So far, I do not perceive I have any of issues as mentioned by TLS. I do occasionally see that the right channel of my recorder does not remain engaged at the level originally set for recording. This is something I just noticed, after spending $225 on the recorder for a belt, cap, and roller to be installed by the only repair shop still around in my neighborhood. Of course, my minor issue may just be dirt, we'll see. At any rate, while I can easily distinguish CDs from tape, I pretty much get all there is that the pick-up is getting from vinyl.
All this stuff is moot today, just a novelty unless my mother-in-law wants me to transfer her prerecorded cassettes to CD, or I want to put a tape together to play in my 2000 Camaro's factory installed cassette player. And yes I know I can insert an adapter into the cassette well for iTunes.