ONKYO TA-440
¥ 41,800 (around 1981)
Commentary
Metal-compatible cassette deck with an emphasis on basic performance.
A DC servo motor and belt drive mechanism are used for the drive system.
Hard permalloy head is used for the head.
It is equipped with Dolby system, 3-stage tape selector, slide-type input balance control, timer standby mechanism, etc.
Equipped with a full auto-stop mechanism to reduce the burden on the mechanism and tape.
Equipped with an input auto-selector that automatically switches between line input and microphone input.
Model Rating
| Type | 4-track 2-channel stereo cassette deck |
| Heads | Recording : hard permalloy head Erasing : double-gap ferrite heads |
| Motor | DC servo motor |
| Wow flutter | 0.06%(WRMS) |
| Frequency characteristic | Metal : 20 Hz to 17 kHz (30 Hz to 16 kHz ± 3 dB) High : 20 Hz to 16 kHz (30 Hz to 15 kHz ± 3 dB) Normal : 20 Hz to 15 kHz (30 Hz to 14 kHz ± 3 dB) |
| Signal-to-noise ratio | Dolby out:58dB Dolby In : 5 dB (1 kHz), 10 dB (5 kHz) improvement |
| Power supply voltage | 100 VAC, 50Hz/60Hz |
| Power consumption | 13W |
| External dimensions | Width 418x Height 122x Depth 270 mm |
| Weight | 4.5kg |