This stereo cassette deck achieves low distortion sound quality by stabilizing the mechanism and electric circuit.
The head is equipped with a FG (ferrite guard) head that uses super-hard ferrite with excellent wear resistance not only in the core but also in the guard.
A large flywheel weighing 270 g and 86 mm in diameter is used to obtain 2,450 gcm of rotational energy.
It also employs a 2.5mmφ capstan manufactured by Schmag in Germany.
The pinch roller holder shaft is firmly fixed to the main chassis, ensuring accurate parallelism between the pinch roller and capstan and stable tape running.
In addition, a reel shaft with a special structure has been developed and adopted to reduce friction in the cassette halves and to apply a constant back tension to the reel shaft to stabilize tape running.
A stabilized power supply is used in all circuits to improve electrical stability.
A three-stage bias/equalizer switching mechanism is provided to switch between bias and equalizer according to the characteristics of each tape.
By separating the microphone volume from the line volume, the signal-to-noise ratio when recording from the line is improved by 10 dB.
A Dolby system is provided to reduce hiss noise from cassette tapes.
A large VU meter capable of displaying up to +6dB is provided.