Cassette Deck TCD 3014

Tandberg TCD 3014

High Fidelity Cassette recorder/player

TCD 3014 is considered one of best cassette recorders ever produced.

It uses discrete transistors and few integrated circuits, polyester and propylene capacitors in order to get best signal purity.

Tape: 1/8” wide in a Philips Compact Cassette

Tape counter: digital, with precision sensor

Tape speed: 4.75 cm/s (0.5% tolerance)

Heads: 3- Erase, Record, Play

Head Azimuth Control:. Manual

Motors: 4- 1 for Capstan (dual capstan with servo control); 1 for Forward;1 for Rewind and 1 motor for head assembly movement (eliminates the usual noisy  solenoid method).

Bias: Adjustable level

Equalization: Adjustable

Tone generators: 315 Hz and 15 kHz enable precise calibration of recorder (Bias and equalization)

Wow and Flutter: < 0.09% (weighted rms)

Signal Processing:

Noise Reduction: Dolby B and C

Dyneq DYNamic record and Equalization) Tandberg patent.

Actilinear II (patented)

Frequency response:

Flat from 18 Hz – 21kHz (DIN 45500) for tapes type I and Type II, 18 Hz- 20 kHz (1.5 dB tolerance)

Flat from 18 Hz to 24 kHz (DIN 455500)for metal tape (type IV) and 18 Hz to 23 kHz (1.5 dB tolerance)

Erasure efficiency: 80 dB

S/N ratio: >74 dB (tape type IV + Dolby C); 59 dB (type I without Dolby)

Distortion: < 2% (CrO2 tape) and  <1% (metal tape)

Input signal: Line 10 mV to 100 mV impedance 150 kohms

Power supply: 115V AC, 60 Hz; or 220 V AC, 50 Hz (changeable inside recorder)Power Consumption: 35 W

Here you find 203 models, 175 with images and 107 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
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