to my cd's, cassettes, albums, watch my dvds and so on.

Purchased this for my Mom who is 92 and takes a lot of cassette tapes out from the library. The unit is connected to a Cambridge soundworks i765 and she has no trouble using it. She needs simple to use and trouble free. Seems to fill that bill.

This is a decent looking unit for the price, but tape-to-tape record function did not work at all. I will NOT be replacing it with another of the same (fool me twice, shame on me).

Also, the Operating Instructions are incredibly vague / amateurishly composed.

Thank goodness for Amazon, who offered free return shipping and a full refund.