Realistic

Realistic SCT-30 Stereo Cassette Tape Deck

Dolby B NR 3 Head

This Realistic SCT-30 is a stereo cassette deck with Dolby B noise reduction, it was first sold by Realistic in 1978 with a list price of USD $380 and discontinued 4 years later in 1982.

The main features of the Realistic SCT-30 cassette deck are: 3 heads and no off-tape monitoring to save production cost, tape type selection and capable of handling normal, chrome and ferro-chrome 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 Realistic SCT-30 by as much as 10 dB at the highest frequencies.

Compact Cassette

Historic events

1978 The first satellite in the modern Navstar Global Positioning System (GPS) is launched.
1979 Philips introduced the Video 2000-system (also known as 'Video Compact Cassette' or VCC)
1980 Dolby C Noise Reduction introduced by Dolby Laboratories.
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.

Features of Realistic SCT-30

Cassette Exterior
Exterior
Front Loading Silver Finish
Compact Cassette
General
Stereo
Head Configuration
Head Configuration
4 Track / 2 Channel 3 Head Desiǥn
Noise Resuction
Noise Reduction
Dolby-B Noise Reduction
Tape Speed
Speed
1⅞ ips - 4.76 cm/s
Tape
Tape
Normal Tape Capabilıty Chrome Tape Capabilıty Ferro-Chrome Tape Capabilıty
Transport
Transport
Mechanical Tape Loading

Similar to Realistic SCT-30 from the period 1978 - 1982

1982 Realistic SCT-25

SCT-25

dot Manual Control dot Chrome Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo dot Top Loading
1980 Yamaha K-350
Yamaha

K-350

dot Dolby-B NR dot Manual Control dot Metal Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1979 Sony TC-K45
Sony

TC-K45

dot Dolby-B NR dot Manual Control dot FeCr Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1978 Philips N2538
Philips

N2538

dot Dolby-B NR dot Manual Control dot FeCr Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1978 Toshiba PC-3460
Toshiba

PC-3460

dot Dolby-B NR dot Manual Control dot FeCr Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1979 Telefunken TC 450
Telefunken

TC 450

dot HighCom NR dot Manual Control dot FeCr Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1981 Yamaha K-360
Yamaha

K-360

dot Dolby-B NR dot Manual Control dot Metal Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo