TWO SPEEDS! B-I-C introduces the two speed cassette deck-1 7/8 ips for compatibility, 3 3/4 ips for extraordinary performance.
Recording engineers recognize that the way to obtain more professional results is to increase the speed at which tape is moved past the heads.
Until now, all conventional cassette decks have recorded and played back at 1 7/8 inches per second only. The new BIC tape decks do this... superbly.
When used at 1 7/8 ips, they exceed virtually every existing performance spec. At 3 3/4 ips, they establish new standards.
This faster tape speed results in dramatic improvements in frequency response, dynamic range, signal-to-noise, and wow and flutter.
It also provides much quicker rewind and fast forward times, automatically at either speed.
As an example, consider the model T-3's 3 3/4 ips specs.
Performance unheard of in any other cassette deck.
Guaranteed frequency response of at least 25-22,000 hz± 3 dB. Wow and flutter less than .035% WRMS. Total harmonic distortion below 1.5%. Signal-to-noise ratio better than 67 dB (A-weighted). To achieve these new performance standards we used a fresh approach to the electronics. The result-a group of new circuitry concepts which we have named "Broadband Electronics." These circuitry concepts lower residual noise and distortion. They enhance frequency response and stereo imaging. And-most important, these improvements are audible at either speed on all B-I-C tape decks.
The result is sound that is cleaner and more detailed than you have ever heard from cassette tape.
There are three BIC cassette decks, from the "no frills" Model T-1 at under $300, to the 3-head, dual capstan T-3... all at prices you'd expect to pay for an ordinary one speed machine.
For a free 24-page brochure, see your BIC dealer or write B I C/Avnet, Westbury, N.Y. 11590. Twice the speed.
Twice the versatility.
Twice the performance.
THE NEW B-I-C TWO-SPEED CASSETTE DECK.
( Audio magazine, Dec. 1978)
Also see:
BIC Turntables (ad, Sept. 1974)
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