Sanyo N-33 (Circa 1981)
Little is documented about the Sanyo N-33. All that survives is a single brief mention in High Fidelity (October 1981, p.51). It called the N-33 a new "Super D" noise reducer in Sanyo's Plus Series, expected to retail for $300. It had either/or encode/decode mode selection, with line/mike mixing in recording. So it was a tape noise-reduction unit that switched between encoding and decoding duty rather than doing both at once.
That column looks like the whole contemporary record. No service manual, further reviews, or production details have turned up in the sources consulted here. The same short news item also mentioned a model N-55, presumably a companion in the Plus Series, but no specs for it survive either. If you have an N-33, a manual, or a catalog page that shows it, the Archive would welcome the correction.
Known details:
- Type: Super D tape noise-reduction unit (encode/decode)
- Mode selection: either/or encode/decode, with line/mike mixing in recording
- Expected retail price: $300
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