NAD 6130 Stereo Cassette Deck – Dolby B/C, Serviced, Japan

A mid-1980s NAD 6130 single-well cassette deck, made in Japan, with Dolby B and C noise reduction. It has been serviced on our bench and is in very good condition.

What it is

The 6130 is NAD doing what NAD did best in the eighties: leaving out the gimmicks and spending the money where you hear it. A hard permalloy record and playback head and a belt-driven flywheel transport give it steady, clean playback, and with both Dolby B and Dolby C on board it plays your old tapes the way they were recorded and makes quiet new ones. Dolby C gives roughly twice the noise reduction of Dolby B, which is the difference between tape hiss you stop noticing and tape hiss you never hear.

It is simple to live with. Push buttons select normal, chrome or metal tape, a multiplex filter keeps FM stereo pilot tones out of your off-air recordings, and peak-reading LED meters with a single large record-level control make it easy to set a clean level. Transport keys run record, play, rewind, fast-forward, stop and eject, and pause, and a three-digit counter with reset keeps your place.

At the back, attached input and output leads plug straight into the tape loop of your receiver or amplifier, to record from any source and play back through your system.

The service it has had

Every cassette deck we sell goes through our bench before it is listed:

And, as each deck requires:

Condition

Very good, and free of significant marks.

Honest NAD engineering, Dolby C and a serviced transport: a deck that just gets on with playing your tapes.

Available for pickup in Kanata, or shipped across Canada and internationally — we have sent equipment to fifteen countries in the past year, each piece packed in-house in 275 lb test double-wall boxes. Live shipping rates for your address are calculated at checkout. Backed by Radique Audio’s Bumper-to-Bumper Warranty and our Perpetual Trade-Back Program. Available for audition by appointment in Kanata.

NAD 6130 Stereo Cassette Deck Specifications

• Tape path, heads, capstan and pinch roller cleaned
• Controls and switches cleaned and deoxidized
• Every function tested: play, record, fast-forward, rewind, stop and eject, noise reduction and meters
• Post-service burn-in and sign-off
• Drive belts replaced
• Heads and tape path demagnetized
• Mechanism lubricated
• Tape speed and playback level adjusted
• Lamps replaced
• Type: two-head, single-well stereo cassette deck
• Service: serviced on our bench (see above)
• Track system: 4-track, 2-channel stereo
• Heads: hard permalloy record/playback, plus erase
• Transport: DC motor, belt drive to a flywheel
• Noise reduction: Dolby B and C
• Tape types: normal, chrome and metal, selected by push button
• Multiplex (MPX) filter
• Frequency response: 40 Hz – 15 kHz ±3 dB
• Wow and flutter: under 0.1% (JIS WRMS)
• Signal-to-noise ratio: 53 dB without Dolby, 63 dB with Dolby B, 73 dB with Dolby C
• Peak-reading LED level meters
• Three-digit tape counter with reset
• Connections: attached line input and output leads (RCA)
• Voltage: 120 V, 60 Hz, 16 W
• Made in Japan
• Dimensions: (Width x Height x Depth) 16.5 x 5.0 x 9.0 inches (420 x 127 x 229 mm)
• Weight: approx. 7.5 lbs (3.4 kg)

⚠️ Important Information for International Buyers

This unit is configured for North American 110/120V power. Buyers outside North America will require a step-down transformer and appropriate plug adapter.

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