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DBX

The Tascam DX-8DS is a noise reduction system with DBX noise reduction, it was introduced by Tascam in 1986 with a recommended retail price of USD $1,250 and discontinued 5 years later in 1991.

The main DX-8DS features are.

Dbx Type II found in the DX-8DS 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.

Connection to other audio components for plaback can be achieved by a RCA cable and recording from a source by a RCA cable.

Historic events

1986 IEC (60094-7) standard on magnetic tape sound recording and reproducing systems
1987 Commodore announces the Amiga 2000 and 500 computers.
1988 Boeing 747-400's first flight
1989 Introduction of Hi8 video format, an improvement of Video8
1990 Release of Photoshop 1.0 for Macintosh computers by Adobe.
1991 Invention of the MP3 digital audio format

Features of Tascam DX-8DS

Connectors
Connectivity
RCA Input/Output Connectors
Noise Resuction
Noise Reduction
DBX Type II Noise Reduction

Similar to Tascam DX-8DS from the period 1986 - 1991