Technics RS-916 Stereo Cassette Deck

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The Technics RS-916 is a stereo cassette deck with Dolby B and DBX noise reduction.

The main features of the Technics RS-916 cassette deck are: 2 heads, tape type selection with support for 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 Technics RS-916 cassette deck are generic digital peak reading meters. Soft-touch controls for fast and easy transport function selection of the Technics RS-916 cassette deck.

The Dolby-B system reduces tape hiss on tapes recorded on the Technics RS-916 by as much as 10 dB at the highest frequencies. Dbx Type II found in the RS-916 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.

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