Sony TC-K700ES
(1986 - 1988)

First of the new series of ES cassette recorders, with a long line of perfected siblings to come - all very successful.

Separated and twin-mono record and play boards, LC-OFC Laser Amorphous heads, closed-Loop dual capstan with Quartz-locked DD drive, separate compartments for the drive, control and audio sections, all the bells & whistles of 1980s decks, dual Dolby IC and a power transformer worthy of a powerful integrated amplifier.

73dB of signal-to-noise ratio, 20Hz...20kHz frequency response within 3dB and 8,5kg on the balance. All this -and more- made for a worldwide bestseller... like all of Sony's top recorders, whether old (TC-K8B, TC-FX7, TC-K88B) or newer (TC-K777, TC-K777ES, TC-K990ES, TC-K555ESJ, TC-KA7ES) - never forget that Sony's first successes came from tape products and it remained so for more than 40 years, in both professional and consumer fields !