Carver TDR-1550
Not much information survives on the Carver TDR-1550. The archive holds no manual and no full editorial review. The model shows up mainly in short equipment listings in HiFI-Stereo (February 1997, p.67; 1998, p.57). Those listings, from 1997 and 1998, describe an auto-reverse cassette deck with a serious feature set.
As listed, the deck has Dolby B and C with HX Pro, a PC-OCC coil metal-alloy record/play head, a double-gap ferrite erase head, and auto-reverse. The front panel carried a headphone jack with its own volume control, L/R record-level controls, an auto tape-bias selector, timer standby, and fluorescent level meters. A remote control was included. One listing adds a Dynamic Detection Recording Processor, a 4-digit fluorescent linear counter switchable to peak display, and two-tape sequential play. Rated performance was 40 Hz - 18 kHz frequency response on high-bias tape, 73 dB S/N on metal, and 0.06% wrms wow-and-flutter. It measured 19 × 5½ × 12½ inches and weighed 12 lb.
The listed price is inconsistent across issues - $599 in one, $200 in another - and no further documentation has surfaced to settle it.
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