Pioneer CT-S 610
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General
- Manufacturer: Pioneer
- Model: CT-S610
- Type: Single
- Years of manufacture: 1992-93
- Made in: Japan
- Color: Black, Champagne
- Remote control: no
- Power consumption: 21 watts
- Dimensions: 420 x 127.5 x 323 mm (W x H x D)
- Weight: 6.0 kg
- Original price approx.: 750,- DM
Connections
- Number of inputs: 3
Line (Input) = 100 mV/54 kOhm
- CD Synchro (2.5 mm jack)
- Pioneer System Bus (3.5 mm mono jack)
- Number of outputs: 3
Line (Output) = 500 mV/3.2 kOhm
- Pioneer System Bus (3.5 mm mono jack)
- Headphones = 3.4 mW (load impedance 8 Ohm, Phones Level control max.)
Technical data
- Audio heads: 3
- 1 x recording and 1 x playback combination head (hard permalloy), 1 x erasing head (ferrite-sendust)
- Motors: 3
- 1 x DC servo tone motor, 1 x DC coil motor, 1 x DC auxiliary motor
- Synchronous fluctuation: not more than 0.023% (RMS), not more than 0.056% (DIN)
- Band types: all
- Frequency response:
- Normal band 15 to 20000 Hz (at recording level -20dB).
Chrome band 15 to 20000 Hz (at recording level -20dB) Metal band 15 to 21000 Hz (at recording level -20dB) Distortion factor: < 0.6% (at -4 dB: 160 nWb/m)
- Signal-to-noise ratio: >60 dB
- for Dolby B: >70 dB (at 5 KHz),
- for Dolby C: >79 dB (at 5 KHz),
- Rewind time (C-60 band): 90 seconds
- Auto-Reverse: no
- Title search: ± 15 titles
- Dolby: yes, B + C + HX-Pro
- MPX filter: yes
- Fader: no
- Pitch control: no
- CD synchro recording: yes
Special Features
- Pioneer "Reference Master" drive
- Closed Loop Dual Capstan drive (2 tone shafts, 2 pressure rollers, closed circuit)
- Cassette Stabilizer
- Digital Tension Control (digital tape tension control)
- Vibration and resonance free construction (honeycomb housing)
- Automatic ejection (motor-driven opening/closing)
- Three-headed monitor automatic:coils of oxygen-free single crystal copper(PC-OCC)
- Super Auto BLE system (automatic band alignment)
- Dolby HX Pro System
- Dolby Type B and C
- Level meter with 2-mode peak level hold selection (Peak Hold)
- Level meter range selectable (wide/extended = meter range)
- Four-digit electronic tape counter with mode selection (Normal/Time)
- Automatic monitoring selection (band/program source)
- Display Off - Display Off
- Title search ( up to 15 titles forward or backward searchable)
- Tape Return / Return Play = zero rewind function / automatic playback start
- Recording mute function to create spaces between titles
- Tape type selection: automatic. Normal (Fe), Chrome, Metal
- Playback/recording timer start function
- Headphone jack adjustable,
- Repeat playback (up to 15x)
- System remote control compatible,
- Gold-plated RCA jacks and headphone jack
- Resonance feet
Remarks
- New in 1992 is the change of the level display from the old Philips standard to the DIN standard (IEC94). 0db on the display now corresponds to a bandwidth of 250nWb/m instead of 160nWb/m as before.
- Accordingly, the Dolby symbol is now 4db lower at -1db, instead of +3db as before.
- The Pioneer CT-S610 is largely identical in construction to the Pioneer CT-S 810 S, without Dolby S and smaller unit feet. The CT-S 610 is remotely controllable in the system bus of Pioneer.
- With the CT-S 810 S, it is the last cassette deck from Pioneer with left and vertically inserted drive.
- Previous model:
- Successor model:
Other models in the same series:
Reviews
- Stereo 5/1993: Very good, 2 stars, Stereo recommendation (together with Yamaha KX-670), " + : High-quality double-capstan drive with excellent synchronisation, uncoloured sound even with two-layer tapes, -: reproduction not particularly low-noise." (citation p.22)