Sony C-100
The C-100 designation shows up in more than one corner of the Sony catalog, and the archive can't yet pin down which one this page is about.
Overview
"Sony C-100" is not a single, unambiguous product. The designation has turned up on more than one kind of Sony gear over the years. The research file for this page came back empty - no manufacturer confirmation, no product type, no production years, no specs, no price, no reviews. Search results scatter across categories, and nothing ties the label to one device.
What the archive does have is a pile of period print advertising that mentions "C-100" - but as a cassette length, not a piece of hardware. Multiple bulk-tape mail-order ads from the era list a C-100 running time alongside C-10, C-46, C-62, C-80 and C-92. They price it at about 95 to 99 cents per tape, depending on the formulation. One ad, run by a Brooklyn tape supplier, priced the C-100 at 95¢ on the maxell line and 99¢ on BASF chrome. That's a tape length, not a Sony product, so no page gets built around it.
A separate period review does discuss a Sony microphone called the C-100. Pro-Sound (February 2018, p.33) covered it alongside the C-800G, noting the C-100's capsule design and a street price around $1,399. That's a real, citable mention of a Sony C-100. But it's a 2018 product, well outside this archive's pre-2000 remit, and the fact sheet gives none of the supporting detail needed for a proper entry. The archive won't pad a page around a single review fragment.
So this page is a placeholder. If you own a Sony C-100, whichever one it is, and can supply documentation (a manual, a spec sheet, a photo of the badge, a receipt), the archive wants to hear from you. Until then: identity unconfirmed, specs unknown, production years unknown, market unknown.
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