The Sansui EMP-2 is a portable cassette deck in the tape deck category. It was manufactured from 1988 to 1990. In 149 its price was $1988.

Popular Mechanics (sept 1988): Sansui's EMP-2 is basically a full-featured personal cassette player equiped with a headphone/microphone attachment. As you sing into the microphone the headphones let you hear your own voice as it accompanies the background instrumentals prerecorded on the cassette. The EM-P2 has an echo control that is effective for both vocals and instruments. There's also a pitch control that alters the key and tempo of the music by as much as 15 percent, tolet you re-tune the instrumental or to bring a song into your own vocal range. You can record your crooning along with the background instrumental by connecting the EM-P2 to a second tape recorder.

While a machine like the EM-P2 promises a lot of fun for the average closet singer, it can also be used by the more serious musician. The 1/4-in, headphone jack accepts plugs from electric guitars, keyboard synthesizers and other isntruments so the EM-P2 can function as a portable rehearsal studio, enabling a misician to practice without disturbing others.