Debunking the common myth that there’s only one cassette mechanism being made anymore, that it’s made/designed by Tanashin, and that it’s the reason why nobody can make a good-sounding Walkman-style cassette tape player anymore.

Time flow:
0:00 Introduction
2:58 MCT-7 movement
6:50 Auto-reverse mechanism
13:07 The “only” mechanism
16:42 Tanashin
20:36 Don’t blame the mechanism
24:31 Unreasonable expectations
26:44 Conclusion

Contains clips from:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRvyIZzAhRw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggiNZfhf8sQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DWtkSVNvTg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wS-Ogt72mk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cq-rkr_taU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1LaF3rV3v8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIgdaqonXJM

#cassette #Walkman #RetroTech