From: utzoo!decvax!cca!hplabs!hao!menlo70!sytek!zehntel!teklabs!ucbcad!ARPAVAX:CSVAX:ucsfcgl!katzung@sri-unix
Newsgroups: net.audio
Title: Re: Looking for a tape deck
Article-I.D.: ucsfcgl.128
Posted: Mon Aug 16 09:06:37 1982
Received: Sat Aug 21 03:05:22 1982

I have a Sony TC-K61 tape deck that I enjoy greatly.  It has Dolby,
Metal, and all the usuals.  One very nice feature is the solenoid
driven controls (I've had only one minor, easy-to-repair problem in
three or four years of fairly heavy use).

It had the smoothest tape pull of the machines that I looked at,
especially when releasing the pause (many machines have horrible
startup, which can be bad when you're recording).

The deck has a remote control option, but the remote control is somewhat
expensive.  However, using the beautiful color schematics that Sony sent
me for something like $1, I built my own (it's a simple resister net-
work).  I think it was pretty close to $300 when I got it, and I've

enjoyed every penny of it.