You can now buy FiiO's portable cassette player in a trendy transparent finish

[What Hi-Fi?]

FiiO's CP13 launched at the start of the year, but is now available to buy, including in a natty transparent finish.

You can now buy FiiO's portable cassette player in a trendy transparent finish : Read more

 

[manicm]

FOR: Cute.
AGAINST: So are tears.
SUM-UP: You've been had.

 

[Gnik_Nus]

People who have bought this player have reported some problems with it. Some have said the tape speed changes, so I hope these things are addressed, and improvements are made.
Other than that, it looks good.

 

[bemaniac]

Sadly less stable than anything decent from the late 90s. Buy refurbed and recapped for £99 instead.

 

[Corpus_Chain]

Sadly less stable than anything decent from the late 90s. Buy refurbed and recapped for £99 instead.

Thanks for the recommendation. Who is selling such refurbished devices?

 

[Gnik_Nus]

Thanks for the recommendation. Who is selling such refurbished devices?

The older Walkmans from the 1990s are sold on sites like eBay and Reverb. The refurbished ones can be expensive depending on the model but sometimes you can find a bargain. It is best to check seller feedback, and if there are videos of the unit in operation, check those out.
I have previously bought some Walkmans in eBay but I got lost of mine before the prices started to go up. I tend to avoid the fancier models because a lot of the times they are harder to repair, and even if they have just been fully serviced and fixed, they are mechanical products with complex electronics and they will fail again, even if you don’t use them much. I had some Walkman models I bought around 2006/2007, and they were fully operational and I kept them in storage. By 2011, not one of them was working but they were easy enough to repair.