AIWA AD-L5M
¥ 39,800 (around 1980)
Commentary
Compact size cassette deck equipped with metal position.
Ultra-hard permalloy head is used for the head.
Excellent rotational accuracy is achieved with DC servo motor and double flywheel.
Equipped with 5-point 3-color LED optical display.
Equipped with a Dolby system.
Uses slot-in type tape mounting.
Equipped with an LED blinking tape run indicator that can confirm the rerecording status.
Equipped with a bias equalizer switching mechanism corresponding to LH, CrO2, and metal tape.
Equipped with a pure electronic full auto-stop mechanism.
When recording, the cassette is inserted after pressing the record button. In addition, because of the mechanism, even a tape with a folded tab to prevent accidental erasure will be erased when recording.
Model Rating
| Type | Stereo cassette deck |
| Motor | DC servo motor |
| Heads | Recording and Playback : Super Hard Permalloy Head Erasing : ferrite heads |
| Wow flutter | 0.09%(WRMS) |
| Frequency response (-20VU recording) | LH Tape : 25 Hz ~ 14 kHz CrO2 : 25 Hz to 16 kHz Metal : 25 Hz to 16 kHz |
| SN ratio (peak level) | 60 dB (Dolby NRon, CrO2 Tape) |
| Distortion factor | 0.9% (FeCr Tape) |
| Input Sensitivity / Impedance | Line : 50mV/50k Ω Mic : 0.3mV/200 Ω ~ 10k Ω |
| Output Level / Impedance | Line : 0.41V/50k Ω |
| Power consumption | 10W |
| External dimensions | Width 210x Height 72x Depth 229 mm |
| Weight | 2.8kg |