The award winning Arcam Delta 100 from 1992 was the first British designed and manufactured cassette deck to incorporate the then new Dolby S-type noise reduction system. The Delta 100 feature audiophile grade electronics, State-of-the-art Dolby S noise reduction plus Dolby B & C NR systems also included. The deck is built around a Denon sourced 3 heads, 3 motor Dual capstan tape drive. The Delta 100 features automatically controlled source-tape monitoring while for recording it has built in oscillators with variable bias/record calibration controls. The LED easy to read level meters are vertically placed while the deck has a fluorescent real time tape counter. Both can be switched off during playback. Original sale price was £850 but only around 720 units were ever built. The CR200 System Remote Control was supplied as standard with the Delta 100. (Wow and flutter 0.04% wrms | Frequency response 20Hz-20kHz +/-3dB | Dimensions 430*124*340 mm | 8kg | A&R Cambridge)
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