True!
I bought Sony TC-KE300 deck a year ago for like $100! Sweet looking, latest (2000) tech like Dolby and HX-Pro. Had my fun changing the belts, adjusting head azimuth using oscilloscope and greasing gears. Now I'm hoarding sealed chrome cassettes - High Bias ones.
And snatched Sony Walkman WM-FX675 with remote for pennies, perks of not sleeping at 1am :)))) Belt and new gumstick battery was all it needed to shine!