Sony TC-K555ESII Stereo Cassette Deck

This Sony TC-K555ESII is a stereo cassette deck with Dolby B and C noise reduction, it was first sold by Sony in 1984 with a manufacturer suggested retail price of USD $420 and discontinued a year later.

The main features of the Sony TC-K555ESII cassette deck are: 3 heads and off-tape monitoring, manual tape type selection and capable of handling normal, chrome, ferro-chrome and metal tapes, dual 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 Sony TC-K555ESII cassette deck are generic digital peak reading meters with peak hold for easy adjustment of optimum recording level. Full-logic transport controls used on the Sony TC-K555ESII let it respond to the slightest finger contact for fast and effortless transport function selection.

Dolby C-type used in the Sony TC-K555ESII provides 20 dB of noise reduction above about 1,000 Hz, fully doubling the amount given by B-type. The 19kHz multiplex pilot slgnal present in FM stereo broadcasts can cause false triggering of the noise reduction system. The switchable MPX filter of the TC-K555ESII filters out the pilot signal, and assuring proper Dolby processing of FM stereo programs.

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. All main transport commands can be issued remotely with a wired remote control.