1) Three-head decks. 2) Two-motor decks. 2a) With direct drive. 3) Dolby B/C and (especially) dbx. 4) Wow & Flutter .05% or less. 5) S/N...
Well, colourful language aside: 1) All tapes abrade the heads. I know, I have replaced many heads on many decks, cassettes and open-reel. 2)...
These things had a lot of power. Remember draining the battery in my vehicle once while camping, now that was an adventure!...
Used to make good coin fixing hi-fi equipment at "The Hi-Fi Workshop" in Dee Why, Australia. Cassettes were the big moneymaker, mostly because...
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