SONY TC-6040
¥ 64,800 (around 1971)
Commentary
A tape deck capable of both tape discrete 4-channel and 2-channel recording / playback.
Equipped with a headphone monitor switch that can be switched to 3 levels of front / front + rear / rear.
Uses a electron spectroscopy for chemica analysis rate drive system that is easy to tape.
Equipped with an AC shut off switch that automatically turns off the motor power when the tape is finished.
Silicon transistors are used in the amplifier section to achieve low noise and low distortion.
Mix recording of all four channels of Mic/Line is possible with each volume being independent.
Equipped with a tape selector that supports SLH tapes.
Model Rating
| Type | Tape deck |
| Tape speed | 19cm/s, 9.5cm/s, 4.8cm/s |
| Wow flutter | 0.12%WRMS(19cm/s) |
| Recording bias | Approximately 120 kHz |
| Frequency characteristic (19cm/s) |
When using SLH tape : 30 Hz ~ 23kHz/50Hz ~ 18 kHz ± 3 dB When using general tape : 30 Hz ~ 20kHz/50Hz ~ 16 kHz ± 3 db |
| Overall strain rate | 1.8% |
| Overall S/N ratio | 55 dB (when using SLH tape) 52 dB (when using general tape) |
| External dimensions | Width 398x Height 392x Depth 196 mm |
| Weight | 10.5kg |