Stereo-8 Recorder/Player. RK-890A
Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New York (NY)
- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New York (NY)
- Year
- 1972
- Category
- Sound/Video Recorder and/or Player
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 339499
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- alternative name: Wholesale Radio
An example of a "Stereo-8".
The back side of the example of a "Stereo-8.
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Transistors
- 16
- Main principle
- Audio-Amplification
- Wave bands
- - without
- Details
- Special Tape or Cassette-Format
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 117/220 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- - For headphones or amp.
- Material
- Metal case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Stereo-8 Recorder/Player. RK-890A - Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New
- Shape
- Book-shelf unit.
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 12 x 3.75 x 9.125 inch / 305 x 95 x 232 mm
- Notes
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One of the few Stereo-8 recorders-players. It is equipped with the controls compatible with the system which is obviously different from the cassette that we know as "Stereo Seven". A switch allows to choose between: Repeat, Continuous, Eject after track 1, 2, 3 or 4. Five buttons control eject, record, stop, play and fast forward. The Stereo-8 is a tape on which 4 stereo tracks are recorded which can be selected with a special button. The read head is positioned on the selected trace via a relay.
The input for two microphones is in front of the device.
This device has only a preamplifier, then it has a stereo output for an external amplifier,which is positioned on the back of the cabinet, together with an AUX input.
Input sensitivity: Microphone 1 mV; AUX 100 mV.
Frequency response: 30 - 12,000 Hz.
Tape speed: 4.75 cm/sec.16 Transistors, 13 Diodes, listed one per type and not all.
- Price in first year of sale
- 129.95 USD
- Mentioned in
- Radio Elettronica, Etas Kompass. November 1974.
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Lafayette Radio Catalog (1972, Catalog 720, page 103, "NEW 129.95...RK-890A")
- Author
- Model page created by Pier Antonio Aluffi. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
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Here you find 1379 models, 1198 with images and 424 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New York (NY)
Collections
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