Marantz PMD340 Professional Stereo Cassette Recorder

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This Marantz PMD340 is a stereo cassette deck with Dolby B noise reduction, it was first sold by Marantz in 1981 with a list price of USD $280 and discontinued 4 years later in 1985.

The main features of the Marantz PMD340 cassette deck are:, mechanical 3 digit tape counter, tape type selection and capable of handling normal and chrome tapes, belt driven single-capstan transport.

Typical of this deck is the 70's top loading layout with the cassette compartiment located on the right 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.

Mechanical transport controls for reliable Marantz PMD340 transport function selection.

The Dolby-B system reduces tape hiss on tapes recorded on the Marantz PMD340 by as much as 10 dB at the highest frequencies.

Historic events

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.

1985 Sony and Philips produced the standard for Compact Disc Read Only Memory (CD-ROM) computer discs that would use the same laser technology as the audio CD.