Yamaha TC-800 Natural Sound Stereo Cassette Deck

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This Yamaha TC-800 is a stereo cassette deck with Dolby B noise reduction, it was first sold by Yamaha in 1975 and discontinued 4 years later in 1979.

The TC-800 is equipped with, tape type selection and capable of handling normal, chrome and ferro-chrome tapes.

Typical of this deck is the 70's top loading layout. 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 Yamaha TC-800 by as much as 10 dB at the highest frequencies.

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Historic events

1975 TDK unveiled its SA (Super Avilyn) line of tapes, the first nonchrome high-bias tape.

1976 Introduction of Teletext, a European television information that can be seen as a predecessor of the World Wide Web.

1977 The Atari 2600 home video game console released by Atari, Inc.

1978 Introduction of the laserdisc player, using technology invented already in the 1960s

1979 Introduction of the Australian made Fairlight Computer Musical Instrument, the first polyphonic digital sampling synthesiser.

Yamaha TC-800 Natural Sound Stereo Cassette Deck

This Yamaha TC-800 is a stereo cassette deck with Dolby B noise reduction, it was first sold by Yamaha in 1975 and discontinued 4 years later in 1979.

Historic events

Features of Yamaha TC-800

Similar to Yamaha TC-800 from the period 1975 - 1979