Tascam 80-8

Data

General

• Manufacturer: Tascam / Teac
• Model: 80-8
• Type: Reel-to-reel tape recorder
• Years of manufacture: 1975 - 1982
• Made in: Japan
• Color: Silver / Black, wooden sides
• Original price approx:
  • Tascam 80-8: 800,000 yen (Japan, 1978), about DM 12,000.
  • Tascam 80-8 with external DBX: 1'000'000 Yen (Japan, 1978), about 15'000 DM

Specification:

• TAPE: 1/2 inch
• WIDTH: 8-track
• FORMAT: 8-channel
• REEL SIZE: 10-1/2" maximum, NAB hub only
• TAPE SPEED: 15 ips
• LINE INPUT: -10dB (0.3V) Impedance: >20 kOhms, unbalanced, -10 dB (0.3V) Load impedance: >10 kOhms, unbalanced
• RECORD LEVEL CALIBRATION: 0 VU referenced to 3 dB above 185 nWb1m of tape flux, adjustable
• SPEED ACCURACY: 20.5% deviation from 15 ips
• WOW and FLUTTER: 0.04% RMS (NAB), weighted, 20.06 peak (ANSI), weighted, Measured with flutter test tape.
• STARTING TIME: less than 0.5 sec.
• FAST WIND TIME: 120 sec. for 2400 ft. of tape
• OVERALL FREQUENCY RESPONSE, SYNC: 40 Hz - 18 kHz, +-3 dB
• SIGNAL to NOISE: 65 dB weighted, 60 dB unweighted, (22.4 Hz ~ 22.4 kHz), referenced to 3% T.H.D. level (10 dB above 0 VU) at 400 Hz
• DISTORTION: 1 % at 400 Hz, 0 VU
• T.H.D. overall: 3% at 10 dB above 0 VU
• CROSSTALK: Greater than 45 dB at 400 Hz
• ERASURE: Greater than 65 dB at 1 kHz, +l0 VU reference
• POWER REQ.: 117V, 60 Hz, 200 W (U.S.A. Model) /220V, 50-60 Hz, 200 W (Europe Model) /240V, 50-60 Hz, 200 W (U.K./Australia Model)
• DIMENSIONS overall: 17-1/2" (W) x 21" (H) x 12" (D) [445 (W) x 535 (H) x 305 (D) mm]
• WEIGHT: 17 Ibs. [35kg]

Technical specifications

Remarks

• Other models in the same series:
• Teac tape machines:
• Teac A-2300SX
• Teac A-2340SX
• Teac A-3300SX
• Teac A-3340S
• Teac A-4300SX
• Teac A-6100
• Teac A-6300
• Teac A-7300
• Teac A-7300-2T
• Teac A-7300 RX

• Tascam Tape Machines
• Tascam 80-8

Pictures

• Extract from brochure: Tascam 80-8

• Excerpt from brochure: Tascam 80-8