Rotel RD-1010 Stereo Cassette Tape Deck

The Rotel RD-1010 is a stereo cassette deck with Dolby B noise reduction, it was introduced by Rotel in 1981 with a manufacturer suggested retail price of USD $425 and discontinued 3 years later in 1984.

The main features of the Rotel RD-1010 cassette deck are: 2 heads, analog 3 digit tape counter, tape type selection with support for normal, chrome, ferro-chrome and metal tapes.

Typical front loading cassette deck with the cassette compartiment located on the left side of the deck.

Level meters used on the Rotel RD-1010 cassette deck are generic digital peak reading meters. Full-logic transport controls used on the Rotel RD-1010 let it respond to the slightest finger contact for fast and effortless transport function selection.

The Dolby-B system reduces tape hiss on tapes recorded on the Rotel RD-1010 by as much as 10 dB at the highest frequencies.

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.