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Dolby B NR 3 Head

This TEAC A-850 is a stereo cassette deck with Dolby B noise reduction, it was first sold by TEAC in 1976 with a list price of USD $580.

The main features of the TEAC A-850 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 TEAC A-850 by as much as 10 dB at the highest frequencies.

Compact Cassette

Historic events

1976 Elcaset audio format introduced by Sony as an improvement to compact cassettes.

Features of TEAC A-850

Electronics
Electronics
Record Protection
Cassette Exterior
Exterior
Front Loading
Compact Cassette
General
Stereo
Head Configuration
Head Configuration
4 Track / 2 Channel 3 Head Desiǥn
Noise Resuction
Noise Reduction
Dolby-B Noise Reduction
Power
Power Requirements
Alternating Current
Tape Speed
Speed
1⅞ ips - 4.76 cm/s
Tape
Tape
Normal Tape Capabilıty Chrome Tape Capabilıty Ferro-Chrome Tape Capabilıty
Transport
Transport
Belt Drive (Capsŧan) Mechanical Tape Loading Auto Stop

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