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The Choice of Experts. This is the famous Sony Model 355 selected as a "best buy" by the nation's leading consumer reporting service.
Unprecedented Specifications & Features. Achieves true high-fidelity performance even at slower speeds: (20 - 22,000 Hz: 7 1/2 ips, 20-17,000 Hz a, 3 3/4 ips, 20-9,000 Hz: 1 7/8 ips). Three speeds, 4-track stereo and mono recording and playback, 7-inch reels, Automatic Sentinel Shut-off, two VU meters, stereo headphone jack, pause control, four-digit tape counter, record interlock, vertical or horizontal operation.
Instant Tape Threading & Vibration-Free Motor. Exclusive Sony Retractomatic pinch roller permits simple, one-hand tape threading. Automatic tape lifter protects heads from wear during fast-forward and reverse. Vibration-free motor is completely isolated from tape mechanism by exclusive Sony "floating" shock-absorber action.
Three Heads. Three-head design permits such professional features as tape/ source monitoring and sound-on-sound. Exclusive Sony circuit eliminates record-head magnetization build-up, the most common cause of tape hiss.
Noise-Suppressor Switch. Special filter eliminates undesirable hiss that may exist on older recorded tapes.
Scrape Flutter Filter. Special precision idler mechanism located between erase and record heads eliminates tape modulation distortion. Formerly found only on professional studio equipment.
Sony Model 355. Priced Cinder $229.50. For a free copy of our latest catalog, write to Mr. Phillps, Sony / Superscope, Inc., 8144 Vineland Avenue, Sun Valley, California 91352.
You never heard it so good.
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(High Fidelity)
Also see:
Sony / Superscope Model 630 Solid-State Stereo Tape System
Teac A-15000 tape deck (ad, Jan 1970)