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Marantz SD-50 Cassette Deck black

SKU: 30401
Category: Audio technology
Manufacturers: Marantz

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Optischer Zustand (mehr Infos): Sehr gut 249,00 €

Gut 235,00 €

195,00 €

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Marantz SD-50 — Stereo cassette deck with Dolby B/C, HX Pro, bias control and music search

Focused on the essentials and easy to operate: the Marantz SD-50 combines playback and recording with practical features without burying the user in switches. A servo-controlled motor keeps the tape speed constant — the prerequisite for smooth, even tape travel. Finished in black and plainly styled, it blends into any system without drawing attention.

That makes the deck an uncomplicated everyday companion: listening to cassettes, taping radio programmes, recording your own compilations — everything works without a learning curve. If you just want to listen, you insert a tape and press play; if you record, all the important controls sit right on the front. An honest cassette deck for people who put function before prestige.

Highlights & Features:

DC servo controlled motor — the electronic speed regulation keeps the capstan speed constant for even tape travel.
Combination record/playback head plus separate erase head (2-head layout); tape guidance via one capstan shaft with one pinch roller (single capstan).
Dolby B and Dolby C audibly lower tape hiss (Dolby C considerably more than Dolby B); the switchable MPX filter keeps the FM pilot tone out of Dolby recordings.
Dolby HX Pro is not noise reduction — it continuously optimises the bias during recording for cleaner highs on tape.
Auto tape selector: detects the loaded tape type automatically.
Bias control for manual fine adjustment of the bias; rec balance and large rec level knob for channel balance and recording level.
QMS/AMS music search jumps to track beginnings; B-Skip skips blank passages, rec mute sets clean recording pauses.
Timer switch (Rec/Off/Play) for timed recording or playback with an external timer.
Fluorescent display with counter and level meters; counter functions reset, memo and M.call; headphone output with its own phone level control on the front.