Top 10 vintage cassette decks

Gotta be Nakamichi.   But any left will need a full service before use.   It still won't sound nearly as good as a decent record player though.

+1 @holmz    A badass B Series Revox reel to reel running 1/4 inch tape at 7.5 ips will sound an awful lot better.

I owned a Nakamichi 600, and it was exceptionally well-designed. Not the highest performance of the Nak line, but a beautiful piece of gear.

Just under the Aiwa f990, are  both the f770 and f660 models.  I’ve had the f770 for 38 years now, still going....the f660bis my back up. excellent 3 head decks. I sold my f990 a few years ago for top money, I was broke...these Aiwa decks could give nakamichi a run for their money and were way ahead of their time. Very futuristic looking decks. 

I use a JVC KD-A77 3 head deck it made great sounding tapes that I still listen to just put new belts still works great .

Nak CR-7A, out performed everything else in its class. Bought one new, and still have it. Every now and then I pop in a tape I made 25 years ago and still sounds great. Glad I never got rid of all my cassettes, have 100's