"The only cassette mechanism being made" myth BUSTED!

Debunking the common myth that there's only one cassette mechanism being made anymore, that it's made/designed by Tanashin, and that it's the reason why nobody can make a good-sounding Walkman-style cassette tape player anymore. UPDATE: Sellers on Taobao refer to the auto-reverse mechanism as TN-888 and the "only" mechanism as TN-9ZS, the latter of which was a Tanashin design dating back to at least 1989. (I can't find any info on the TN-888.) Time flow: 0:00 Introduction 2:58 MCT-7 movement 6:50 Auto-reverse mechanism 13:07 The "only" mechanism 16:42 Tanashin 20:36 Don't blame the mechanism 24:31 Unreasonable expectations 26:44 Conclusion Contains clips from:    • VIDEO: Michael Fremer Of AnalogPlanet.com      • You should consider Cassettes again - FiiO...      • Why are cassette and CD players so bulky now?      • The Philips Bumbox that’s ashamed of the c...      • Bush Portable Cassette Player. As bad as i...      • Any good? "NEW" GPX Portable Stereo Casset...      • Panda 6503 Cassette / MP3 / Radio Recorder...   #cassette #Walkman #RetroTech