Yamaha TC-800GL Natural Sound Stereo Cassette Deck

This Yamaha TC-800GL is a stereo cassette deck with Dolby B noise reduction, it was first sold by Yamaha in 1975 with a list price of USD $390 and discontinued 3 years later in 1978.

The main features of the Yamaha TC-800GL cassette deck are: 2 heads, mechanical 3 digit tape counter and memory stop, automatic tape type selection and capable of handling normal, chrome and ferro-chrome tapes with automatic equalization selection, belt driven single-capstan transport.

One of the few decks that have a wedge-shaped layout 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 Yamaha TC-800GL cassette deck are analog needle VU reading meters. Mechanical transport controls for reliable Yamaha TC-800GL transport function selection. Playback speed may be adjusted with pitch control.

The Dolby-B system reduces tape hiss on tapes recorded on the Yamaha TC-800GL by as much as 10 dB at the highest frequencies.

To make live recordings this deck has 2 microphone inputs to connect a microphone with a DIN 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.