Hell, this deck is really beautiful! I have two of those, and one is under restoration now. The third one i am fixing now is to be sold afterwards - they are still at great demand. People still can understand that nothing can beat a good analog sound. MP3 and rest of the trash sucks. I like the way it sounds. Amazing deck!
Put some BIG reels on it man! But what a beautiful machine - I have a whole Pioneer hi-fi system ( SA7500 AMP/ TX7500 Tuner/ of the same vintage - including two cassette decks (CTF850 / CTF750) which match the BLUE display style/era rather than the earlier VU meters but no open reel - so if your looking to give yours a good home, just let me know!