Sony TC-164 SD

Data

General

• Manufacturer: Sony
• Model: TC-164 SD

Type: Portable Cassette Tape Deck

• Years of manufacture: 1976 - 1981
• Made in: Japan
• Color: Black
• Original price approx.: 1'899 DM

Technical data

• Data at "The Vintage Knob": [[1]]

Remarks

• Other models in the same series:
• Sony TC-122
• Sony TC-127
• Sony TC-134 SD
• Sony TC-153 SD
• Sony TC-164 SD
• Sony TC-204 SD
• Sony TC-229 SD

Pictures

• Extract from brochure: Sony TC-164 SD

Reviews

• The TC-164 SD was Sony's best portable unit.
• The size was about the same as a UHER Report 4000 series tape recorder about 40 cm wide.
• It was best suited for both outdoor and hi-fi use
• It is similar to its little brother TC 158 SD, except for the other instruments
• Peak instead of VU meter, better tone heads and the pitch control
• Recording quality was almost equal to a sound board
• Most home cassette decks of the time sounded worse
• Features:
  • Mains, battery operation (4 x mono cells) and external 6 volt connection.
  • Microphone (jack) and line inputs and outputs (Cinch & DIN!), with limiter possible if required

Quartz-controlled direct drive, absorbs even extreme shocks, shaking movements or cobblestones

• • Speed control +/- 5% only possible during playback
  • 2 round peak meters (illuminable)
  • Dolby B
  • Tape types iron oxide, chrome and ferrochrome with 3-fold bias switch
  • control speaker (mono, moderate sound), stereo via headphones (excellent sound)
  • 2 sound heads, one of them S&F head
  • No rear band control possible