Magnavox (Philips) D6280 cassette recorder, from 1989.

[mig189189189]

Nice product report!

[PuraceYourBetsNow]

Hi Mr.CassetteMaster, I am looking for a fairly inexpensive tape recorder (standard Compact-Cassette), player, duplicator with line out (or suitably subtle/accurate volume control) and decent quality sound output and line in for recording. I figured you'd know of some good ones.

[28019ab]

does this machine have cue and review? i find this one of the most handy things on 'notebook' recorders like this (second being a counter). Also, is the mech metal or plastic? About this time is when they switched to imported cheap metal standard mechs (instead of their own design) I think.

[CassetteMaster]

No cur/review, and the mechanism is all PLASTIC!

[billybassman21]

I use to own this exact same model recorder!

[AG3304]

Those were sold here in the UK as a Philips!

[itscool1968]

ricky maggie and phillips are and is the same company allways has been

[bluenazz]

I didn't realize that they made stuff in China that long ago. That could be a real collectable!

[Fakenstein]

I don't know if you'll remember me or not, It's been 2 years.

Either way, I want to appologise, my comments were idiotic and completely uncalled for.

I'm sorry for offending you, Ricky.

[CassetteMaster]

That's OK. It's been a long time, that's for sure!

[DrCassette]

I have the Philips version of this cassette recorder. It's a really cheap thing...

I have no idea why the previous owner put that additional label on the machine because below that label it says the same... have you looked under the label yet?

But there is an interesting story: my grandmother too had this cassette recorder, and it said "made in Hong Kong". But in 1989 Hong Kong was given back to China, so my version (like yours) wich was made later in the year just said "made in China".

[bluenazz]

Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997 instead of 1989 (:->

[DrCassette]

Oops! I mixed up something :)

But still, it's interesting that this model first was made in Hong Kong and then in China.

[SuperSmasher97]

what a pos lol

[BrooklynMouseReturns]

Never seen a 1989 Maggie cassette recorder before, but this was were they started turned into crap. GE had gone crap after it was bought out by Thompson to Jasco Products, the one that manufactures GE stuff, but GE doesn't make tape recorders anymore. These are all made in China, not Japan and not in the USA, only China.

That Maggie is so cool!

[Lachlant1984]

God, that J Giles band song sounds pretty bad.

[Lachlant1984]

I think DrCassette has a Philips badged unit just like that one, it may be a slightly different model, but I think it's similar. That machine surly is DC Bias. Are you using your JVC camcorder? There's a slight chorusing effect going on in the audio, I've heard it on a few other videos that were uploaded by Danielgosson, I believe he too was using a JVC digital camcorder.

[CassetteMaster]

I was using the JVC.

[BRENTHENRY1989]

ah same year as me! lol lol i always hated that name Magnavox, Philips would have been better,

[rndmbrain]

Why do you look stretched-out in this vid?

[SpeedSwordCarbon]

i used to own one

it was very good

buy it died cause it got dropped in water

[BadEditPro]

I never saw one of those... It has an interesting design but really crappy sound. :) JC

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Interesting recorder, does not look like there is much wear on the buttons. Works good and sound pretty good too.

[batterymaker]

Lotta sibilance splatter in that circuit. Not surprising for an early piece of Sino-fecalware.

[CassetteMaster]

What is Sino-fecalware?

[SlimeTron5000]

'Sino' is a diminutive for the 'Sinosphere' which is East Asia. 'Fecal' is scientific for shit. 'Ware' is a diminutive of 'hardware'.

Yes. You are in the Anglosphere.

[CassetteMaster]

Thank you.

[batterymaker]

Nice way of saying CHeap Chinese Crap. :-)

[CoolDudeClem]

I didn't know magnavox had made (or at least in this case had there name on) a cassette recorder. the dc biassssssssss is very esssssssssy.

[AnalogueJosh]

Wow thats so weird, I was thinking about you earlier and wondering when you were going to post another video, weirddd :)

[Vinylrecordsneverdie]

I'm guessing it's from late 1989 due to the fact it's Made in China, but it sure outlasted today's China crap. Good choice of music off the radio btw!