Sony TTS-6000
(october 1977 - 1979)

Smaller version of the TTS-8000 but "younger" by more than a year so... the TTS-6000 is a lighter albeit upgraded version of the TTS-8000 : the X-Tal Lock and Magnedisc magnetic stripe systems are there but not the possibility to alter the pitch with controls.

Mainly : the signal-to-noise is improved by 3dB. However, the resistance to load characteristics are slightly less impressive.

Bar the front flap/lid for the pitch/X-Tal controls and the reversed engraving on the platter's rim, the rest is the same : Sony's staple BSL (brushless & slotless) motor, the Quartz-locked direct-drive and electronic braking.

The frame of the 6000 itself is like that of the 8000 : made of non-resonant SBMC compound.
Stock on the TTS-8000, the OL-2KA oil-filled mat was only optional on the TTS-6000 and could be ordered for 130¥.

Made to fit in the Sony TB-2000 or TB-1000 bases for a top notch and low-Q LP replay system. Add in a PUA-7, PUA-1600L or even PUA-9 and the lil' Rega (however cute) can go take a break.

The TTS-6000 was not exported outside Japan, not even like the few samples of the TTS-8000 that subrepticiously made it to the UK.