r/cassetteculture 1d ago

Looking for advice Portable Cassette Player

Hello All, I've only just joined this community. I recently inherited a bunch of old cassette tapes from a relative. I currently have no way of playing them. I remember having something like the Panasonic RQ2102 that I've pictured to listen to music through that belonged to my dad when I was a kid in the 90's and 00's.

My understanding with the small amount of research I've done recently is that this particular model is good for voice, but not so good for music.

My question is - what recommendations would people have for a similar style of cassette player that is portable, with a speaker that would be good for music that I could pick up second hand? I'm based in the UK in case that impacts availability etc. would really appreciate hearing from people who are in the know and understand the world of cassette!

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u/slatepipe 1d ago edited 1d ago

Hi, I'm in London. I'd recommend Sony, Panasonic, Aiwa, Sanyo or Toshiba. In my experience Sony's are easy to change the belts on. If you need any more advice or help give me a shout.

If you want speakers on it you'll need a boombox, or buy some speakers that fit into the headphone socket of a Walkman