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.