VWestlife | A Realistic alternative? - The Minisette-11 stereo cassette recorder @vwestlife | Uploaded March 2023 | Updated October 2024, 3 days ago.
How does the Realistic Minisette-11 portable stereo cassette recorder, which I got for $39 at a thrift store, compare to the Sony TC-D5 recorders, of which even broken ones sell for up to $399 on eBay? Let's find out...

Time flow:
0:00 Introduction
0:59 Features & controls
3:31 Specifications
5:09 Replacing the belts
7:15 Record/playback switch
8:27 Playback tests
9:30 Recording voice
11:19 Recording music
13:17 Conclusion
14:14 Why it flopped

Download the manual:
amstereo.org/files/minisette-11.pdf

Techmoan's video on the Sony TC-D5:
youtube.com/watch?v=BtjqF70F5wI

Featured music:

Sanyo AMSS Demonstration Tape
youtube.com/watch?v=_qm8p17JGaU

Ralph Font & His Orchestra - Tabu
youtube.com/watch?v=I5aAfxvavtI

Joe "Fingers" Carr - Hey Mr. Banjo
youtube.com/watch?v=z72RjYmWM-w#t=10m38s

#cassette #recorder #repair