Tesla B43-A

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4 track tape recorder mono / stereo, with track overdubbing functions

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General

  • Manufacturer: TESLA
  • Model: B 43A
  • Year of manufacture: ca.1968
  • Manufactured in: ČSSR
  • Color: grey
  • Remote control: none
  • Power consumption: 49 W
  • Dimensions: 385 x 350 x 170 mm
  • Weight: approx. 11 kg
  • New price approx:


Connections

  • Number of outputs:
    • DIN 5 headphones 2V/100kOhm

DIN 5 Radio ~0,4V/10kOhm

    • DIN loudspeaker external 4V/4Ohm
  • Number of inputs:
    • DIN 5 2x Microphone Stereo 2mV/10kOhm
    • DIN 5 Phono 200mV/1MOhm
    • DIN 5 Radio 2mV/10kOhm

Technical Data

  • max. coil diameter: 147mm
  • drive: external rotor motor (like Pabst), primary belt to step pulley, friction drive to flywheel and bobbin plate
  • heads: combi head, erasing head
  • Tracks: 4 mono
  • Tape speeds: 19.05, 9.53, 4.76, cm/s.
  • Slip:
  • Synchronization variations: at 19.05 = +/-0.15%, at 9.53 = +/-0.2%, at 4.76 = +/-0.3%.
  • Pitch fluctuations:
  • Overall frequency response: at 19.05 = 40Hz - 18kHz, at 9.53 = 50Hz - 15kHz, at 4.76 = 60Hz - 8kHz.
  • Signal-to-noise ratio:
  • Spurious Ratio:
  • Distortion ratio:
  • Equalization:
  • Crosstalk attenuation:
  • Cancellation attenuation
  • Premagnetization and cancellation frequency: approx.70kHz

Special Features

  • n.a.

Remarks[edit]

Other models of the same series:B4, B41,B46, B47

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