Sansui D-705 (c. 1986)

Little is documented about the Sansui D-705. The most substantial record is a full bench test by Hirsch-Houck Laboratories in the December 1986 issue of HiFi/Stereo Review (p.80). From that report, the D-705 was a three-head cassette deck with separate record and playback heads and a dual-capstan transport. That was a serious late-1980s configuration, whatever its exact market position was.

The review's measurements are the most concrete facts on the deck. With both 120µs (normal) and 70µs (CrO₂) tape, the response curves matched at every measuring point from 31.5 Hz to 18 kHz. The level display was a twelve-segment-per-channel fluorescent peak-reading meter. The reviewer measured Dolby tracking error as negligible up to 16 kHz but more pronounced above that point (HiFi/Stereo Review, December 1986, p.82).

Compact cassette deck
Separate record and playback heads (three-head)
Dual-capstan transport
Twelve-segment-per-channel fluorescent peak-reading level meters
Measured response essentially identical on normal and CrO₂ tape, 31.5 Hz–18 kHz (Dec. 1986 review)

Beyond that review, almost nothing else is documented for the D-705. No production years, original price or family history have surfaced in the Archive's sources. A manual or period ad for this model would fill a real gap.