My cassette collection

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Had one of my more unique goodwill scores today.

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Getting ready for the Iron Maiden concert next week.

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Where could I sell these ? Don’t know much about them they were my grandpas.

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I love this deck, figured it’d get more appreciation hear than r/budgetaudiophile. 1981 Tascam 122

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Made my girl a mixtape

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Memorex had the dopest cassette designs🌌🚀✨

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The wall of BOOM

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Found my stash. Still dozens more to go through.

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Got some new stuff. What is your favorite album here?

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Half-price books find from today.

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Welcoming this new guy to the family, Marantz 5020.

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Just picked this up today, I call it Cancer Country.

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The mailman brings new tapes!

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Giving old mix tapes (this one from around 1995) proper homes brings me joy.

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Found this in my dad’s garage, it has been lying around unopened since it was purchased new. Works like a charm. I’m gonna use it like it is supposed to

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Any Punks here? The albums that shaped my youth.

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If you know you know

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Designed and 3d printed my own Walkman

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Nice combo drop off at my eWaste facility!

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Got this box at a flea market for a twenty, how did I make out? Which ones should I give a listen to first?

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Newest tape additions (there like new!)

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Found these tapes today at my local used record store. All in really good shape.

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Just found this Sony DD Quartz in the basement, is this a good start for the hobby?

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Let's see your hottest recent acquisitions

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After years of dreaming about this Nak, I was, finally, able to get one!!!

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This is what a $300 blank tape looks like

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Bought a 400+ tape collection yesterday. Here's the Ramones section!

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packing up my tape collection for a move... I just love looking at them almost as much as I love playing them!

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We are very Chad

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Back again, Cassette Tape heaven — WALTZ in Tokyo, Japan

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score

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Some recent Pickups!

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Picked up my first 3 head deck today. Cannot be happier!!

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Grail of Grails.

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After assuming I’d never get my hands on one, stumbled on to this 7292s Alpine single din for $15 at an estate sale yesterday.

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Got my tape deck and kinda went crazy making some bootlegs

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Like new Marantz Superscope CD330 with original strap, manual and label.

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Greetings from Beirut, Lebanon. Just found this shop. All tapes are $1. Tons of 50’s-60’s-70’s music from Middle East - exactly what I was looking for.

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Alphabetical mixtape of Madonna songs I made in 1998

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I always wanted a Nakamichi

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The self built rack that houses some of my most cherished cassettes. Hope you enjoy!

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Went to pick up a yamaha deck from my friend yesterday and he threw in his entire collection of punk tapes from when he was a kid for free! I'm still shocked.

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Just picked up a collection of 196 tapes...for $1. Guess I'm one of you guys now.

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here is my unitra condor RM-820S produced in Poland in the 70's to 90's

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Bought my first walkman for 30 bucks, feeling good

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Setup a duplication station in my living room for a small tape label a few friends and I are starting.

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My Pink Floyd collection so far

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I mod and repair cassette 4 track machines. I’m planning on adding Bluetooth, usb, mp3 and a FM radio and turn this Vesta fire into a dual speed cassette sampler looper thing.

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Found a ticket

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All my blank cassette tapes finally arrived in the mail. Can't wait to record all my favorite albums!

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I don’t normally pick up cassette singles, but there was no way I was leaving without buying this.

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A while back I bought some sealed cassettes from a guy, he hit me back up and offered me everything he had, I now have 400 sealed freestyle cassettes from the 90s

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Really glad I was able to save this box from my Uncle's GoodWill donations. Some of my favorites!

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Every head needs cleaning

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I’ll let you guess which one of these new pickups I couldn’t believe to actually have stumbled upon in the wild 🤯

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My first 8 tapes!

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Found a Sealed Canned Heat 8-Track

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Bit the bullet, but got too much to chew on... the Sony WM-D6C

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Facebook is still good for something. Today’s $15 haul...

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I paid $10

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Some micro cassette love?

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Found this on FB marketplace for $65, works amazing with new belts - Kenwood KX-1030

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Cassette Store in my city

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Today's Thrift Shopping haul, most of them I got for .25 cents.

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Fuji cassettes, advertising 1980

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Love this very pretty Hitch-Hikers Guide To The Galaxy release (1988)

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got a tape recorder as a birthday gift!!

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My first cassette player, playing Saviours By Green Day.

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OB on a B&O

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Marine Boy 💙

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I picked up a ton of experimental/noise/ambient/avant-grade etc tapes at the thrift store yesterday! Out of my element and slightly overwhelmed; anything you spot worth diving into first?

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An impressive haul I got along with some CDs from someone off the fb marketplace. The Smiths, Cocteau Twins, The Sundays, Twin Peaks OST, Depeche Mode...the half hour drive there and back was worth it cause I paid next to nothing for them

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Finally found Ambient 3 and completed the collection

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So true.

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Picked up someone's collection from a thrift store

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Got this in today, took me forever to find a legit one. Had to ask around locally in new york.

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Todays finds. Slayer 🤘

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From last night’s concert. Genesis knows cassettes are relevant.

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Someone had thrown this beautiful jvc cd-1635 mark 2 away! Now it's mine ☺️

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My granddad very generously gifted me this old thang. Says he hasn't used it in years...

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After a month of not finding anything at thrift stores. I found a good one for a dollar.

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Who loves old oddball blanks?

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Found the Kate Bush motherlode today

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hit a nice score at the swap meet yesterday

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What is your favorite Metallica album?

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Theres gotta be some Wierd Al fans in here.

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Over 300 blank cassettes from a old church closet.

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Today’s Haul

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Sony Walkman ad with duck, 1983

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Score it is! PMD-430 that looks largely unused and works perfectly. Came with all accessories and manuals. Extremely happy.

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Favorites rack re-organized (mostly 80s/90s)

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My mixtape was a little too fire...

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Should I open one? I want to record so much

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Got this for 4$, good deal?

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FYI. The kallax shelf inserts from IKEA hold tapes perfectly. VHS too.

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Found this fostex x-15 for 23$

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Toshiba AUTO REVERSE Walky TK-PS10

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Do I need another tape deck? No. Did I just buy this? Maybe...

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Officially branded Walkman by Haribo in Germany

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Pharoah Sanders - Tauhid

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1$ a piece, worth buying?

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Found this in a charity shop yesterday.

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My band’s cassettes arrived today! They won’t be released until May 6th, but we’re pretty stoked with them.

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My grandma sparked my interest in tapes when she gave me a couple suitcases full of them, these are what I've bought for myself since.

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found something quite interesting today. This c-90 version seems to have no online presence(from what i could find) so I figured id post it here. glad to add it to the collection

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I always felt like collecting vinyl records was far too expensive for my tastes. Found this at a thrift store today for $11.50 and got a few $0.50 cassettes. This is much more in my price range.

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Hello! New to sub. Just wanted to show off my cherished Rexite Biblio 970 cassette racks.

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found this at a local thrift store for 8 bucks

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Another vintage cassette changer

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Just got this amazing Sanyo deck in the mail today. It’s near mint in the original suitcase it came with. Got it for 60 bucks. Eager to start making some lo-if music with the OP-1F

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Went to record shop, bought tapes

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1987, a year when republicans smashed a boombox on Capitol Hill being angry at Toshiba for making electronics sold in the Soviet Union

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Stones Throw Saturday

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The stuff that you find at your local recycling plant. A whole cassette with songs about trucking

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Rescued these from the dumpster today

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My grandfather was the original owner of this tape

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Personal grail tape acquired.

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Found this Savoy storage box with 21 cassettes at Goodwill for $3.99

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“One good thing about music, when it hits you feel no pain”

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Today's Goodwill haul. 99¢ each!

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Some of my reggae & dub finds

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Never forget...

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started my collection three years ago today!

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The other day this little dude was making a mean motor noise, I even posted asking you guys about it. turns out it was some bad contact on one of the capacitors. Took the time to give it a good clean and new belts. Back from the dead, sounding better than ever!

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Goodwill was greatwill today!

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My favorite. The Sony Walkman WM-FX5.

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I’ve been having a lot of fun making myself bootlegs recently

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This little guy got me through high school in the 80s

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15 y/o collector here, it’s nothing impressive but it’s my little corner on my shelf. Haven’t got a second-hand player yet so I’m dealing with the bootleg :(

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Beautiful Pioneer CT-M66R Multi Cassette Changer

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Some tape decks of mine...

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Just got my first 3head tape recorder, I don't think I can live without it now

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Today’s Thrift Find

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Finally found a perfectly working, unscratched Panasonic RX-5025. 1st got one as a birthday gift in 1982 (see inset)

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Just thought I would share my favorite part of my collection.

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Found today while thrifting.

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The 90s were cool

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SORRY TO FLEX ($0.22)

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Cleaned up my (mostly) goth corner

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Why...

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New Cassette

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Who can relate

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De La Soul original cassette still plays perfectly. Such a timeless album.

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