Alpage AL-110 Stereo Cassette Tape Deck

This Alpage AL-110 is a stereo cassette deck with Dolby B noise reduction, it was first sold by Alpage in 1979 and discontinued 2 years later in 1981.

The main features of the Alpage AL-110 are: 2 heads, digital tape counter with 3 digits, manual tape type selection and capable of handling normal, chrome, ferro-chrome and metal tapes, belt driven single-capstan transport.

Typical front loading cassette deck with the cassette compartiment located on the left side of the deck. Tape eject is operated mechanically and the cassette needs to be placed with the side to be played facing forward in the cassette well.

Level meters used on the AL-110 are generic digital peak reading meters. Full-logic transport controls used on the AL-110 let it respond to the slightest finger contact for fast and effortless transport function selection.

The Dolby-B system reduces tape hiss on tapes recorded on the AL-110 by as much as 10 dB at the highest frequencies.

To make live recordings this deck has 2 microphone inputs to connect microphones with a jack connector. For undisturbed listening a jack connector for a pair of stereo headphones is supplied. Connection to other audio components for plaback can be achieved by a RCA cable and recording from a source by a RCA cable.

• Metal Tape Selector
• IC Logic Control