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One of the first capstan servo machines, and though not quartz-locked (like the later WM-D6C) it sounds and feels rock solid. And it looks like a piece of lab equipment: there is something so entirely right about the sony late 70s design. These ones play and record on metal tapes, for a very slight compromise in head quality...
http://www.walkmancentral.com/products/tc-d5
We have two: both restored and serviced, with heads aligned, cosmetically almost perfect.
They might even start off your pre recorded cassette fetish. Which would be a pity, because old cassettes generally sound like an ipod in a drain...
