Teac W-860R Single Cassette Deck

Pros: INITIALLY, IT'S GREAT. BUT A YEAR LATER IT'S GARBAGE.
Cons: STOPS WORKING JUST BEYOND ITS WARRANTY PERIOD (ONE YEAR).

UPDATE AS OF 02-23-2007: BARELY ONE YEAR AFTER I BOUGHT THIS (CHINESE-MADE) DECK, ITS RIGHT-HAND WELL JAMMED SUCH THAT NOT ONLY CAN'T I REMOVE THE TAPE (THE "EJECT" BUTTON IS NOW BROKEN/LOOSE), BUT ALSO THE ENTIRE DECK WON'T WORK (INCLUDING THE ...

Pros: Records/plays on both decks, mix mic in, parallel record, Dolby HX Pro on one deck
Cons: Noisy. Chintzy. Rotating heads. Index counter not real time. No high speed rewind/fast forward.

I bought one a little while ago (2/06). It does the job but seems chintzy, compared to the Sony I had before. The right hand well is noisy which is a drag since the deck is right next to me as I listen/record. I do like that it has a pitch control (on deck 1 only) but wish it had a time counter rather than an index counter. It also has rotating heads which is just plain bad engineering. There is no need for that. I don't expect this unit to last long with rotating heads but there are so few dual well decks that record on both wells, this will have to do for now. Noisy as it reverses direction (heads rotating) and as it plays/records.