TEAC R-435X Cassette Deck

The TEAC R-435X is a stereo cassette deck with Dolby B and C and DBX noise reduction, it was introduced by TEAC in 1986 and discontinued 2 years later in 1988.

The features of the R-435X include, manual tape type selection with support for normal, chrome and metal tapes.

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 TEAC R-435X cassette deck are generic digital peak reading meters.

Dolby C-type used in the TEAC R-435X provides 20 dB of noise reduction above about 1,000 Hz, fully doubling the amount given by B-type. Dbx Type II found in the R-435X 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.

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.