JVC V-11 (c. 1983)
Little is documented about the JVC V-11 under that exact name. The one solid period reference is a survey of JVC's cassette-deck line (High Fidelity, September 1983, p.46). It lists the deck as the KD-V11 at $140 - the least expensive model in a range running up to the $800 DD-V9. The same survey noted (September 1983, p.46) that all but JVC's bottom models carried both Dolby B and C noise reduction, and that all but the two least expensive decks were bidirectional. The V-11 was the entry model, so it appears to have been a straightforward single-direction transport without Dolby C. A basic budget deck, in other words, with the extra features left to the step-up models.
No test report, service manual, or separate spec sheet has surfaced, so the rest of the record is unconfirmed.
- Type: budget cassette deck (listed as KD-V11 in period press)
- Price when new: $140 (1983)
- Noise reduction: lacked Dolby C (higher models had B and C)
- Transport: single-direction (not bidirectional)
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