This was the gift I received for eighth grade graduation in 1985. I loved it. Compared to other ghetto blasters of the time, this has a really neat feature. It has a line-in. I was able to, with a certain cable, connect the headphone jack (out) on my CD walkman to the RCA input on the back of this machine. So, in addition to its tape deck, the RX-C39 allowed me to listen to CDs! The condenser mic is surprisingly good (remember, we're talking about something from the 80s). My friends and I made countless recordings when we would jam. Placed about 20 feet away in another room, there was very little distortion despite loud guitars, bass, and drums (this was years later, in 1990). The 3-band equalizer was also very useful, especially with the variation in recording quality of the tapes of the day. Now that I have this again, I quickly learned that the RCA line-in cannot handle the high output of sources like modern-day CD and Blu-ray players (so I bought a really cheap CD Walkman again). I can listen to music on my phone using the headphone/RCA cable but need to turn the volume down on the source (phone) so there's no distortion. I love having this again!Read full review
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