Teac A-550RX

Data

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

Remarks

• Other models in the same series:
• Teac A-550RX
• Teac A-660
• Teac A-770
• Teac CX-350
• Teac CX-400
• Teac CX-650R

Pictures

• Excerpt from US advertisement: Teac A-550 RX