View Full Version : Mystery Tape Deck #2


twintwelve1484
02-11-2005, 12:06 PM
Someone else had a mystery tape deck a week or two ago...

Anyone sharp enough to know what this is?

Vintage TX
02-11-2005, 12:08 PM
Pioneer ? :scratch2:

Unican_Eric
02-11-2005, 12:39 PM
Radio Shack??

dshoaf
02-11-2005, 12:42 PM
due to the flourscent bar meters. Judging by the few knobs/switches, it would be near the bottom of the line, too.

twintwelve1484
02-11-2005, 01:39 PM
No correct answers yet...

RuSsMaN
02-11-2005, 01:42 PM
Small boat anchor?

twintwelve1484
02-11-2005, 01:45 PM
Small boat anchor?

Not heavy enough. Unless you mean literally....an anchor for a small boat. Very small.

gonzothegreat
02-11-2005, 01:53 PM
I'll guess Sanyo or possibly Sankyo. I think I've seen Teacs that look similar but its been awhile...

twintwelve1484
02-11-2005, 03:37 PM
another view...

NoTransistors
02-11-2005, 04:38 PM
I had an Akai with a beveled glass door, but you did ask "Anyone sharp enough?" So another guess is Sharp.

Tony75
02-11-2005, 04:40 PM
How about a Toshiba or a Hitachi?
From some of the angles it looks a fairly cheap deck with that perspex cover over things, but cheap decks generally did not have lighted wells.
Maybe an ETC brand, they made OEM for a lot of brands in this country that did not produce audio equipment after the tariffs were removed on imported gear (such as AWA, Kriesler)
Tony

surfdoc37
02-11-2005, 04:46 PM
No I'm going to go back to the Pioneer. This looks nearly IDENTICAL to my first deck, a Pioneer purchased around 1982 from Best in CA. Same meters, switches, dials, etc. If not branded Pioneer it looks like a deck made by them but branded for someone else.

twintwelve1484
02-11-2005, 04:52 PM
Well, kids, I'll give.

It's a ProjectONE FLD-4050. The only thing that's recognizable to me as being anyone's is the flouroscan display, which is EXACTLY like that of the Luxman K-118 that I used to own.

So it could be that whoever made Luxman decks made this.

jwrags
02-11-2005, 04:56 PM
Onkyo, judging by the way the display glass is screwed on.

John

axel
02-11-2005, 05:16 PM
twintwelve1484,
same first thought I had - Luxman K5A...
It ain't Luxman but the parts, design, dimensions used are exactly similar as a K5A...

RocknRoll
02-11-2005, 05:17 PM
I was gonna say Onkyo or Project One because the first deck was an oddball Concept and I have a Project one and they look alot like Pioneer made these.

bordeno
02-11-2005, 09:05 PM
Stab in the dark, but ...... Akai

Michael Scarpit
02-13-2005, 08:54 PM
Someone else had a mystery tape deck a week or two ago...

Anyone sharp enough to know what this is?

TEAC?