“They just don’t build ’em like they used to” is a truer statement every year. Whether your vice is CRTs, film cameras, or tape decks, you’ll know that the very best gear simply isn’t manufactured anymore. Even the day-to-day stuff from 60 years ago is often a cut above a lot of today’s equipment. [Anthony Kouttron] shows us this with his teardown of a Tandberg TCD301 from many decades ago.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://hackaday.com/2024/05/15/heres-the-norwegian-tape-deck-teardown-youve-been-waiting-for/