Some of yall are tripping. This cassette player/recorder is amazing. Is it the best quality out there? I have no idea this is my first decent one. I will say I purchased another top rated brand from amazon that was technically a converter, and that was Nintendo Ds speaker like when it came to quality. I am just wanting to record a playlist here and there to a tape and start a collection of tapes and be able to listen to them. Re Are Rewind shouldn't get that much hate from the cassette community. This cassette player is great for the price compared to some "vintage" ones I have seen on Ebay. I do not think the cassette community really understands who this product is for, it seems to me to be targeted towards a newer audience who would like to experience cassettes for the first time or revisit them. I have listened to Spotify for years and honestly can't really tell a difference other than a small "hissing" sound, but that isn't really noticeable. I have a few songs on Spotify that already add that "hiss" near the end of a song for the vintage feel. I almost didn't buy this product because the reviews made it seem like it was another crappy cassette player that you couldn't enjoy. Reddit made it seem like recording on one of these was gonna be the worst mistake I ever made, that is not my experience. I saw a comment saying We Are Rewind are a bunch of hipsters who wanted to cash in on cassettes, but the irony is that comment is coming from people who only buy old *ss players so they can look like they are from the 80's. Hipsters calling other people hipsters is crazy. I personally am glad I spent the money on this device, I'd rather support a company that is currently producing new cassette players so they can see the demand and possibly get the money or connections needed to make cassette players with all the cool features they had before but with a modern twist. I don't understand how only buying used players or decks is gonna help this dying form of entertainment. Sony is clearly not gonna make Walkmans anytime soon, they blew up with all the shows featuring cassettes and can clearly see the demand for the old Walkmans on Ebay, yet didn't cash out. I have been given two Walkmans by family members and they always have a broken belt. I could fix it, however I'd rather buy a newer one vs a $700 "vintage" deck that is parts only.
