Tandberg 6041X (c. 1970–1971)
Not much is documented about the Tandberg 6041X as a model in its own right. In the period sources it doesn't show up as a separate product. It's the quarter-track configuration of Tandberg's flagship 6000X stereo tape deck. High Fidelity (December 1970, p.41) described the 6000X as a tape deck combining the transport with record/playback preamps, supplied in a walnut case. It listed two versions, the quarter-track 6041X and the half-track 6021X, at $499. A HiFI-Stereo equipment directory (1971, p.80) repeated the $499 price and confirmed the 6041X as the four-track model.
The same High Fidelity report noted a simplified sibling, the 3000X - a similar deck with fewer features - also offered in quarter- and half-track forms (3041X and 3021X). That puts the 6041X at the top of Tandberg's consumer reel-to-reel line in the 1970-71 period. Past price, track format and place in the lineup, the record is thin. No service literature, user manual or detailed test report specific to the 6041X name has surfaced in the usual archives, so transport details and full specifications remain undocumented.
Known from period sources:
- Quarter-track (4-track) stereo tape deck version of the Tandberg 6000X
- Price: $499
- Supplied in a walnut case
- Half-track counterpart: 6021X; simplified sibling: 3000X series (3041X quarter-track, 3021X half-track)
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