Teac A-550RX

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General

  • Manufacturer:Teac
  • Model: A-550 RX with DBX
  • Type: Cassette Tape Deck
  • Years of manufacture: 1979 - 1981
  • Made in: Japan
  • Color: Silver
  • Remote control: yes, RC-90
  • Power consumption: 36 W
  • Dimensions: 440 x 145 x 345 mm (WxHxD)
  • Weight: 9.5 kg
  • Original price approx.: 63'000 Yen (Japan, 1978), 1'298 DM

Option remote control RC-90: 10'500 Yen, 170 DM

    • Option 19" rack handles AH-20: 3'500 Yen, 50 DM


Connections

  • Number of inputs:
    • Line In: 275 mV / -9 dB / 50 kOhm (RCA).

Line In DIN: 13.8 mV / 10 kOhm

    • Microphone: 1.1 mV / -57 dB / 10 kOhm (6.35 mm jack)
  • Number of outputs:
    • Line Out: 436 mV / 50 kOhm (Cinch)

Line Out DIN: 30 mV, 50 kOhm

    • Headphones: 4 mW, max. 8 Ohm


Technical Data

  • System: 4-track, 2-channel stereo
  • Audio heads: 2
    • Recording / Playback: 1
  • Erase: 1
  • Motor: 1, DC-Servo
  • Synchronisation fluctuations: < 0.07 % (WRMS)
  • Tape types: I, II, IV
  • Frequency response:
    • Normal: 30 - 16'000 Hz, ± 3 dB
    • Chrome: 30 - 18'000 Hz, ± 3 dB

Metal: 30 - 19'000 Hz, ± 3 dB

  • Distortion factor: 2.2
  • Signal-to-noise ratio:
    • Dolby Off: 56 dB (1 kHz)
    • Dolby B On: 66 dB above 5 kHz

DBX: 80 dB

  • Premagnetization and erase frequency: 100 kHz
  • Rewind time: 90 seconds for C-60 cassette


Special Features

  • Equalization and premagnetization adjustable


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  • Excerpt from US advertisement: Teac A-550 RX

Teac A-550 RX-Werbung-1979.jpg


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