Reviews

Tandberg TPA-3016A and TCA-3018A
Preamplifier and Power amplifier

Tandberg’s power amplifier, the 3016A, is a no-holds-barred design aimed at the demanding (and affluent) audiophile. Its unconventional circuitry and choice of internal components...
Tannoy Mercury m2
Speaker System

T annoy is one of the oldest companies in the audio industry, with over seventy years of experience in the design and manufacture of loudspeakers. Through its long history the Tannoy...
Teac C-3RX
Cassette Deck

The Teac C-3RX is a front-loading, three-head, two-motor cassette deck that includes both dbx and Dolby-B noise-reduction systems. Its tape transport operates under logic-controlled...
Teac V-5000
Cassette Deck

The new Teac V-5000 provides an unusually attractive combination of features and performance in a midprice cassette deck. Starting with a solid dual-capstan, three-head design, Dolby...
Teac X-1000R
Reel To Reel Recorder

The Teac X-1000R is a fully bidirectional open-reel recorder designed to use both conventional tapes and the newly introduced EE (“Extra Efficiency”) type on reel sizes up to 10-1/2...
Teac X-3
Reel To Reel Recorder

The Teac X-3 is a two-speed, quarter-track stereo open-reel deck with three motors, three heads, and a solenoid-con-trolled transport. Designed to operate at 7-1/2 and 3-3/4 ips, it...
Teac Z-6000
Cassette Deck

Built like the proverbial battleship, with a die-cast frame suggestive of a top open-reel recorder, the Teac Z-6000 cassette deck offers the serious cassette recordist nearly every...
Teac ZD-5000
CD-player

The Teac ZD-5000 compact disc player features a number of circuit and mechanical refinements not found in most CD players. The “ZD” in the model number stands for “zero distortion”...
Technics RS-B100
Cassette Deck

Aside from offering three noise-reduction systems (Dolby B, Dolby C, and dbx), three heads, and a dual-capstan transport, Technic’s RS-B100 includes some “hidden” features in...
Technics RS-B905
Cassette Deck

Dolby HX Pro headroom expansion, dbx and Dolby noise-reduction systems, separate record and playback heads, and a closed-loop, dualcapstan drive system are among the many attractions...
Technics RS-M234X
Cassette Deck

The Technics RS-M234X is a two-head, single-capstan cassette deck that incorporates all three major noise-reduction systems—Dolby-B, Dolby-C, and dbx—in an attractively priced “no...
Technics RS-M270X
Cassette Deck

The Technics RS-M270X is a two-head, two-motor cassette deck incorporating both the Dolby B and the dbx II noise-reduction systems. Its solenoid-operated tape transport is controlled...