Sansui

Sansui D-150M Stereo Cassette Deck

Sansui D-150M
Dolby B NR Soft Touch Metal Tape

This Sansui D-150M is a stereo cassette deck with Dolby B noise reduction, it was first sold by Sansui in 1981 with a recommended retail price of USD $240 and discontinued 2 years later in 1983.

The main features of the Sansui D-150M cassette deck are: 2 heads, mechanical 3 digit tape counter, manual tape type selection and capable of handling normal, chrome and metal tapes, belt driven single-capstan transport.

Typical front loading cassette deck with the cassette compartiment located on the left 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 Sansui D-150M cassette deck are generic digital peak reading meters. Soft-touch controls for fast and easy transport function selection of the Sansui D-150M cassette deck.

The Dolby-B system reduces tape hiss on tapes recorded on the Sansui D-150M 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.

Compact Cassette
  • Digital Peak Level
  • Metal-Tape-Compatible
  • AMPS (Automatic Music Program Search)
  • Soft Touch Control

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.

Features of Sansui D-150M

Connectors
Connectivity
2 Mono Microphone Inputs Headphones
Display
Display
3-Digıt Mechanical Counter Digital Peak-Reading Meters
Cassette Exterior
Exterior
Silver Finish Orientation Left Front Loading
Compact Cassette
General
Stereo
Head Configuration
Head Configuration
2 Head Desiǥn 4 Track / 2 Channel
Indicators
Indicators
Metal Tape Record
Noise Resuction
Noise Reduction
Dolby-B Noise Reduction
Controls
Operation
Music Scan Soft Touch Transport Control
Preamplifier
Preamplifier
Individual Input Level Controls
Tape Speed
Speed
1⅞ ips - 4.76 cm/s
Tape
Tape
Normal Tape Capabilıty Manual Tape Type Selection Chrome Tape Capabilıty Metal Tape Capabilıty
Transport
Transport
Auto Shutoff Sìngle Capsŧan Transport Belt Drive (Capsŧan) Mechanical Tape Loading

Similar to Sansui D-150M from the period 1981 - 1983

1981 Sansui D-95M

D-95M

dot Dolby-B NR dot Manual Control dot Metal Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1982 Sansui D-770R

D-770R

dot Auto Reverse dot Dolby-C NR dot Full Logic Control dot Metal Tape dot Stereo
1982 Sansui D-55M

D-55M

dot Dolby-B NR dot Metal Tape dot Stereo
1981 Sansui D-350M

D-350M

dot Dolby-B NR dot Full Logic Control dot Metal Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1982 Sansui D-370

D-370

dot Dolby-C NR dot Full Logic Control dot Metal Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1980 Sansui SC-1300

SC-1300

dot Dolby-B NR dot Manual Control dot Metal Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1981 Alpage AL-40
Alpage

AL-40

dot Dolby-B NR dot Soft Touch Control dot Metal Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1982 Harman Kardon CD91
Harman / Kardon

CD91

dot Dolby-B NR dot Full Logic Control dot Metal Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1981 Blaupunkt XC-1400
Blaupunkt

XC-1400

dot Dolby-B NR dot Full Logic Control dot Metal Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1983 Akai CS-F12
Akai

CS-F12

dot Dolby-B NR dot Full Logic Control dot Metal Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1980 Akai HX-1
Akai

HX-1

dot Dolby-B NR dot Full Logic Control dot Metal Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1981 Aiwa AD-3100
Aiwa

AD-3100

dot Dolby-B NR dot Soft Touch Control dot Metal Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo