i wonder if i can make my own cassette tape player if i'm careful enough and can get the right tools and don't worry about quality too much

i know in my head that a handmade tape deck of better quality than the crappy ones made these days would probably require a watchmaker's hand and cost too much to be worth it

but i know in my heart that it would be worth it to *me*

i dont know why i like cassette tapes so much honestly; they're a little before my time. i was born in 1995 so i grew up with CDs. i guess it's because cassettes are pretty compact and feel very tangible to use? and cos you can watch the mechanism turn on some decks? not sure

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@typhlosion they look like what they are; moderately hard to mess up, inexpensive if you do, it’s relatively easy to make your own mix tapes at fairly good quality.

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