just read only until now ... i found some real nice tips via google here, so i decided to join. there`s no board for introducing, so i do it here. if not correct, my fault, mods may delete this thread, and i`m sorry ...

i`m a 38 yrs. old tape lover, who switched back to tape in fall 2011. since then, i collected some decent decks and walkmen. atm, i am changing my collection to 80s walkmen... i startet with the flatmen from the 90s, but they`re not quite easy to repair .

within the last 12 months, i also collected more than 4000 tapes from all types and decades ^_^...

listening atm to panasonic RV-NX60V, mostly radio, its a really nice cassette player, got 3 of them .. and to 2 sony WM-DD22, which were a bargain, one in silver, one in black .. soon i will get 2 other, old pieces from germany and post pictures here. i found that tip here on s2go ...

i also have a JVC RV NB 10, one of the last ghettoblasters with cassette. but i`m not a collector of blasters ... happy to see so many walkmen threads ^_^ ...

Hey gearwheel welcome to Stereo2go, you will have fun here.

What part of Germany are you from? I spend a lot of time going back and forth to Munich.

Welcome aboard Gearwheel.....I hope you post some pics soon!

duisburg/north rhine westphalia ...

pics are coming soon as fast DHL is working ...i need also some nice porta pro for my new 1981 thingys .... ..

Big hello from Blackpool....UK

thx guys ..

so, i`ve got a lot of pictures from my journey back to cassette ...

end of 2011 i discovered an old harman/kardon in good condition from a vintage hifi store:



after that, i saw the mad prices here in electro "discounters" for the last TDK SA`s, and decided to buy some old used, but nice tapes from BASF from ebay:



in december 2011, i surfed around the net and discovered an old sony TC-U5 for the "vintage" look ... :



in 2012, i wanted a walkman again for mobile listening.. it was a D6C, and some other newer models, because carrying that fatty around was a pain -.- ... :



after that, i collected some smaller packs of 80 to 100 cassettes.. but this was not enough... one day i found a source, were a classic music listener wanted to give away all the cassettes, he collected from 70s to 90s... it was around 2000 cassettes, and i filled my entire car from the passenger seat to the trunk :

so, it seemed i had enough for now ....

but .. i needed a spooling b*tch for this huge mountain...
i bought an old ugly dual deck to do this job ..



i discovered a nice walkman, which had autoreverse, radio, and was in good condition... these little panas are really nice... but they have a built-in little "tic tic tic" noise inside, when you play a cassette.... but exept this, all three of them just needed to clean away the dust ... :





later in summer, i was fascinated by open door decks, and i neeeeded some ..
Dual C802, C818 and 822 .. (Yamaha KX670 on the top for recording) :





december 2012, i just made a great bargain: 1300, and 150 were NOS .. :





this second mountain just was around 50 or 60 bucks and my biggest x-mas present, i think ... ...

after surfing the net for nice cassettes, i just got more walkmen a few weeks ago from a friend of mine, who is a fleamarket digger:



took them all for around 30 bucks...

i compared the DDs with the newer flatmen ... that was the point, where i decided to switch to 80s walkmen.

and so i found this forum and waiting now for two veeeery nice walkmen. hope, they`re in good condition. tomorrow, i`ll try to get a porta pro, which will fit perfect to them ^_^ ...

and finally : i`m a fan of coloured, tinted and "special" cassettes which are a bit different from the common SA`s Maxell`s, etc ... :

Welcome to the forums.

wow, impressive lot of new cassettes! 

I Think you own all the cassettes in the world!

Congratulations! You won the Internet!

I Love the HK 4200 and your Marantz CD player

Gearwheel, you got the cassette bug big time. You'll slot right in here . Love the pics of all those new tapes. And all this in a little over 12 months. Brilliant effort Sir. And welcome aboard. Looking forward to reading more of your tape based adventures.

welcome,

nice collection gearwheel, 

thx guys ...

@nakD: well, its easy to do in 12 months ... i spent maybe 500-600 $ for all this "out and old fashioned electronic garbage" ... for most ppl. its rubbish, an they throw it away or sell it @bay for some bucks. so it`s a "poor man`s hobby" i think. i also like to make video clips with decent camera equipment. what i spent in one year for cassettes... well, only one camera lens might shot such a hole into my pocket. so i`m very happy to have so much fun with that little money ^_^... you can go and fill an entire garage with a few hundred bucks .. i love it ....

Hello

that is alot of tapes!

That's one amazing collection of tapes you have there, thanks for the pics.

wow,

me want some 150 nos tapes

and now you need a good TT + tapedeck

TT ... you mean ... turntable ? .. well ... lets take a look around ... somewhere in my chaos here .. ah .. well ..



that must be a turntable ... !


lets see ....



just ....



an old thorens TD 280 MkII ...

lost in the dust, i didn`t use it since one year ... i`m not that vinyl fan, but took it to complete my home stereo and if something what i really want comes on vinyl only ...

and my tapedeck to record is good ... also the playback only decks from dual, i really love them ^_^ ...

Welcome gearwheel,you have the making's for a great BoomBox Collector   beside's you need some to go with that beautiful Cassette empire there truly breath taking. 

thx a lot ...

boombox ..well .. i like the old silver stuff with VU metres .. but they are sold for silly prices atm ... i dont mean the "always on top" products ... its amazing, how many bucks some cheapo and woolworthy "brands" cost at the bay. i checked it out 2 weeks ago.. i wanted an old universum "blaster", with black VU metres ... and this brand is really cheap. it raised from 12 $ to 80 at the end. that`s ridiculous o.O... and many of them have dead cassette players ...

even that dumb RV NB 10 i bought in 2007 for 180 $ refurbished... i saw a used one, which was sold for 300$ .. o.O ... this is mad...

welcome! Awsome stuff you got there. Years of listening and recording pleasure.

thx ... i like to have an audio dungeon ... its cool to grab around the boxes and see, what collectors recorded all the years ^^ ...

and i love this forum. it`s all about the vintage mobile ...

I would like to buy those BASF cassettes and TDK SA?

As far as the turntable, don't let it collect dust, use it!!

Wait are you "FeCr3" from Youtube?

Impressive stock Gearwheel!

greetings from another "tapehead" from the Netherlands.....

@retrodos: mmh, i don`t have that much records, and my fav is dark electro/industrial music. that kind of music isnt really available on vinyl, and if, it wouldn`t make much produce it on vinyl. it sounds very harsh, distorted and sick ... i even love other electronic music. i have a bunch of techno music here, but it sounds terrible on vinyl imho. i have most fun with recording electro music from CD to tape, like i did 20 yrs. before..

no, i`m not FeCr3, is my english that bad ? xD ... i like that guy and his videos, he`s a real vintage hifi lover, but his spoken english in his videos is a pain to listen to, even for me as a german ...

well, i think it doesn`t make sense, to ship cassettes from germany to usa. due to the horrible price for shipping .... i searched for nice cassettes from the us, but i didn`t order because of shipment was 80% of the cassettes...

@snowcrab: i live in duisburg, which is only 30 minutes far away from NL ... i love the "bizarre" shop in maastricht. a lot of nice clubwear there ^_^ ...

welcome aboard gearwheel, loving all the tapes you have