SONY TC-K22
¥ 33,800 (around 1980)
Commentary
A metal-compatible cassette deck with a slim design.
A newly developed SD head made of high-density magnetic material is used for the head to cope with metal tape.
The erasing head is a MagneFocus 4-Gap erasing head in consideration of the nature of metal tape.
The motor is equipped with a green motor that is a specially polished FG servo motor for use in audio equipment.
It has a built-in Dolby NR system that reduces the tape hissing.
Equipped with wide-scale twin level meter of -20 to + 5 VU.
Equipped with 4-stage tape selector for simultaneous switching of bias and equalizer.
Equipped with a timer standby switch that can record absence and play back alarm clock.
Mic/Line input selector is mounted.
Uses a soft eject mechanism.
Equipped with auto shut-off mechanism.
Equipped with a stereo headphone jack.
Model Rating
| Type | Cassette deck |
| Heads | Erase : 1 Recording : 1 |
| Motor | Green motor |
| Signal-to-noise ratio | 58 dB (Dolby off, peak level, metal cassette) |
| Frequency characteristic | 30 Hz ~ 15 kHz (Metal Cassette) |
| Wow and flutter | 0.07%wrms |
| Distortion factor | 1.0% (Metal Cassette) |
| Power consumption | 10W |
| External dimensions | Width 430x Height 105x Depth 290 mm |
| Weight | 4.5kg |