Marantz SD930 Digital Monitor Cassette Deck

This Marantz SD930 is a stereo cassette deck with Dolby B and C and DBX noise reduction, it was first sold by Marantz in 1983 with a recommended retail price of USD $1,449.

The main features of the Marantz SD930 cassette deck are: 3 heads and no off-tape monitoring to save production cost, digital tape counter with 4 digits, manual tape type selection and capable of handling normal, chrome and metal tapes, single capstan transport.

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.

Level meters used on the Marantz SD930 cassette deck are generic digital peak reading meters. Full-logic transport controls used on the Marantz SD930 let it respond to the slightest finger contact for fast and effortless transport function selection.

Automatic playback azimuth correction adjusts automatically the azimuth of the SD930s playback head to the azimuth the tape was recorded with so playback on the {0} is possible with the best sound quality.

Dolby C-type used in the Marantz SD930 provides 20 dB of noise reduction above about 1,000 Hz, fully doubling the amount given by B-type. Dbx Type II found in the SD930 is a simplified version of the Type I noise reduction system. The dbx Type II system was designed to be used with systems with limited bandwidth such as cassette based recorders and also uses a simple 2:1:2 compander to reduce noise.

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.