Pioneer CT-S 610

Data

General

• Manufacturer: Pioneer
• Model: CT-S610
• Type: Single
• Years of manufacture: 1992-93
• Made in: Japan
• Color: Black, Champagne
• Remote control: no
• Power consumption: 21 watts
• Dimensions: 420 x 127.5 x 323 mm (W x H x D)
• Weight: 6.0 kg
• Original price approx.: 750,- DM

Connections

• Number of inputs: 3

Line (Input) = 100 mV/54 kOhm

• • CD Synchro (2.5 mm jack)
  • Pioneer System Bus (3.5 mm mono jack)

• Number of outputs: 3

Line (Output) = 500 mV/3.2 kOhm

• • Pioneer System Bus (3.5 mm mono jack)
  • Headphones = 3.4 mW (load impedance 8 Ohm, Phones Level control max.)

Technical data

• Audio heads: 3
  • 1 x recording and 1 x playback combination head (hard permalloy), 1 x erasing head (ferrite-sendust)
• Motors: 3
  • 1 x DC servo tone motor, 1 x DC coil motor, 1 x DC auxiliary motor
• Synchronous fluctuation: not more than 0.023% (RMS), not more than 0.056% (DIN)
• Band types: all
• Frequency response:
  • Normal band 15 to 20000 Hz (at recording level -20dB).

Chrome band 15 to 20000 Hz (at recording level -20dB) Metal band 15 to 21000 Hz (at recording level -20dB) Distortion factor: < 0.6% (at -4 dB: 160 nWb/m)

• Signal-to-noise ratio: >60 dB
  • for Dolby B: >70 dB (at 5 KHz),
  • for Dolby C: >79 dB (at 5 KHz),
• Rewind time (C-60 band): 90 seconds
• Auto-Reverse: no
• Title search: ± 15 titles
• Dolby: yes, B + C + HX-Pro
• MPX filter: yes
• Fader: no
• Pitch control: no
• CD synchro recording: yes

Special Features

• Pioneer "Reference Master" drive
• Closed Loop Dual Capstan drive (2 tone shafts, 2 pressure rollers, closed circuit)
• Cassette Stabilizer
• Digital Tension Control (digital tape tension control)
• Vibration and resonance free construction (honeycomb housing)
• Automatic ejection (motor-driven opening/closing)
• Three-headed monitor automatic:coils of oxygen-free single crystal copper(PC-OCC)
• Super Auto BLE system (automatic band alignment)
• Dolby HX Pro System
• Dolby Type B and C
• Level meter with 2-mode peak level hold selection (Peak Hold)
• Level meter range selectable (wide/extended = meter range)
• Four-digit electronic tape counter with mode selection (Normal/Time)
• Automatic monitoring selection (band/program source)
• Display Off - Display Off
• Title search ( up to 15 titles forward or backward searchable)
• Tape Return / Return Play = zero rewind function / automatic playback start
• Recording mute function to create spaces between titles
• Tape type selection: automatic. Normal (Fe), Chrome, Metal
• Playback/recording timer start function
• Headphone jack adjustable,
• Repeat playback (up to 15x)
• System remote control compatible,
• Gold-plated RCA jacks and headphone jack
• Resonance feet

Remarks

• New in 1992 is the change of the level display from the old Philips standard to the DIN standard (IEC94). 0db on the display now corresponds to a bandwidth of 250nWb/m instead of 160nWb/m as before.
• Accordingly, the Dolby symbol is now 4db lower at -1db, instead of +3db as before.
• The Pioneer CT-S610 is largely identical in construction to the Pioneer CT-S 810 S, without Dolby S and smaller unit feet. The CT-S 610 is remotely controllable in the system bus of Pioneer.
• With the CT-S 810 S, it is the last cassette deck from Pioneer with left and vertically inserted drive.

• Previous model:
  • Pioneer CT-676

• Successor model:
  • Pioneer CT-S 620

Other models in the same series:

• CT-S 210
• CT-S 310
• CT-S 410
• CT-S 510
• CT-S 610
• CT-S 710
• CT-S 810 S
• CT-S 910

Reviews

• Stereo 5/1993: Very good, 2 stars, Stereo recommendation (together with Yamaha KX-670), " + : High-quality double-capstan drive with excellent synchronisation, uncoloured sound even with two-layer tapes, -: reproduction not particularly low-noise." (citation p.22)

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