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Model Year Heads F.R., ±3dB, Hz-kHz W&F, WRMS, % S/N, NR off, dB S/N, Best NR, dB NR & Bias Rec. Cal. Auto Reverse Tape Drive Capst. Drive Motors Meters Weight, kg Price, MSRP, USD Notes
A-350 1970 2
(F)		 40-15 0,13 50 58 B No No Open Belt 1 VU+ LED 1 5,3 330 Top loading
A-330 1971 2
(F)		 40-15 0,13 50   No No No Open Belt 1 VU+ LED 1 5,3 295 Top loading
A-250 1972 2
(F)		 30-15 0,15 50 58 B No No Open Belt 1 VU 4,5 280 Top loading
A-450 Challenger 1973 2
(F)		 30-15 0,07 50 60 B/FM No No Open Belt 1 VU+ LED 1 9,5 500 World's first Dolby FM;
Top loading
A-355 1973 2
(P)		 30-16 0,13 50 58 B No No Open Belt 1 VU+ LED 1 5,4 330 Top loading
A-360 1974 2
(F)		 30-16 0,07 50 58 B No No Open Belt 1 VU+ LED 1 7,5 380 Top loading
A-260 1974 2
(P)		 30-16 0,15 50 58 B No No Open Belt 1 VU+ LED 1 6,7 330 Top loading
A-460 1975 2
(F)		 30-16 0,06 57 67 B No No Open Belt 2 VU+ LED 1 10,0 430 Top loading
A-440 1975 2
(F)		 30-16 0,07 57 67 B No No Open Belt 2 VU+ LED 1 9,5 380 Top loading
A-430 1975 3
(F)		 40-15 0,07 55 65 B Auto No Open Belt 2 VU 8,4 500 World's first auto bias calibration
A-420 1975 2
(F)		 30-16 0,07 55 65 B No No Open Belt 2 VU 7,9 350  
A-860 Esoteric 1976 3
(F)		 31,5-18 0,04 60 80 B/D Manual No Closed Direct 3 VU 18,0 1 750 World's first dbx II;
Pitch control;
Rec. & play EQ calibration
AL-700 Esoteric 1976 3
(P)		 25-22 0,04 62 72 B No No Closed Direct 3 VU+ LED 1 20,0 1 100 Elcaset;
Discrete 3 head;
External dbx adaptor
PC-10 Esoteric 1976 2
(F)		 30-14 0,07 58 66 B No No Open Direct 2 VU 5,0 500 Portable
A-630 1976 2
(F)		 30-16 0,06 57 67 B No No Open Belt 2 VU 11,0 400  
A-470 1976 2
(F)		 40-15 0,07 55 65 B No No Open Belt 2 VU+ LED 1 8,6 320  
A-650 1977 2
(F)		 30-16 0,06 57 67 B No No Open Belt 2 VU 13,0 650  
A-640 1977 2
(F)		 30-16 0,06 57 67 B No No Open Belt 2 VU 11,0 600  
A-303 1977 2
(F)		 30-16 0,07 57 67 B No No Open Belt 1 VU 8,2 400  
C-1 1978 3
(F)		 30-18 0,04 60 70 B Manual No Closed Belt 3 VU 14,5 1 350 Reels Direct Drive; Pitch control; Plug-in Bias/EQ card; Rec. EQ calibration
A-800 / ff-80* 1978 3
(F)		 30-18 0,05 58 68 B No No Closed Belt 2 VU 13,8 725 *Japanese model
A-700 / ff-70* 1978 2
(F)		 30-16 0,05 57 67 B No No Open Belt 2 VU 13,0 550 *Japanese model
A-300 1978 3
(F)		 30-16 0,1 57 67 B No No Open Belt 1 VU 7,5 425  
A-601R 1978 2
(S)		 30-16 0,07 55 65 B No Yes Open Belt 1 VU 12,0 650  
C-1mkII 1979 3
(F)		 20-22 0,04 60 70 B Manual No Closed Belt 3 VU 14,5 1 350 Reels Direct Drive; Pitch control; Plug-in Bias/EQ card; Rec. EQ calibration
C-2 1979 3
(F)		 30-20 0,04 58 68 B Manual No Closed Belt 2 VU 12,5 1 000 Plug-in Bias/EQ card; Rec. EQ calibration
C-3 1979 3
(F)		 30-18 0,06 56 66 B Manual No Open* Belt 1 VU 10,0 600 *Tape Tension Servo System
CX-650R /
f-650R*		 1979 3**
(S)		 40-15 0,06 56 66 B No Yes Open Belt 2 VU 13,2 700 *Japanese model;
**2 erase heads
A-550RX /
f-550RX*		 1979 2
(S)		 30-17 0,05 56 86 B/D No No Open Belt 2 VU 10,0 550 *Japanese model
A-510 /
f-510*		 1979 2
(F)		 40-14 0,06 56 66 B No No Open Belt 2 FL 12 9,1 475 *Japanese model
A-500 /
f-500*		 1979 2
(F)		 40-14 0,06 56 66 B No No Open Belt 2 VU 9,1 425 *Japanese model
C-2X 1980 3
(F)		 20-22 0,04 59 69 B/HX Manual No Closed Belt 2 VU 12,0 1 050 Two speeds;
Plug-in Bias/EQ card;
Rec. EQ calibration
C-3X 1980 3
(F)		 20-20 0,05 59 69 B/HX Manual No Open* Belt 2 VU 9,0 650 Two speeds;
*Tape Tension Servo System
C-4X 1980 2
(CA)		 20-20 0,05 59 69 B No No Open* Belt 2 VU 9,0 550 Two speeds;
*Tape Tension Servo System; Japanese model
A-770 1980 3
(F)		 30-19 0,05 59 69 B No No Open Belt 2 VU 7,0 600  
A-660 /
ff-55*		 1980 2
(HP)		 30-19 0,05 59 69 B Manual No Open Belt 2 VU 6,8 360 *Japanese model
A-510mkII /
f-510mkII*		 1980 2
(S)		 30-20 0,045 56 66 B No No Open Belt 2 FL 12 9,1 475 *Japanese model
C-3RX 1981 3
(F)		 20-20 0,04 60 92 B/D Manual No Open* Belt 2 VU 9,5 690 *Tape Tension Servo System
V-1RX 1981 3
(HP)		 20-20 0,025 59 92 B/D Manual No Closed* Direct 3 VU 6,0 590 *Back-tension pin
V-3RX 1981 2
(CA)		 20-20 0,03 59 91 B/D No No Open Belt 3 VU 6,0 470  
V-5RX 1981 2
(HP)		 30-20 0,03 59 91 B/D No No Open Belt 3 VU 6,0 410  
V-7 1981 3
(F)		 30-20 0,04 60 70 B No No Open Belt 2 VU 7,0 430  
V-2RX 1982 3
(HP)		 20-19 0,035 59 92 B/D Manual No Closed* Belt 2 FL 14 7,0 520 *Back-tension pin;
Parametric equalizer
V-4RX 1982 2
(CA)		 20-19 0,035 59 92 B/D No No Open Belt 2 FL 14 7,0 430 Parametric equalizer
V-95RX /
V-R1*		 1982 3**
(HP)		 30-19 0,045 59 91 B/D No Yes Open Belt 3 LED 16 7,5 625 *Japanese model;
**2 erase heads
V-90R /
V-R2*		 1982 3**
(HP)		 30-19 0,045 59 69 B No Yes Open Belt 3 LED 16 6,8 490 *Japanese model;
**2 erase heads
V-80 1982 3
(HP)		 20-19 0,035 60 69 B No No Open Belt 2 FL 14 6,0 420  
V-70C 1982 2
(HP)		 20-19 0,035 59 74 B/C No No Open Belt 2 FL 14 6,0 390  
Z-7000 1983 3
(S/F)		 20-22 0,019 60 92 B/C/D Auto No Closed Direct 4 FL 30 17,9 1 800 3 DD;
Pitch control
Z-6000 1983 3
(S/F)		 20-22 0,019 60 92 B/C/D Manual No Closed Direct 4 FL 30 16,4 1 400 3 DD;
Pitch control;
Rec. EQ calibration
Z-5000 1983 3
(HP)		 25-21 0,025 60 92 B/C/D Manual No Closed Direct 3 FL 16 10,0 1 000 Rec. EQ calibration
V-900X 1983 3
(CA)		 30-21 0,028 60 92 B/C/D Auto No Closed* Direct 3 FL 16 7,5 725 *Back-tension pin
V-800X 1983 3
(HP)		 25-20 0,035 59 92 B/C/D Manual No Closed* Belt 3 FL 16 7,5 599 *Back-tension pin
V-700 1983 3
(HP)		 25-20 0,035 59 79 B/C Manual No Closed* Belt 3 FL 16 7,5 500 *Back-tension pin
V-909RX 1983 3*
(HP)		 20-18 0,045 59 91 B/C/D No Yes Open Belt 2 LED 15 7,0 650 *2 erase heads
V-707RX 1983 3*
(HP)		 20-18 0,045 59 91 B/D No Yes Open Belt 2 LED 12 6,5 500 *2 erase heads
R-999X 1984 4*
(CA)		 25-21 0,025 61 92 B/C/D Manual Yes Open Direct 6 LED 16 8,5 899 *2 erase heads;
4 DD
R-777X 1984 3*
(CA)		 30-20 0,03 60 91 B/C/D Manual Yes Open Direct 5 LED 16 8,0 650 *2 erase heads;
Twin DD
R-666X 1984 2
(HP)		 30-19 0,04 59 91 B/C/D No Yes Open Belt 3 LED 12 4,4 459  
R-555 1984 2
(HP)		 30-19 0,04 59 79 B/C No Yes Open Belt 3 LED 12 4,4 360  
V-530X 1984 2
(CA)		 30-20 0,04 59 90 B/C/D Manual No Open Belt 2 LED 12 4,3 350  
R-888X 1985 4*
(HP)		 25-20 0,029 60 92 B/C/D Auto Yes Open Belt 3 LED 16 6,0 700 *2 erase heads; Hysteresys Tension Servo Control System (HTSC)
V-850X 1985 3
(HP)		 25-20 0,03 60 92 B/C/D Auto No Closed* Belt 3 LED 16 5,8 580 *Back-tension pin
V-750 1985 3
(HP)		 25-20 0,03 60 80 B/C Manual No Closed* Belt 3 LED 12 5,5 469 *Back-tension pin
V-550X 1985 2
(HP)		 25-19 0,05 59 90 B/C/D Manual No Open Belt 2 FL 12 4,8 429  
R-606X 1985 2
(HP)		 20-18 0,05 59 90 B/C/D Manual Yes Open Belt 2 FL 12 5,0 480  
R-505 1985 2
(HP)		 20-18 0,05 59 75 B/C No Yes Open Belt 2 FL 12 5,0 380  
V-970X Esoteric 1987 3
(CA)		 25-20 0,025 60 92 B/C/D/H Manual No Closed Belt 3 FL 12 6,6 800 Discrete 3 head
V-870 1987 3
(CA)		 25-20 0,025 60 80 B/C/H Manual No Closed Belt 3 FL 12 5,9 710 Discrete 3 head;
Japanese model
V-770 1987 3
(HP)		 25-20 0,03 60 80 B/C/H Manual No Closed* Belt 2 FL 12 5,5 469 *Back-tension pin
V-670 1987 3
(HP)		 20-21 0,06 60 80 B/C/H Manual No Open Belt 2 FL 12 5,0 450  
R-919X Esoteric 1987 4*
(HP)		 25-20 0,03 60 92 B/C/D/H Manual Yes Open Belt 3 FL 12 5,9 830 *2 erase heads
R-616X 1987 3*
(HP)		 25-20 0,05 59 90 B/C/D Manual Yes Open Belt 2 FL 12 5,0 500 *2 erase heads
V-680 1989 3
(HP)		 20-21 0,045 60 80 B/C/H Manual No Open Belt 2 FL 12 5,8 449  
V-580 1989 2
(HP)		 25-20 0,045 59 74 B/C/H Manual No Open Belt 2 FL 12 4,0 349  
R-646X 1989 2
(HP)		 20-19 0,05 59 90 B/C/D/H Manual Yes Open Belt 2 FL 12 5,0 449  
R-545 1989 2
(HP)		 20-19 0,05 59 74 B/C/H Manual Yes Open Belt 2 FL 12 5,0 375  
V-10000 Esoteric 1990 3
(CA)		 25-21 0,025 60 84 B/C/S/H Manual No Closed Belt 3 FL 16 10,2 1 500 World's first Dolby S;
Any info about this model is welcome!
V-9000 Esoteric 1990 3
(CA)		 25-21 0,025 60 80 B/C/H Manual No Closed Belt 3 FL 16 10,2 1 050 210 kHz high bias; Hysteresys Tension Servo Control System (HTSC)
R-9000 Esoteric 1990 4*
(HP)		 25-21 0,03 60 80 B/C/H Manual Yes Open Belt 3 FL 16 10,2 1 200 *2 erase heads
V-7000 1990 3
(CA)		 15-21 0,022 60 80 B/C/H Manual No Closed Quartz Direct 4 FL 16 9,0 800 210 kHz high bias
V-5000 1990 3
(HP)		 15-21 0,027 60 80 B/C/H Manual No Closed Belt 4 FL 16 8,0 660 210 kHz high bias
V-3000 1990 3
(HP)		 15-21 0,045 60 80 B/C/H Manual No Open Belt 2 FL 16 6,9 500  
V-8000S 1991 3
(CA)		 15-21 0,022 60 84 B/C/S/H Manual No Closed Quartz Direct 4 FL 16 10,5 1 300 210 kHz high bias
V-7010 1992 3
(CA)		 15-21 0,022 60 80 B/C/H Manual No Closed Quartz Direct 4 FL 16 9,8 1 000 Copper-Plated Chassis
V-5010 1992 3
(CA)		 15-21 0,027 60 80 B/C/H Manual No Closed Belt 4 FL 16 8,0 800  
V-3010 1992 3
(CA)		 15-21 0,045 60 80 B/C/H Manual No Open Belt 2 FL 16 7,0 620  
V-1010 1992 3
(HP)		 15-21 0,045 60 80 B/C/H Manual No Open Belt 2 FL 16 4,8 450  
V-2020S 1993 3
(HP)		 15-21 0,045 60 84 B/C/S/H Manual No Open Belt 2 FL 16 5,0 650  
V-8030S 1994 3
(CA)		 15-21 0,022 60 84 B/C/S/H Manual No Closed Quartz Direct 4 FL 16 9,2 1 150  
V-6030S 1994 3
(CA)		 15-21 0,027 60 84 B/C/S/H Manual No Closed Belt 4 FL 16 8,5 950  
V-2030S 1994 3
(HP)		 15-21 0,045 60 84 B/C/S/H Manual No Open Belt 2 FL 16 5,0 650  
V-1030 1996 3
(HP)		 15-21 0,045 60 80 B/C/H Manual No Open Belt 2 FL 16 4,8 400  
V-1050 1998 3
(HP)		 15-21 0,045 60 80 B/C/H Manual No Open Belt 2 FL 16 4,3 400  
Tascam
Model Year Heads F.R., ±3dB, Hz-kHz W&F, WRMS, % S/N, NR off, dB S/N, Best NR, dB NR & Bias Rec. Cal. Auto Reverse Tape Drive Capst. Drive Motors Meters Weight, kg Price, MSRP, USD Notes
122 1980 3
(F)		 35-20 0,085 58 68 B/HX Manual No Open* Belt 2 VU 9,0 725 Pro.; *Tape Tension Servo System; Pitch control;
Two speeds; External dbx
122-B 1984 3
(F)		 35-20 0,085 58 68 B/HX Manual No Open* Belt 2 VU 10,0   Pro.; *Tape Tension Servo System; Pitch control;
Two speeds; Bal. in/out
112R 1986 4*
(P)		 25-20 0,03 60 80 B/C No Yes Open Belt 3 LED 12 4,8 860 Pro.; Hysteresis Tension Servo Sys.; Pitch control;
*2 erase heads
112-B 1986 2
(HP)		 25-19 0,04 59 79 B/C/H No No Open Belt 3 VU+ LED 1 6,1 850 Professional;
Balanced input/output;
Pitch control
112 1986 2
(HP)		 25-19 0,04 59 79 B/C/H No No Open Belt 3 VU+ LED 1 6,1 680 Professional;
Pitch control
103 1986 3
(HP)		 25-20 0,045 60 80 B/C/H Manual No Open Belt 2 FL 12 4,0   Professional
102 1986 2
(HP)		 25-20 0,045 60 80 B/C/H Manual No Open Belt 2 FL 12 4,0 400 Professional
122mkII 1987 3
(CA)		 25-20 0,04 59 78 B/C/H Manual No Open Direct 3 VU+ LED 1 7,7 1 100 Pro.; Hysteresis Tension Servo Sys.; Pitch ctrl; Bal. in/out; Discrete 3 head
122mkIII 1993 3
(CA)		 25-20 0,04 60 80 B/C/H Manual No Open Direct 3 VU+ LED 1 8,4 1 499 Professional;
Pitch control; Balanced in/out; Discrete 3 head
112RmkII 1993 4*
(P)		 25-19 0,04 60 80 B/C/H No Yes Open Belt 3 VU+ LED 1 8,7 1 245 Professional;
Pitch control;
*2 erase heads
112mkII 1993 2
(HP)		 25-19 0,04 59 79 B/C/H No No Open Belt 3 VU+ LED 1 8,4 1 200 Professional;
Pitch control
102mkII 1993 2
(HP)		 25-19 0,045 59 79 B/C/H No No Open Belt 2 FL 8 4,0 400 Professional
130 1998 3
(HP)		 15-21 0,04 58 80 B/C/H No No Open Belt 2 FL 16 5,0 540 Professional;
Pitch control

Last updated: January 27, 2021.

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