A Realistic alternative? - The Minisette-11 stereo cassette recorder

How does the Realistic Minisette-11 portable stereo cassette recorder, which I got for $39 at a thrift store, compare to the Sony TC-D5 recorders, of which even broken ones sell for up to $399 on eBay? Let's find out...

Time flow:
0:00 Introduction
0:59 Features & controls
3:31 Specifications
5:09 Replacing the belts
7:15 Record/playback switch
8:27 Playback tests
9:30 Recording voice
11:19 Recording music
13:17 Conclusion
14:14 Why it flopped

Download the manual:
http://www.amstereo.org/files/miniset...

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