Hitachi D-33s Cassette Deck

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This Hitachi D-33s is a stereo cassette deck, it was first sold by Hitachi in 1980 with a recommended retail price of USD $200 and discontinued 4 years later in 1984.

The main features of the Hitachi D-33s cassette deck are: 2 heads, tape type selection and capable of handling normal and chrome tapes.

Typical front loading cassette deck with the cassette compartiment located on the left side of the deck. Tape eject is operated mechanically and the cassette needs to be placed with the side to be played facing forward in the cassette well.

To make live recordings this deck has 2 microphone inputs to connect microphones with a jack connector. For undisturbed listening a jack connector for a pair of stereo headphones is supplied. Connection to other audio components for plaback can be achieved by a RCA cable and recording from a source by a RCA cable.

Historic events

1980 Dolby C Noise Reduction introduced by Dolby Laboratories.

1981 Dave Smith proposes the Universal Synthesizer Interface that would become the MIDI standard in 1983.

1982 Seiko introduced the world’s first TV watch.

1983 The Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) is introduced at the first North American Music Manufacturers (NAMM) show in Los Angeles.

1984 The first episode of the Miami Vice television crime drama series, premiered on NBC.

Hitachi D-33s Cassette Deck

This Hitachi D-33s is a stereo cassette deck, it was first sold by Hitachi in 1980 with a recommended retail price of USD $200 and discontinued 4 years later in 1984.

Historic events

Features of Hitachi D-33s

Similar to Hitachi D-33s from the period 1980 - 1984