Instead of talking about a cassette deck with 3 heads we make one.

The RS-279-US. It has an HPFTM monitor head. So every recording you make will be as sharp and clean as it should be. That's recording insurance. The kind of insurance that great specs alone can't give. Only a monitor head can.

The monitor is more important in cassette than it ever was in reel-to-reel. Because the cassette can drag or jam without warning. And it's prone to recording overload. Which can ruin a potentially great recording if it isn't detected.

The RS-279US also has many other desirable design and convenience features. Like a dual motor system. With a DC motor for the reel table-drive and our exclusive direct drive DC motor for the capstan. Adjustable Dolby*. Switchable bias for CrO2 tapes. Solenoid operated function controls. Locking pause. Memory rewind. And Auto-Stop.

And the specs are just what you'd expect from a deck with those credentials. The signal-to-noise ratio is better than 59dB. Frequency response is from 20-16,000 Hz. And wow and flutter are less than 0.10% .

The RS-279US has the hallmarks of a great cassette deck. Plus one that puts it ahead of other decks. Our patented HPF monitor head.

The concept is simple. The execution is precise. The performance is outstanding.

The name is Technics.

*Dolby is a trademark of Dolby Laboratories Inc

200 PARK AVE., NEW YORK, N.Y. 10017. FOR YOUR NEAREST AUTHORIZED TECHNICS DEALER, CALL TOLL FREE 800 447-4700. IN ILLINOIS, 800 322-4400.

Technics by Panasonic

(Audio magazine, May 1974)

Also see:

Technics SA-5400X 4-channel receiver (Oct. 1973)

Technics SL- series direct-drive turntables (Mar. 1977)

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