I purchased a Sony TC 160,, i think it was,, back around 1970.. It had the "slant" front I was in military service,, and a friend was heading to Thailand to support air combat missions and I had him purchase for me thru the P/Bx.. I had tapped the Nixon resignation speech on it,, and saved those (and lots more),,, BASF reels alot longer then the deck held up.. Don't know what was worse,, tape hiss or vinyl pops! At the time,, Teac was the deck to have.. My Sansui receiver, Dual 1209 (and then 1229) TT, and sansui SP 2500's were just awesome.. Life was pretty damn simple then,, or maybe not.. Jack