Ultimately Marantz. Go For It.
Now, professional 3-head monitoring in a cassette deck.
Up to now you had to choose between a cassette deck for convenience. Or, reel-to-reel for professional recording features.
Now have it both ways in the Marantz 5030 cassette deck.
Here's how:
The Marantz 5030 has separate record and playback heads ... the same as reel-to-reel. This gives you an instant check of the quality of your recording as you record. And, like some of the most expensive reel-to-reel decks, the record and playback heads on the Model 5030 are super-hard perm alloy-a long-lasting metal alloy that gives better frequency response and signal to noise ratio than Ferrite material.
For precise azimuth alignment, both the playback/monitoring and record heads are set side-by-side within a single metal en closure. They can't go out of tracking alignment.
Complementing this outstanding "head technology" is Full-Process Dolby* Noise Reduction Circuitry. It not only functions during record and playback ... but during monitoring as well.
What drives the tape past the heads is every bit as important as the heads themselves. For this reason the Model 5030 has a DC-Servo Motor System. The steadiest, most accurate tape-transport method. Speed accuracy is superb, with Wow and Flutter below 0.08% (WRMS).
To adapt the Model 5030 to any of the three most popular tape formulations, press one of the three but tons marked "Tape EQ and BIAS”.
There are settings for standard Ferric-Oxide, Chromium Dioxide (CrO2) or Ferri-Chrome (FeCr) tape.
With Mic/Line Mixing, two sources can be recorded at the same time, combining line and microphone inputs. The Master Gain Control lets you increase or de crease the overall volume of the total mix.
What else could we pack into a front load cassette deck? More features. Like a 3-digit tape counter with memory function. Viscous Damped Vertical-load Cassette Door. Switchable Peak Limiter.
Fast-response LED Peak Indicators. 3" Extended-range Professional VU Meters. Locking Pause Control for momentary shut-off in record or play ... and Total Shut-off in all modes when the tape ends.
And, of course, the unbeatable Marantz 5030 is front loading. Easy to stack or fit on a shelf.
The styling is clean and bold. The sound is the truest recreation of what was put on tape. If you want the best-then do what you really want to do-go for it. Go for Marantz.
marantz --- We sound better.
*TM Dolby Labs, Inc. 1978 Marantz Co., Inc., a subsidiary of Superscope, Inc., 20525 Nordhoff St., Chatsworth, CA 91311.
Prices and models subject to change without notice. Consult the Yellow Pages for your nearest Marantz dealer.
(Audio magazine, Dec. 1977)
Also see:
Marantz 6300 direct-drive turntable (Feb. 1976)
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