TASCAM CC222MKII Combo CD/Tape Recorder/Player

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Bi-directional cassette mechanism. ±12% pitch control on cassette deck. Uses professional and consumer CD-R and CD-RW discs.

The TASCAM CC-222 was the world's first combination CD-RW/pro-quality cassette deck to allow recording from sources as varied as CD players & digital multitracks to even vinyl. The TASCAM CC-222 mkII includes a number of enhancements including a digital attenuation control on the analog inputs, and 24-bit digital converters on the CD. The CC-222 mkII records to pro/data or music/audio CD-Rs & CD-RWs. Its I/Os include optical and coaxial digital, as well as RCA (analog) for Line, Phono and Tape signals. That's right, RIAA phono inputs for recording vinyl LPs straight to CD or cassette! The CD-RW also features selectable Fade IN/OUT and allows SCMS free recording capabilities. The cassette deck features auto reverse, a +/-12% pitch control and more. You can easily duplicate material from cassette tape to CD or from a CD to cassette tape. The CC-222 mkII includes a wireless remote.

Features
Uses professional and consumer CD-R and CD-RW discs

Bi-directional cassette mechanism

Dolby B noise reduction

±12% pitch control on cassette deck

RTZ (Return to Zero) function

RIAA phono input for direction connection of turntables

S/PDIF digital coax and optical digital I/O for CD recorder

Unbalanced RCA analog I/O for CD recorder

Unbalanced RCA analog I/O for cassette recorder

RC-222 wireless remote included

3u rack-mount design

Headphone output with level control

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 323-726-0303
Web: https://tascam.com/us/support/contact

Submitted April 18, 2005

"Good all around deck"

Overall: 4 out of 5 stars
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Sound
I have tried the LP to cdrw and is a little flat but clear sound stage. From cd to casstte or visa versa it does a great job in sound quality. I play the cd's on the nad 521 or Merdian throught BW 803 or BW-804 with Macintosh 352 or parasound HCA-3500 amplifier XLR input's. It does quite well in recordig details of background sounds and top end is never harsh. I wish I had more volume level around 50dB per channel. So it will be at good sound level. It is a far cry from my computer CDRW deck that I use to record from but not ant more. I use Synergistic research model revolution reference XLR's and Alpha sterling models to get best performance out of the CDRW/cassette combo deck. I am using all inputs from LP(Thorens 126MKIII),cassette (Nakimichi Dragon, CD-player NAD 521. I like the feature of stand alone and phono stage hookup.

Musical Background:

audio-file

Musical Style:

rock,county,jazz,blue,classical
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