Thanks for the info. I used a D3 for a bit, and when it worked it sounded great. Looking back, I now realize it's problem was that the azimuth fell out of adjustment real easily. I had taken it in for repair, they fixed it, but a short time later it fell out of adjustment again. It ticked me off enough that I just threw it in the trash. Now I wish I didn't do that, because then I would have a way to recover my ill-recorded tapes. But yeah, when it worked it sounded pretty sweet for a cassette tape.