VWestlife | New 2022 Marantz PMD-300CP cassette deck review & test @vwestlife | Uploaded July 2022 | Updated October 2024, 3 days ago.
The Marantz Professional PMD-300CP cassette deck has been improved with new mechanisms and motors, but it's still a quirky, low-budget design. It's OK if you just want an easy way to transfer your old tapes into MP3 files, but it's far below the quality level that cassette tapes can achieve.
This deck is manufactured by Fortex Industrial Ltd. and is sold under various other brand names worldwide, including Auna, Pyle, and Renkforce. I'm pretty sure the improvements I showed apply to all of them, but I can't guarantee it. If you have one of those other decks that was manufactured since 2021, pop the lid and let me know if it matches what I showed in this video.
**UPDATE:** I have confirmed that the improvements also apply to Pyle PT-649D decks manufactured since 2021. And the hum in the audio is due to the power switch wiring being routed too close to the tape head. It's an easy fix to move it farther away to eliminate the hum: tapeheads.net/threads/vwestlifes-yt-video-review-marantz-pmd-300cp-dedicated-thread-for-suggested-improvements-to-deck.97839/post-775625384
Time flow:
0:00 Introduction
2:00 First impressions
3:00 Features & controls
5:40 What's your type?
6:32 Connections
8:06 USB setup & ripping to digital
11:45 Improved components
16:10 Shortcomings & drawbacks
19:49 Annoying quirks
22:27 Conclusion & a useful quirk
25:32 CD/cassette equipment news
Music featured in the video:
Emile's Telegraphic Transmission Device - All That May Happen
ettdofficial.bandcamp.com/album/all-that-may-happen
Slugbug - Pointless Journey
slugbug.bandcamp.com/album/pointless-journey
Backtraxx Music Library - Pacesetter
digitaljuice.com/Store/c/221331
Les Gillis & Mountain Fire - Never Met a Lady (That I Didn't Like)
Organonomy - Renovation
organonomy.bandcamp.com/album/renovation
I Have Four Names - IH4N (DX)
music.ihavefournames.com/album/ih4n-dx
Anders Enger Jensen - Retro Grooves Vol. 3
eoxstudios.bandcamp.com/album/retro-grooves-vol-3-2
Flower Crown - Hypnausea
flowercrownmusic.bandcamp.com/album/hypnausea-2
Tommy - Vuba Mumba
Silverimage - Troubled Hearts
eoxstudios.bandcamp.com/album/troubled-hearts
Includes clips from:
Michael Yates - ION Tape2PC twin cassette deck tape to mp3 converter vs Vintage Sharp HiFi Tape Deck, Pyle PT649
youtube.com/watch?v=1EOlB4l7zEg
shango066 - 1968 RCA Victor Black and White Remote TV Set Repair KCS160:
youtube.com/watch?v=EIQVQBewbCE
#cassette #tape #marantz
The Marantz Professional PMD-300CP cassette deck has been improved with new mechanisms and motors, but it's still a quirky, low-budget design. It's OK if you just want an easy way to transfer your old tapes into MP3 files, but it's far below the quality level that cassette tapes can achieve.
This deck is manufactured by Fortex Industrial Ltd. and is sold under various other brand names worldwide, including Auna, Pyle, and Renkforce. I'm pretty sure the improvements I showed apply to all of them, but I can't guarantee it. If you have one of those other decks that was manufactured since 2021, pop the lid and let me know if it matches what I showed in this video.
**UPDATE:** I have confirmed that the improvements also apply to Pyle PT-649D decks manufactured since 2021. And the hum in the audio is due to the power switch wiring being routed too close to the tape head. It's an easy fix to move it farther away to eliminate the hum: tapeheads.net/threads/vwestlifes-yt-video-review-marantz-pmd-300cp-dedicated-thread-for-suggested-improvements-to-deck.97839/post-775625384
Time flow:
0:00 Introduction
2:00 First impressions
3:00 Features & controls
5:40 What's your type?
6:32 Connections
8:06 USB setup & ripping to digital
11:45 Improved components
16:10 Shortcomings & drawbacks
19:49 Annoying quirks
22:27 Conclusion & a useful quirk
25:32 CD/cassette equipment news
Music featured in the video:
Emile's Telegraphic Transmission Device - All That May Happen
ettdofficial.bandcamp.com/album/all-that-may-happen
Slugbug - Pointless Journey
slugbug.bandcamp.com/album/pointless-journey
Backtraxx Music Library - Pacesetter
digitaljuice.com/Store/c/221331
Les Gillis & Mountain Fire - Never Met a Lady (That I Didn't Like)
Organonomy - Renovation
organonomy.bandcamp.com/album/renovation
I Have Four Names - IH4N (DX)
music.ihavefournames.com/album/ih4n-dx
Anders Enger Jensen - Retro Grooves Vol. 3
eoxstudios.bandcamp.com/album/retro-grooves-vol-3-2
Flower Crown - Hypnausea
flowercrownmusic.bandcamp.com/album/hypnausea-2
Tommy - Vuba Mumba
Silverimage - Troubled Hearts
eoxstudios.bandcamp.com/album/troubled-hearts
Includes clips from:
Michael Yates - ION Tape2PC twin cassette deck tape to mp3 converter vs Vintage Sharp HiFi Tape Deck, Pyle PT649
youtube.com/watch?v=1EOlB4l7zEg
shango066 - 1968 RCA Victor Black and White Remote TV Set Repair KCS160:
youtube.com/watch?v=EIQVQBewbCE
#cassette #tape #marantz
