Looking for a cassette deck

I live in Bangalore and I am looking for a cassete deck that can go along with Marantz amplifier. If they are not available in India, can any cassette player ( i have an AIWA NSX-V770) do?
V S Sreedhara

hi,

u can use any cassette deck with ur marantz amp. Aiwa would be oktoo. Since this is a dying(dead) medium u can even get a used nakamichi for about 10K!!!! which is a machine in a different league. I believe the Yamaha decks are decent too particularly the 580 which is a three head deck. Last year i bought a new nakamichi DR 10 (last tape deck made by nakamichi) from london for about 9000 Rs equivalent!!! which last retailed in mumbai for 68000/-.

good luck in ur search.

Thank Dinyaar for the reply. I will post a few more quiries after I search a little bit here in Bangalore.
V S Sreedhara

Marantz has a model, SD4051, currently in production. It's decent quality. If service support is a priority you may be better off with this one since it's still in production, and officially sold in India.

Hope this helps.

Persiflage

Even Denon and Onkyo have good cassette decks still in production, and are available in India:

DENON. Naturally intense - Cassette Deck
ONKYO SIGHT & SOUND INDIA

I have a Denon. It is pretty good.

Thanks,
Sharad

Hi VS,

To add a bit more on tape decks. I have checked out the currently available decks from denon and onkyo and unless u really want things like Auto reverse, continuous playback etc.. they are way inferior to any of the older decks of the 90's. Back then this medium was alive and companies were still making them with some R&D and verve. Also the denon dual retails for about 18K and i think u would be better of looking for used Sony, technics, pioneer etc which with a liitle effort can be had for about 5 K and are better sounding.
In 2006 i sold two tape decks for 2500/- each. A technics (cant remember the model) and a denon. Both were made in japan and working fine. Both were single decks(always better) and had bias control(useful in recording) and had Dolby B/C.
Am sure u will find many more fools like me to sell u a decent tape deck at similar rates.

Regards and good luck in your search.