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Old 18th Oct 2011, 2:53 pm   #17
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Default Re: History Of Philips EL33XX Series Cassette Recorder

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Originally Posted by jamesperrett View Post
The sound quality was much better than any of the other cheap portable recorders that I came across.
I agree completely. The 3302 was very well designed with a proper erase head and adjustable bias. The claimed frequency response was 80 - 10 kHz within 6 dB - not far off hi-fi decks in the early 1970's. I even modified one of mine slightly to give a more extended frequency response to 13 kHz (measured).

Compare this with, say, a Sony TCM-939 (the only cassette recorder currently available from Argos) which has a permanent magnet for erasure and a claimed frequency response of 150 - 8 kHz (no db limits).

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