"The Chameleon" aka Teac V-9

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As we talked about the Teac V-9, here is it !
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Picture from the net to show the original box.

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The white & orange look makes it really cool, like it or not, it doesn't looks like any other decks.
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A mid range 2 header with common features and some very unique, such as :
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The multi-colored vu meters using incandescent light bulbs instead of leds (white leds didn't existed back then I suppose).
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The mic inputs and the headphone jack are covered by this nice "V-9" shaped dust cover.
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The rec level faders are coupled with slipping blades, a very ingenious system that makes easy to adjust the main recording level without messing the balance (try that on a Nakamichi 480).
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It's the first Teac cassette deck that features a motorized cam driven mechanism.
Smooth and quiet, no more clunky solenoids.
The same layout was used in several other Teac's in the 80's and 90's.
 
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