Sanyo MR-800 (c. 1967)
Not much is documented about the Sanyo MR-800. Nearly everything known comes from one period ad in Studio-Sound (September 1967, p.6). The ad showed the MR 800 as part of a new range of hi-fi equipment that Sanyo claimed would put the user in the world class. It called the model a 4-track, 3-speed stereo/mono tape deck.
What that advertisement specifies:
- Type: 4-track, 3-speed stereo/mono tape deck
- Tape speeds: 7½ ips (19 cm/s), 3¾ ips (9.5 cm/s), 1⅞ ips (4.75 cm/s)
- Erase rate: listed as less than 65 dB
That is all there is. No service manual, review, original price, production run or circuit details have surfaced. The part of the ad listing dimensions is truncated in the available scan. The MR-800 appears to have been part of Sanyo's late-1960s push into hi-fi tape equipment, but how long it was sold or what it cost is not documented. If you own one or have spotted it in a Sanyo catalog, the Archive would welcome the correction.
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