VWestlife | New TEAC W-1200 cassette deck - Detailed review @vwestlife | Uploaded 3 years ago | Updated 3 hours ago
Many tape enthusiasts say nobody makes a good cassette deck anymore. So is the TEAC W-1200 deck really that bad? To find out, here's a more in-depth review of a deck that's very similar the TASCAM 202mkVII that I did a video about back in 2018.

Time flow:
0:00 Introduction
1:20 Availability & Pricing
2:35 TEAC vs. TASCAM Differences
5:18 The Much-Maligned Mechanism
8:48 Tests & Measurements
13:11 To Dolby or Not To Dolby?
17:34 Parallel Recording & Mic Input
20:14 USB Output
21:17 Interior Motives
23:46 Final Thoughts

See my review of the TASCAM 202mkVII for a more general overview of the features and controls of these decks: youtube.com/watch?v=eep1kLdaURA

Featuring music from:
Slugbug - "Truck Month": slugbug.bandcamp.com/album/truck-month
Organonomy - "Renovation": organonomy.bandcamp.com/album/renovation
Phyllis Dunne - "A Dunne Deal"

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