Yamaha KX393 Review

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Yamaha KX393
4.3 stars
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absintheboy's Review of Yamaha KX393 Cassette Deck

12th Apr 2007

Overall Rating

4 stars
  • Value for money
    4 stars
  • Sound Quality
    3.5 stars
  • Time Cassette Deck Owned
    6 - 12 Months
  • Features
    4 stars
Good Points

Play trim - great for playing tapes made on other machines
Very good sound for the price
Headphone socket with volume control allows variable output to a PC
"tape tune" system automatically tunes the bias when recording on a new tape.


Bad Points

Build is a tad flimsy


General Comments

So like a fool I entrusted my Nakamichi to my parents while I sorted out the service it needed, only to find out a year later that they'd thrown it out!!!!

I needed a halfway decent cassette deck, and the Yamaha not only looks stylish but has the "play trim" function. The Nak used non-standard bias settings so this was an essential feature for playing my old recordings. And the Yamaha does a better job than anything other than another Nakamichi.

As for its own recordings, they are fine. The LED meters are more than adequate (I've used some crappy ones in my time) and while it doesn't sound like a Nakamichi...nothing else does and a Nak costs 6 times as much!

Reproduction of pre-recorded material is very good too. It's not a top end deck, but then it doesn't pretend to be one. What it does do is play tapes very well, especially for the price and make very passable recordings. I'd recommend one to anyone who isn't using cassettes as a major source of music, and lets face it who is today? If you've got a bunch of old tapes that you want to listen to or dub to CD then you won't go wrong with this Yamaha.

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