The Pioneer CT-W606DR dual-well cassette deck is not willing to let the digital revolution pass it by. Just slightly more expensive than a standard analog recorder, it uses Pioneer's unique digital signal processing to greatly enhance the signal to noise ratio for recording as well as playback. By converting the analog signal to digital with a 20-bit converter, no analog noise is introduced from the record or replay circuitry. This results in cleaner analog tape recordings. Both transports have auto-reverse, although only one side is capable of recording, and they both have Dolby B and C noise reduction and Dolby HX Pro. Automatic tape selection enhances sonic performance. The relay feature allows for hours of uninterrupted playback. The music search is available for up to 15 tracks. Included in the long list of convenience features are headphone outputs, CD Syncho start, and full logic controls to protect tapes from transport damage.
I love tapes for the convinience and relativily good sound and have ca. 200pcs.
When i bought my stereo I replaced my faulty Pioneer CT6060 wich in classic style have good mechanics and a giant flywheel.
The CT-W606DR does a fine jobb of cleaning up the sound on old tapes (+20 years old) and have nice features for optimizing of recording with BLE XD and Dolby B/C.
Before this new tapedeck I used to sample songs to the PC and clean it up with Cool Edit and make AAC and MP3 of them but now they sound perfectly right in realtime!
Strength
Digital filtering, features, convinience.
Cheap.
Weakness
No remote, no lighting of cassetewell, most plastic.
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4.50 out of 5
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Written By
platypus(Unregistered User)
Date Created
04/30/2002
Summary
Warning: Pioneer tape decks are neither durable nor reliable - I have 2 dead ones including CTW60RS similar to this. I wouldn''t buy another Pioneer product with moving parts.
Strength
Worked fine till it died
Weakness
Quit recording on one side.
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3.00 out of 5
after 2 votes
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Written By
Shashi (Unregistered User)
Date Created
02/14/2002
Summary
I bought this tape deck because it had good features like the 20 bit D/A converter and all the nice features one would normally look for in a cassette player. Another factor being that I had bought a Pioneer PDF-1009 CD player so I thought I could use its remote control with the tape deck. To my disappointment, it turned out that the cassette player has a control-in wire which works with Pioneer receiver and is incompatible with Kenwood receiver so had to return it.
Strength
Clear sound, good features
Weakness
Can be remote-controlled only with Pioneer receivers!!! Noisy operation.
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2.00 out of 5
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Written By
Mark Eberle(Unregistered User)
From
Bend, Oregon
Date Created
03/31/2001
Summary
I recently purchased both the Pioneer CT-W606DR and the Sony TC-WA7ESA with the plan of keeping the one I liked best. I expected the more expensive Sony would be the keeper, but to my surprise the Pioneer sounded much better, even with its digital features turned off. Kudos to Crutchfield for a liberal return policy. They will be getting back the Sony soon.
Strength
The Pioneer has great sound and convenient features. Its controls are easy to operate. It is considerably less expensive than the Sony TC-WA7ESA.
Weakness
The Pioneer has two motors instead of the Sony's four, and lacks Dolby S. However, its superior sound quality outweighs these differences.
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5.00 out of 5
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Written By
W.A. Looker(Unregistered User)
From
Oklahoma City,OK 73109
Date Created
02/18/2001
Summary
I am an unabashed Pioneer Pusher and this unit was as good as I could find in this area. freq. response is about as good as it gets and after all It Is A Pioneer.
Strength
loads of features excellant fit with all the other pioneer components in my system elite [vsx26tx reciever,cld-d504 laserdisc player and pd-f906 cdplayer]with the new at .great dubbing capabilitiesand plenty of noise reduction features.this unit sounds great on playback and has been trouble free for over 2 years.
Weakness
none
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4.67 out of 5
after 3 votes
4.18 of 5
