Pioneer has transformed the cassette deck into a component that gives you a new dimension of control over it and the quality of the sound it records and plays. We've done it through a concept we call High Fidelity for Humans.
Electronic and mechanical engineering innovations make Pioneer's new CT-9R a pleasure to listen to.
To start with, Pioneer's engineers have developed a new material for the record and play heads on the CT-9R Cassette Deck. It's called RIBBON SENDUST and it's made with laminations 4 to 5 times thinner than conventional Sendust heads. This virtually eliminates eddy currents that interfere with high frequency response. It also provides a significant improvement in signal-to-noise ratio with extended high frequency response; plus a 3- to 5-dB increase in undistorted headroom at high frequencies. With metal tape the frequency response is an extra-wide 20 Hertz to 22k Hertz. The CT-9R's tape transport system is an incredibly precise dual capstan system with three direct drive motors. The result is an infinitesimal wow and flutter of 0.03%.
More importantly these features allowed our engineers to equip our CT-9R Cassette Deck with a super intelligence: a microprocessor that automatically adjusts bias, level and equalization to maximize the performance of the tape you're using. And this same microprocessor technology makes it possible for the Pioneer CT-9R to offer you an exclusive combination of human engineering features.
Human engineering makes Pioneer's CT-9R a pleasure to live with.
Anyone who records on tape knows how frustrating it is to run out of tape before running out of music. That's why the CT-9R has a Real Time Counter with a digital display to show you how much recording time is left on your tape. Press a button and the same display turns into a Digital Tape Counter.
There's also a Blank Search feature that speeds through a partly recorded tape to find the unrecorded section and even leaves a five-second margin between the last song and what you intend to record.
To find your favorite song, on a recorded tape, touch Index Scan and the CT-9R will play the first five seconds of each piece of music on the tape. To repeat a song, simply press Music Repeat and listen. The Pioneer CT-9R will even play both sides of a cassette automatically. And the Music Search control automatically plays the beginning of the next song on the tape. There's even an optional remote control.
Now if you think all this sounds too good to be true, visit your nearby Pioneer dealer. You can see and hear the CT-9R for yourself, as well as an entire line of new Pioneer cassette decks. And then if you're wondering why we don't give you less features for the money like others seem to do, it's because we consider that inhuman.
Music Repeat: Lets you play your favorite song, or aria, over and over and over.
Index Scan: Plays first five seconds of each piece of music on tape to make cassettes as easy to preview as records.
Auto Reverse: Plays both sides of tape without interruption so you don't have to jump up to flip the cassette.
Real Time Counter: Digital display tells you how much time is left on tape in minutes and seconds without need for a calculator watch.
Ribbon Sendust Heads: Pioneer's exclusive tape head material provides superb signal to-noise ratio.
Advanced Microprocessor: Automatically determines precise bias, Dolby calibration level and record equalization for each tape.
Three DD Motor Tape Transport: Three direct drive motors provide exceptional record and play accuracy.
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(Source: Audio magazine, Sept. 1981)
Also see:
Pioneer CT-F1250 and RT-909 tape decks (Aug. 1980)
Pioneer electronics (ad, May 1974)
Pioneer electronics "State-of-the-Art" (ad, Aug. 1981)
Pioneer PL-510 turntable (ad, May 1977)
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