I’ve read the manual for this unit and I can safely say that this deck is not for anyone who knows anything about cassette decks an you’d be far better off looking for a good deck on the second-hand market and buying a good sound card to boot than buying this unit. the unit can only record to type I and the II cassettes but quality of recording isn’t guaranteed as the deck has no bias adjustment as far as I can tell, no reference as to what brand of cassette tape the deck has been optimised for as far as bias etc is concerned etc. Its a shame as Tascam could have really done a lot with this deck. You can play from the deck to your computer for recording but you can’t do the reverse through the USB . You can’t control the deck from your computer which is also a shame and something I’d expect for a deck at $400. Timer recording and playback needs ti use a conventional timer but why? Surely the computer could be used to do all that stuff. In the specifications no mention is made of recording or playback frequency ranges, no wow and flutter figures, no information regarding tape transport etc so a dead oss from Tascam and a huge disappointment. Obviously the Tascam name is used by Team global for marketing purposes only and doesn’t mean you’ll get a quality product as it used to.
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