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Teac
X-1000R
Teac
X-1000M
Teac X-1000
(1981 - 1985+)
Along
the ultimate X-2000
series, the X-1000 recorders were the penultimate consumer
reel-to-reel decks to be manufactured - although the format was
rapidly dying, these sold very very well.
Although
the R version is the most common, the M should be
the most desirable : M stands
for Master and that means half-track recording at 38cm/s. The S
version (more often named simply "1000") is an R
without auto-reverse but with type II
dbx ! All three available in silver or black, with or
without a wooden enclosure, and all weighing... too much !
The
dbx system allowed for a stunning
100dB s/n ratio and dynamic capabilities
which only CD could surpass - or so we were told ;-)
Darwinistic evolution oblige, all three are part of the elite of
open tape recorders... TEAC oblige, too.
The
X1000M was the last consumer reel-to-reel recorder to remain available,
with the X-2000M which outlived it by a few years.
Btw,
I own a NOS black X-1000RW :)
X-1000R
4-track autoreverse, 6 heads, dbx type 1
X-1000M
2-track with 2 & 4-track replay, 3 heads,
dbx type 1
X-1000
4-track, 3 heads, dbx type 2
Speeds
9,5 & 19cm/s: 1000R & 1000
19 & 38 cm/s: 1000M
X-1000RW
= 1000R + wood case
X-1000BL
= 1000 in black + wood case
TZ-650
= acryl transparent cover
RC-100
= wired RM (1000R)
RC-90
= wired RM (1000 & 1000M)
A
very informative Audiokarma thread.
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