This is the list of the best makers of audio equipment. Respond if you disagree

@r27y8u92 I forgot to mention that. I recently got a brand new Tascam CD-a580 that was a cassette player and CD player, and can actually take audio from CDs and CTs and put it on a flash drive (pretty cool). I don't really use the Tascam as my main cassette deck, but it does sound very good (for CDs too).

So I guess Mcintosh, ear, constellation, burmester, lavardin, SME and several other manufacturers don’t enter the equation because...🤣😉

I used the best cassette tape to make decent recordings on Tandberg deck (don't remember the number) and Nakamichi ZX7.   Problem-So many recordings given to me were made on cheap-ass cassettes (molded/no screws, cheapest ferric oxide) non-dolby for me to transfer to digital format.  Those tapes sound worse than VHS tapes look on my 4K TV.  My cassettes still sound really fine but not as good as my Tandberg 9000/Technics 1500 RR 7.5 ips tapes or DAT tapes-those are amazing!

TDK or Maxell?