From Stereo (Germany) 1982, man I wish I could read this, maybe I'll install the app one of these days. It looks like the Marantz CD-330 (PMD-360 USA) is the bargain unit!
Superscope by Marantz CD-330, not as large as the Technics or JVC, maybe 3/4 of the size? Peter Vis does a nice write-up, he claims the Sony TC-152sd is better sounding, that's ok, this is still a good-looking unit and built more stoutly. While the case is plastic, it's thicker than a typical boombox and feels beefy. These are packed full of electronics and can be very intimidating for the novice repairer, it seems like whomever gets one needs to at least change out the rubber. https://www.petervis.com/Cassette_Tape_Recorders/Marantz_CD-330/Marantz_CD-330.html
Like I've said many times before, I'm in it for the design and Sony was all over it back then. I bet walking into the corporate store was a whole new experience, we need to find some photos!
Hello it's a Technics RS-262DU https://audio-heritage.jp/TECHNICS/player/rs-262du.html in the attached photo and where it is written in green in red it should be the headphones used
Okay I have this from Marantz PMD 340 what can you tell me about it? Top Front Input Rca input The bottom says it has Dolby. Open the battery cover and there's a cord inside and it looks like it can fit 4D batteries in there and that's all I know. I don't know when I got this. Finally it weighs 7.2 lb because I know you're going to ask me how much it weighs LOL. Edit. I don't know if it works or anything else about it. It's been on my shelf for quite some time.
If you haven't looked at the long Superscope, Marantz, Unix Thread, there is some info in there. I own most of the marantz/Superscope Portables, luckily I was a buyer when they were $10-30 dollars. I just pulled down my PMD 360 to look it over, the biggest difference is yours doesn't have a Dolby Switch on the front panel where it looks like a switch is missing. Otherwise it's a larger chunky portable aimed for professional recorders. Yours might be kind of an oddball, I don't see information on it, maybe they were in a fight with Dolby? The models all have similar cases with different features. These seem to be the popular since they're always for sale but condition can run across the board, some were beat on and some were babied. You can see these are really thick plastic but the gold panels seem to take a beating more than anything else. Feature rich with three heads, tape monitoring and three-way power, they were priced to sell at a price point lower then comparitable Sony's. Mono versions are also plentiful, most on-the-street interviews were mono. I guess the guitar guys have been driving the price up on those after they convert them to reverb machines. Now that I have one on my desk, I want to rebelt it, but I remember I was in one a few years ago and it's packed solid with electronics. Peter Vis says it's easy to change the rubber but I don't know if I got that far on mine. After these "bricks" came out, the PMD-430 and similar models came out with around a 40% size reduction but still had a mostly common case. https://www.petervis.com/Cassette_Tape_Recorders/Marantz_CD-330/Marantz_CD-330.html
I just took the pictures. I didn't check them. That was a fuzzy picture of the front of this PMD 340, Yes it does have a big old Dolby switch. Here is another view of the bottom side of the switches so you can hopefully read what it does going. Either direction up or down or whatever. Not fuzzy. Yay
The PMD 360 has a MONITOR Switch for either tape or source where your Dolby Switch is. I wonder what the price difference is and why you wouldn't want to monitor with three heads? I'll have to ask my buddy.
The Nagras were, of course, the KING of field recorders. Nothing else even comes close. BUT....they were prohibitively expensive, being at least several thousand dollars. The best field recorder for home users was undoubtedly the Sony Walkman WM-D6C stereo cassette recorder. Dolby C noise reduction, metal tape capable, and 0.04% wow & flutter.
Well I have two of the d6c one which works and the other one need fixing. Then I also have two d6 models, neither which work correctly as the latch needs repair on both of them and out of three of those I have the box to them one d6c does not have the box to it.
What are the serial #s of your units? I am specifically trying to find the point of serial #s at which the PCB went from -11 (Dolby chip CX20068) to -12 (Dolby chip CX20218), the point where they went from "pointy" Japan head to "rounded" 35711 head, the point where the PCB color changed, AND the exact point at which the Dolby sticker went from white (silver) to black.
Maybe this evening I'll get out all of my units and rather than posting a zillion pictures trying to point out what is what I'll just make a video and then let you pick and choose.
Thanks, I'm sure that will help. One problem, however, is that the Dolby chip change (and PCB update from -11 to -12) would only be visible if you looked inside at the circuit board. Pictures of THAT would be invaluable to us stereo2goers!!
