TEAC A-160
¥ 47,800 (around 1973)
¥ 53,800 (around 1974)
Commentary
This stereo cassette deck is equipped with a Dolby system and pursues basic performance thoroughly.
It is equipped with the Dolby system which drastically reduces the hissing of the tape.
In the Dolby System, a low level pianissimo in the middle and high range is taken out during recording, and the level is raised for recording. On the other hand, when the sound is played back, the sound is lowered by the amount raised during recording, and then the sound is played back again. As a result, the tape hiss is also lowered and is not audible.
In order to maximize the performance of chrome tape, a tape selector is equipped to switch the bias and equalizer into two stages independently.
In order to take advantage of the performance of the Dolby System, the input selector, which separates the microphone and line inputs and feeds them directly, improves the performance by more than 15 dB compared to the conventional system.
High hardness permalloy head is used for the head.
It is equipped with a queuing function, and you can queue by pressing the play button and pressing the fast forward or rewind button.
Equipped with an auto end stop, the operation button, head and pinch roller automatically return to the stop position when the tape finishes winding during recording and playback.
It is equipped with a level meter that can monitor the level up to approximately + 6 VU as a left and right independent type.
Equipped with an output volume.
Equipped with a tape running indicator lamp.
Equipped with a pause button.
Equipped with a tape counter.
Equipped with a stereo headphone jack.
Equipped with a DIN terminal.
Model Rating
| Type | Stereo cassette deck |
| Track format | 4-track, 2-channel stereo system |
| Tape used | C-60, C-90 Type |
| Tape speed | 4.8cm/s |
| Motor | Electronic governor and DC motor |
| Wow and flutter | 0.15% |
| Early winding time | 80 seconds or less (C-60 tape) |
| Frequency characteristic | 30 Hz ~ 16 kHz (Chrome Tape) 30 Hz ~ 13 kHz (Normal Tape) |
| Signal-to-noise ratio | NR out:50dB Dolby in:58dB |
| Input Sensitivity / Impedance | Line : 0.1V/50k Ω or more Microphone : 0.25mV/-72dB/600 Ω ~ 10k Ω |
| Output Level / Impedance | Line : 0.3V/10k Ω or more Headphone : 8 Ω |
| Pwer | 100 VAC, 50Hz/60Hz |
| Power consumption | 13W |
| External dimensions | Width 420x Height 120x Depth 258 mm |
| Weight | 5.7kg |