Pyle Dual Stereo Cassette Tape Deck - Clear Audio Double Player Recorder System w/ MP3 Music Converter, RCA for Recording, Dubbing, USB, Retro Design - For Standard / CrO2 Tapes, Home Use - PT659DU

PYLE PT-659DU cassette deck review. Love it so far, played 6 old cassette tapes and it works perfectly. My sound is great, but I’m sure this depends on what you’re amplifying it with and your speakers. My system is a secondary system in my workout room. I’m using a Sony receiver and Klipsch bookshelf speakers and it sounds rich. Love the CrO2 ability, makes my old Maxell recorded tapes (some 30+ years old) sound great. I wasn’t sure how 30 year old tapes might sound but they’ve aged very well. I had to return the first one I bought, it failed at power up? Amazon sent a replacement in two days and all is good. The new unit rocks my old tapes and now I have to save up to buy high bias blank tapes. (Wow! the price of blank high bias tapes has exploded) Overall I wouldn’t hesitate to buy another PYLE unit, it sounds very good for a $200 deck.

I've been collecting music since I was 15. I am now 70.I have thrown out nothing. Needless to say, I have over a thousand items in my collection. Cassettes the bulk of the collection. Heartbroken when Cassette decks left the cars, decks for home use are rare . Imagine my dismay when my top of the line Sony died. Dusting off Cassettes, I couldn't play. Pyle to the rescue. Hearing my music again. This deck is everything I need to hear those 70/ 80 sounds again. This is a very basic deck, no bells or whistles. IT PLAYS MY CASSETTES on my home component stereo system. That's all I need. You can use this to convert the Cassettes, but I am a purest. It can record, but that was not my purpose for purchasing. It looks good, sounds good, and has me dancing to the tunes of my youth. Reasonably Priced, built like the original decks of the 70's. Highly recommended if you still have Cassettes and want to hear them again. Thank you Pyle.

I thought I had converter everything worth saving to WAV files and cleaned them up long ago but after finding a box of tapes and starting to check them out... the drive belt broke on my expensive Kenwood deck. The Pyle was affordable for a short term rarely used machine and it has been working okay the few times I actually have time to use it. It sounds okay, is relatively quiet and has all the connections I need... but I won't be dubbing tape-to-tape, using the MP3 stuff or anything like that, it's just playing tapes into a computer.

I gave this thing the benefit of the doubt. I read through all the other reviews and thought "one offs? "not my unit!" but I should have headed the warnings because everything that has been said about this has come to fruition. My 28 year old Sony dual boy finally went the way of the buffalo and I did not want to spend up for a Tascam or Teac but my hobby of dubbing live shows back to cassette has been consuming me and I needed a deck - I bought this particular one. I will just fire off all the negative aspects of this because the only positive really, really, is that it can play a tape - that is it. I have been trouble shooting for the last 2 days, swapping tapes, swapping wires, cleaning the unit, the unit is already dead. So here are the cons - the biggest - IT HAS CEASED RECORDING PROPERLY (static rumbles to no sound) AFTER 2 weeks - I got less than 14 full days with it - I am throwing it out this afternoon, will probably sledged it actually - junk box. 1) it's cheaply made with thin plastic; I believe I could shot-put it about 25 yds it is so light. 2) There is no auto reverse - this should be a basic function on a modern tape deck that cost 200 dollars. 3) You cannot hear what you are recording if you have an external input plugged in - so you are kind of flying blind, also, sometimes it is just nice to listen to what you are taping from the source. Even the near 30 year old tape deck allowed for this as well as auto reverse. Pyle basically is just ripping people off with this junk, I would put it in the should cost 35 dollar range. 4) Massive amounts of air/tape noise with every recording, joke levels - again, I am comparing it to a 30 year old object that worked up until 2 weeks ago amidst a huge taping project. How has the technology regressed this far? 5) Tape frequently get jammed and you feel like you could break the deck face at any moment 6) The audio meter when recording (blind) from an external source reads at certain levels - upon playback they are hotter and this difference can cause a lot of annoying trouble shooting to get it right. I would say avoid this at all costs - it is not worth it - go to thrift or vintage shops and getting an older model if you don't want to make the price jump to the big leagues, you will regret it - I am an avid music collector and listener as well as a musician, please take my humble word on it - I now regret it.

Simplicity revived. Great recording machine in a day when complication is the norm.

I am so happy with this product. It works great , priced right , stylish looking. My old sony duel cassette deck , died.. I have a lot of old cassette music , I was afraid they were gone forever . Luckily I found this one on amazon , plus 2 others . I choose this one for the name , and looks.+ options. I'm glad I did. this does so much more than my old sony. it also looks more stylish. the reset counter lights up digally. the sound is great !! easy to use. very happy ! tim Oshea

I have a lot of cassette tapes and I haven't been able to listen to them for years, so I thought it would be nice to convert them to MP3. However it wasn't the easiest task with this unit. Long story short I had to break out and older laptop because my newer one didn't seem to be able to communicate with the device. Important make sure that you adjust the GAIN knob in the back. If you don't your pc won't pick up any audio or will have too much and be very distorted.

Reading through other reviews a lot of people seem like they were confused by this product as it pertains the the USB port, lack of instructions, etc... This would be a poor product for novices. Other reviewers are pointing out the poor quality. I can confirm, it's extremely poor quality. This is an even worse product for those of us who know what we're doing. When using USB the output is only mono. It outputs on both channels (so it may appear as stereo), but it's a mono signal split on two channels. No, there are no settings to change this. No, it doesn't matter what cable you use. I've only tested one unit, but the digital audio output has clipping (in simplified terms, signal it recorded was too "loud" and results in distortion that can't be corrected). The only option if you want stereo, and don't want clipped audio is to use the RCA output ports and bring that into a DAC or directly into your computer (if it accepts RCA input or RCA to mini input). Ironically the RCA output on my unit isn't line-level, but noticeably somewhere below line-level. I don't have any other recommendations at this time, but this unit is a disappointing piece of junk. It's a shame. There aren't good quality decks in this class on the market. They could easily improve the quality and add $100 (or more) and it would be the item to get. Instead it's just a cheap, but worthless device.

１と月ほど使って，ダビングなどしていますが特に問題ありません。古いカセットはテープが切れやすいので，ダブルカセットは助かります。 注意点としては，ダビングするとき，ダビングボタンも押して，インジケーターを点灯させておかないと，ダビングされない点です。軽くて使いやすいです。マニュアルは英語ですが，特に難しい操作はないです。値段も安いので，壊れても修理しないで，新しいのを買おうと思って言います。

Very good and genuine product I felt like providing some additional information.Recording both normal and fast are fantastic.Those who are lovers of music should buy this stuff.

The product works according to my expectations. I can now enjoy my old cassettes on my old sound system (Sansui Integrated Amplifier AU-5900, bought in 1977), which I recently had restored. It's great! I haven't tried yet the MP3 converter. I got the product about a month ago, and so far so good, but I have no idea of its durability. It seems similar in design to the Teac W-300 Double Cassette Deck I bought in the '80s, although specs indicate that it is a bit less performant; honestly, I can't hear the difference. I must also point out the excellent service I got from QualityCarAudio: I placed the order on dec 9th, and got the product on dec 12th! Outstanding. For a middle range quality sound system, this item is just fine, and I would recommend it to friends and anyone who owns a sound system of similar quality.

Not UK compatible, requires additional stepdown voltage convertor . Would be helpful to highlight.

No son digitales pero son mecánicas y son de buena calidad y se pueden grabar de caset a caset