need amplifier or whatever other devices in order to have sound come out
so tired of this kind of equipment.

copy function is also bad

this 100$ product is even worse than a 20$ product like sony TCM-150

I am sorry I have to say this.

However the seller's service is the best, 5 star.

My Mom Luzetta is 85 years old. She has many favorite cassettes saved over many years. Her cassette player died several years ago. The rest of her component system was just perfect and she had mastered running it. So buying an entire new system was not an option. A very kind Radio Shack associate had nothing for us either. However, he jumped on his store computer, went to Amazon and bingo there was your player. With further help from the Radio Shack clerk, we hooked it up and she is back in business.
The player is great!!! Solved all the problems for Mom.
A happy story also of retailer helping retailer that benefited the customer. Thank you Amazon and Radio Shack.

This cassette player is great for the price. You can hardly find cassette players anymore. This plays my store bought cassettes and my recorded cassettes I did myself very well. I haven't tried all functions yet but I like what I hear.

Prior reviewed under 04Wrangler blah blah.

Still running, recording strong. Is completely compatible with IR remote control! Any programmable will do but the Sony remotes require no code. FYI and cheers!-Mike

The dual cassette deck is adequate, but aggravating. It's designed to be part of a component system, so it doesn't have a volume output control, which can be irritating. If you're using it in a home entertainment unit, it's probably going to be fine. If you need it for anything else, it's not all that dependable. This is the third I've had to purchase. The first one stopped recording and on the second one the deck on the left (the one you record from to the other cassette) would only play at high speed. This made for some interesting changes to our choreography when it happened during a performance!
Finally, the auto level recording can be a problem. We wanted some of the music to be lower volume than other parts, but when we recorded the performance tape from the master it automatically raised the volume to the same level throughout...

I'm going to have to switch to buring cd's for our next show - it's very hard to even find cassette decks anymore ... aarrrgh