[jhallenworld]

If you want to save money, go for Marantz PMD430 or one of the mono ones if that's OK for you:

https://www.fullcompass.com/common/files/2039-PMDRecordersDa...

I recently bought a PMD221 as a high-end data cassette recorder/player. I was having trouble transferring zx-spectrum games onto cassette using a cheap recorder, but PMD221 works great.