Teac W-860R Dual A / R Cassette with Pitch Control

I tape delay radio talk shows that are broadcast during the day while I'm working - then listen to the tapes on my drive to work the next day. This deck does the trick. It has the capability to interface with an appliance timer and can record on both decks (and both sides) sequentially. I also recorded some music and thought that the quality was quite acceptable - reproduction was very close to original for all practical purposes. I don't know why TEAC dropped Dobly "C" on their tape decks. But I don't really miss it.

It is hard finding good dual cassette decks, and harder to find one with pitch control. This is a wonderful product and a very affordable price. My husband was thrilled with his surprise birthday gift!!! Thank you so much.

The W-360R cassette recorder does everything that I want from a recorder. I am interested in recording long musical pieces from my FM radio amplifier, and with the W860R I can record up to 180 minutes using both tapes which meet my needs. Very few operas, oratorios etc exceed this time limit, and the few that do can be coped with by replacing tape I with a new tape.

I bought one a little while ago (2/06). It does the job but seems chintzy, compared to the Sony I had before. The right hand well is noisy which is a drag since the deck is right next to me as I listen/record. I do like that it has a pitch control (on deck 1 only) but wish it had a time counter rather than an index counter. It also has rotating heads which is just plain bad engineering. There is no need for that. I don't expect this unit to last long with rotating heads but there are so few dual well decks that record on both wells, this will have to do for now. It is also noisy as it reverses direction (heads rotating) and as it plays/records.

Good Audio quality, many options for reasonable price. However the transport mechanism is too noisy and cassette comparment covers/eject nobs substandard (poor). Overall a good Deck.

Challa S.
Dubai