For Sale: Vintage 1970's stereo cassette deck in extra nice condition. Made in Japan, heavy and high quality construction, easy access to drive and tape counter belts.
Heads and tape path just cleaned and demagnetized 9/2022. Play, FF, and Rewind all running strong. The analog VU meters both working well with good backlights. Tape counter is working. Sound quality is good with my SRV test tape and there is no hum, static, or distortion evident.
Here is video demoing the testing process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vEDJuMui0k
Pick up an STD today! Sank you, sanku very much. I'm here all evening ladies and gentlmen.
The Sankyo STD-1700 is a stereo cassette deck with Dolby B noise reduction, it was introduced by Sankyo in 1976 and discontinued 3 years later in 1979.
The main features of the Sankyo STD-1700 are: 2 heads, analog 3 digit tape counter, manual tape type selection with support for normal and chrome tapes, single capstan transport.
Typical front loading cassette deck with the cassette compartment located on the left side of the deck. Tape eject is operated mechanically and the cassette needs to be placed directly over the head block. Additionally the heads can be easily accessed for cleaning.
Level meters used on the STD-1700 are analog needle VU reading meters. Mechanical transport controls for reliable STD-1700 transport function selection.
The Dolby-B system reduces tape hiss on tapes recorded on the STD-1700 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 playback can be achieved by a RCA cable and recording from a source by a RCA cable.
Additional higher resolution photos available on request.
Send me your zip code and city for a shipping estimate- should be between approx. $10.99 and $19.99 if you are in the USA. (September 2022).
