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From: bob@pedsgd.UUCP (Robert A. Weiler)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Cassette deck advice
Message-ID: <275@pedsgd.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Sep-85 14:44:35 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 18 14:44:35 1985
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Reply-To: bob@pedsgd.UUCP (Robert A. Weiler)
Organization: Perkin-Elmer, Tinton Falls, NJ
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Organization : Perkin-Elmer DSG, Tinton Falls NJ
Keywords: Dolby-C, HX-Pro 


Well, I am nearly ready to buy a new cassette deck and need advice,
product reviews, etc. I currently have Dolby-C in my car ( Kenwood 7300)
and at work ( Sony WMCD2 ) but still have an antique at home. BTW, both
of these devices have worked well for me so far. My only reservation is
that they both combine type II/IV equalization. I am primarily
interested in recording CD's at home for play elsewhere.  In general,
my priorities are:

1) Price < $400
2) Dolby-C
3) Headroom		( implies HX-Pro? )
4) Reliability
5) 3 heads

Decks I have considered so far:

MODEL		N-heads Noise Reduction Price	Comments
TEAC 530X	2?	B/C/Dbx		$119	From SCA - a bargain+1/2!!
AIWA ADF660	3	B/C/HX		$250	Seems cheaply made
HK 291,391,491	2,2,3?	B/C/HX		????
YAMAHA 720	2?	B/C/HX/Dbx	$300	Auto-Reverse
NAD 6155	2?	B/C/HX		$320	Spartan
NAK BX125	2?	B/C		$360	Non-Standard?

One strange note - the salesfolk at Woodbridge Stereo are saying
that HX-Pro is a subtefuge used by 'lesser' decks to compensate
for the inferiority of their heads as opposed to the NAK. Since I
had understood that the intent was to get around the physical limits
of the *tape* this seems like BS; is it?
Any comments on any of these decks, or others I may have missed,
are appreciated.

Bob Weiler.


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