Nikko ND-990 Stereo Cassette Deck

The Nikko ND-990 is a stereo cassette deck with Dolby B noise reduction, it was introduced by Nikko in 1981 with a manufacturer suggested retail price of USD $440 and discontinued 6 years later in 1987.

The main features of the Nikko ND-990 cassette deck are: 2 heads, tape type selection with support for normal, chrome and metal tapes.

Typical front loading cassette 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.

The Dolby-B system reduces tape hiss on tapes recorded on the Nikko ND-990 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.

1986 IBM unveils the PC Convertible, the first laptop computer.

1987 S-VHS (Super VHS) introduction in Japan, an improved version of the VHS standard for consumer video cassette recorders.

Nikko ND-990 Stereo Cassette Deck

The Nikko ND-990 is a stereo cassette deck with Dolby B noise reduction, it was introduced by Nikko in 1981 with a manufacturer suggested retail price of USD $440 and discontinued 6 years later in 1987.

Historic events

Features of Nikko ND-990

Similar to Nikko ND-990 from the period 1981 - 1987