TEAC - A-550RX Cassette recorder-player

Very good sounding professional Teac with button controlled quick acces. And DBX systems
Build like a tank. Very well engineered.
The whole power supply had a re-cap.
Also the Dolby circuit is repaired and works fine again.

Plays and spins very good.
New capstan belt installed.
Heads demagnetized and cleaned.
Head is as very good
Speed and azimuth checked correct.
Records sounds excellent
All levels checked.

Little Signs of use on top only.
Pictures are also description.

Carefully insured shipped

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