This is a very interesting cassette tape recorder. This unit was manufactured in 1991, the year the Soviet Union collapsed. By 1991, most cassette recorders looked somewhat more "modern" and had much worse build quality in general (more cheap plastic mechanics, DC bias galore, you name it). But this is a quality Russian recorder. Built with quality. Metal mechanics, AC bias, AC erase, and very clear, crisp full sound quality with very good frequency response. A very well-designed machine. This also has a very attractive feature of not only having the standard speed of 1 7/8 IPS, but also a half-speed, 15/16 IPS speed setting. Unfortunately, it does not change the equalization for the slower speed, so the sound quality is more muffled. Also, for some reason, it does not play at as loud a volume as I would have expected for a recorder of this type, even though I have replaced several leaky electrolytic capacitors.

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Overall, this is an excellent tape recorder. Auto level control. Also, there is a monitor switch by the built-in condenser mike to hear the sound being recorded. It also disables the built-in microphone to disallow feedback.

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On the side view, you will see the speed switch, with "2" for 2.4 cm/sec (half speed) and "4" for 4.8 cm/sec.

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This unit can run off of six 'C' size cells.