Fostex Multitracker Recorder/Mixer model 160

Foster Electric Co. Ltd. (Fostex); Tokyo

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  • Year
  • 1987
  • Category
  • Audio Amplifier or -mixer
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 303518
    • alternative name: Fostex Company

 Technical Specifications

  • Main principle
  • Audio-Amplification
  • Wave bands
  • - without
  • Details
  • Cassette-Recorder or -Player
  • Power type and voltage
  • Direct Current supply (DC) / 12-15 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • - For headphones or amp.
  • Material
  • Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Fostex Multitracker Recorder/Mixer model 160 - Foster Electric Co. Ltd.
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, low profile (big size).
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 295 x 80 x 390 mm / 11.6 x 3.1 x 15.4 inch
  • Notes

  • System - single cassette deck
    Motors - DC Servo
    Head - 1x4 channel erase (Ferrite) 1x4 channel record/play (Permalloy)
    Normal speed - 3-3/4ips
    Pitch control - +/-15% of normal speed
    Recording time - 15 minutes for C-60 tape
    Record track - 4 track, one direction (special format)
    Record/Playback - 4 channels with Dolby NR-C (encode/decode switchable)
    Wow and flutter - +/- 0.1% peak (IEC/ANSI weighted) measured with flutter test tape
    Frequency Response -
      Mixer section - MIC-20Hz-18kHz
      Line - 20Hz-20kHz
      Recording section - 40Hz-14kHz at 0 VU
    T.H.D. - 0.05% at 1kHz,  Recording section  2.0% at 1kHz, 0dB level
    S/N - Mic- 75dB weighted, 73dB unweighted Line - 82dB weighted, 80dB unweighted
    Crosstalk - Mixer section - 60dB at 1kHz, recording section - 40dB at 1kHz
    Erasure - 70dB at 1kHz
    Equaliser - 150kHz +/-15dB, 10kHz +/- 15dB

     

    Supplied with a 120, 220 or 240 volt AC power adaptor.

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 3.5 kg / 7 lb 11.3 oz (7.709 lb)
  • Mentioned in
  • - - Manufacturers Literature (Owner's manual dated May 1987)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Bartosz Szwed. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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