Does anyone use/need a (music) cassette deck these days?

[Rick Nebiolo]

I’m posting this here since I’m fairly sure the average person on OOT wouldn’t even know what a cassette tape or deck looks like.

For the first time in years I’m listening to cassette tapes on my living room stereo while I sort through some stuff (tax records [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]) on the floor. I’m mostly playing the few things I don’t have on CD or on my computer or iPod playlists.

I ask because I want to make room on the shelf for pictures and stuff. I’ll probably be giving it away to the Salvation Army/Goodwill or even a deserving poker player on 2+2 (it seems these items don’t fetch much on eBay). The model I have is the Sony TC-KE500S and it’s hardly been used. It seems to be playing well although I haven't tested the record function.

~ Rick