Philips N2515 HiFi Cassette Recorder

This Philips N2515 is a stereo cassette deck with DNL noise reduction, it was first sold by Philips in 1975 and discontinued a year later.

The main features of the Philips N2515 cassette deck are: 2 heads, mechanical 3 digit tape counter, automatic tape type selection and capable of handling normal and chrome tapes with automatic equalization selection, 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.

Level meters used on the Philips N2515 cassette deck are analog needle VU reading meters. Mechanical transport controls for reliable Philips N2515 transport function selection.

Unlike the various Dolby systems, which require encoding and decoding, the Dynamic noise limiter (DNL) used by Philips in the N2515 works on playback only and reduces noise by as much as 10 dB.

• HiFi
• Long Life Heads
• Tacho Motor Control