Wollensak 8075A
Surviving documentation on the Wollensak 8075A is thin. The period reviews that cover this deck call it the Wollensak Model 8075 - a stereo 8-track cartridge record/playback deck in a wood case. Whether the "A" suffix marked a running change isn't recorded.
Here is what the reviews establish. The deck had built-in Dolby noise-reduction circuits, switchable to decode external Dolby-encoded material. A front-panel "FM decode" position let the Dolby circuits handle Dolby-encoded FM broadcasts (or tapes fed from another machine) rather than ordinary recording-level monitoring. The level controls were slider-type. The front panel measured 19¾ by 5 inches, and the chassis was about 9¼ inches deep.
High Fidelity (September 1974, p.61) tested the 8075 and measured left-channel playback response at +4/-3 dB from 30 Hz to 10 kHz. It also found that the meters reached 0 VU (Dolby level) about 5 dB below standard test-tape 0 VU, similar to cassette-deck metering of the era (p.62). HiFI-Stereo (May 1974, p.24) listed it as a new product and played up the Dolby circuitry. No production years, original price, or fuller specification sheet appear to have survived.
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