Pioneer CT-960 Stereo Cassette Tape Deck

The Pioneer CT-960 is a cassette deck with Dolby B and C and DBX noise reduction, it was introduced by Pioneer in 1984 and discontinued a year later.

The main features of the Pioneer CT-960 cassette deck are: 2 heads, tape type selection with support for normal, chrome and metal tapes.

Level meters used on the Pioneer CT-960 cassette deck are digital LED peak reading meters. Soft-touch controls for fast and easy transport function selection of the Pioneer CT-960 cassette deck.

Dolby C-type used in the Pioneer CT-960 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 CT-960 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.