JVC DD-9 cassette deck

Direct-Drive Cassette Deck. The Performance Approaching Open-Reel Quality

The JVC DD-9 is truly a deck worthy to be termed "professional", if there ever was one. Thanks to our own JVC-manufactured quartz-lock Pulse Servo motor, we've succeeded in practically eliminating wow/flutter; it's only 0,055% (DIN 45 500), the lowest figure ever achieved in a consumer cassette deck. This and other features help you get the highest level of performance - open-reel quality recording performance - from the compact cassette format.

Direct-Drive plus quartz-lock Pulse Servo motor equals (0,055% wow/flutter)

By linking our capstan directly to the motor shaft, we've eliminated all the linkages - belts, cams, pulleys, etc. - found in lesser decks that can create unwanted speed variations known as Wow and Flutter. The low-rpm motor, designed and manufactured by JVC, is used for capstan drive, it has completely eliminated tiny rotational fits and starts known as "cogging" that can audibly tarnish musical reproduction. A quartz-referred servo circuit has been added so that absolute speed accuracy is impeccable.

Computerized B.E.S.T. tuning system - the matchmaker

You can obtain flat response from 40 to 12,500 Hz with a tolerance of only ±1 dB, using just about any tape, all at the touch of a button. The built-in computer matches deck parameters - bias, equalization, and sensitivity - for each specific tape. Distortion and dynamic range are both optimized.

 

 Three-head design specially configured for B.E.S.T.

As you tune the deck to the tape, you can actually attest to the system's effectiveness, for the DD-9 has separate record and play heads (JVC X-cut SA combination Rec/Play heads), allowing you to monitor the tape while you're recording. You can also witness the unusually extended highs, for each head is given an optimized gap.

Dolby C-type noise reduction: Inaudible hiss and distortion free "hot" passages

The newest circuitry from Dolby Laboratories is incorporated in the DD-9 - Dolby C-type noise reduction. At high frequencies, noise (hiss) is reduced by an additional 10 dB (to a full 20 dB of noise reduction)

Two-colour digital fluorescent level meters with peak-hold function.

They are electronically accurate and have a peak-hold function so that instantaneous transients may be analysed for proper level setting during recording.

Other features:

Two-motor full-logic control transport

Touch input volume control

Convenient Memory and Auto Rewind functions

DC amps

Lockable timer standby

Output level control adjusts headphone level as well

Recording mute, Output level control, Optional remote control (R-50E)

 

Specifications

Type: Compact cassette tape deck, 2-channels stereo

Heads:

Record/Playback :  Combination X-Cut Sen-Alloy Head

Erase :  Two-Gap Sen-Alloy Head

Motors:  Quartz-Lock Pulse Servo Motor and DC Motor

Fast Forward / Rewind Time:  85 sec. (with C-60 cassette)

Frequency Response  (at -20 VU)

Metal Tape :  25 - 18,000 Hz (±3 dB) [40 - 12,500 Hz ±1 dB]

SA/Chrome Tape :  25 - 18,000 Hz (±3 dB) [40 - 12,500 Hz ±1 dB]

Normal Tape :  25 - 17,000 Hz (±3 dB) [40 - 12,500 Hz ±1 dB]

Frequency Response  (at 0 VU)

Metal Tape :  25 - 12,500 Hz (±3 dB)

SA/Chrome Tape :  25 - 8,000 Hz (±3 dB)

Signal-to-Noise Ratio:  60 dB (Metal)

Wow and Flutter:  0,055% (DIN 45 500)

Crosstalk:  65 dB (1 kHz)

Channel Separation:  40 dB (1 kHz)

Total Harmonic Distortion (0 VU, 1 kHz) :  1,0% (Metal)

T.H.D. K3 (0 VU, 1 kHz) :  0,4% (Metal)

Input Sensitivity/Impedance

Mic (x2) :  0,2 mV/600 - 10 k Ω

Line In (x2) :  80 mV/100 k Ω

Output Level/Impedance

Line Out (x2) :  0 -500 mV/5 k Ω

Headphone :  0 -0,6 mW (Matching Impedance 8 - 1 k Ω )

Power Supply:  120 / 220 / 240 V, 50/60 Hz

Power Consumption:  40 watts

Dimensions (W x H x D)):  450 x 110 x 325 mm

Weight:  8,4 kg