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cassette deck

American  

noun

  1. a tape deck for playing and recording cassette tapes.


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We drove across the Queensboro Bridge and continued past car dealerships and transmission shops, the places where your blue Buick Regal, with its peeling paint and cassette deck, goes to die.

From The New Yorker Mar. 4, 2019

But while Robert Quine was recording the Matrix shows to a portable cassette deck, Peter Abram, co-owner of the club, was simultaneously capturing four-track recordings of the band’s performances.

From Salon Dec. 11, 2015

It used a cassette deck to load and save data and came with a 12-inch monitor.

From New York Times Aug. 16, 2013

Sounding as though it was recorded off laptop speakers and into a cassette deck, it's a rare example of lo-fi rap.

From Slate Sep. 15, 2011

"It was kind of cool how each tape sounded different depending on what cassette deck you used."

From The Guardian Mar. 29, 2010

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