The cheapest, simplest & most popular cassette player mechanism

A detailed look at what is probably today's best-selling cassette tape player mechanism. Is it really THAT bad? Let's find out...

Chapters Index:
0:00 Introduction
0:45 Original Tanashin design
1:33 Mahogany Monsters
2:18 Pyle PL5CSUB
3:44 First test
4:47 Fast-forward, but no rewind
6:55 Direct hookup audio samples
8:00 A look inside
9:08 Mechanism design
10:31 Belt & motor
13:23 Mechanism in operation
14:34 Undocumented feature
14:59 Conclusion
16:18 Outro music

This video contains clips from ‪@Recordology‬'s review of the Victrola 8-in-1 system:    • The Victrola 8-in-1! Record-ology!  

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