Technics RS-B106 Stereo Cassette Deck

The Technics RS-B106 is a stereo cassette deck with Dolby B noise reduction, it was introduced by Technics in 1986 and discontinued 2 years later in 1988.

The main features of the Technics RS-B106 cassette deck are: 2 heads, electronic tape counter with 3 digits, manual 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-B106 cassette deck are generic digital peak reading meters with multi-color indication to provide visual saturation level of tape. Soft-touch controls for fast and easy transport function selection of the Technics RS-B106 cassette deck.

The Dolby-B system reduces tape hiss on tapes recorded on the Technics RS-B106 by as much as 10 dB at the highest frequencies.

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.