From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!alice!rabbit!jj
Newsgroups: net.audio
Title: Re: Looking for a tape deck
Article-I.D.: rabbit.687
Posted: Wed Aug 11 10:24:51 1982
Received: Fri Aug 13 05:47:38 1982
References: stolaf.516

	In the last year, we have bought and tried several tape
decks, among them the TEAC-V7, eumig-FL-1000up, several unmemorable
Panasonics, and a few not worthy of mention (portables, of the
voice grade class).  

	As far as I am concerned, the Teac-V7 is the best of the
bunch.   It costs about 300 at discount, has metal/Ch/feO compatibility,
three heads, and the usual flock of feechurs.(Oh yes, has Dolby too.)

	The performance, as published, on standard tape,
is as good as my Ampex AG440 (except, of course, you can't edit a cassette
very well, you need a THIN razor blade.)  On Chrome, it has
the usual improvements.  On metal tape, it (as one would expect) works very
well.  We measured 23Hz-19.3kHz response at -10dB, with a distortion
of about .5% up to 3K, and about 2% at 18K. (This is exceptional, the
Ampex, which is set up right, doesn't do much better in the distortion
department.)

	Well, to make a long story short, the ones I had examined here
were good enough that I bought one for myself, including the
remote control.  The performance at home is very nice.
Its performance, by listening, is very good, with little of the
usual scrape/flutter and distortion that I usually associate with
cassettes.  

	While I am sure that there are other good machines on
the market, I like this one because of its high performance/price
ratio.  
I would also appreciate hearing about other good cassette decks.
I don't really care about lousy ones, unless you feel that the world should
be warned.