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[Reli]

The Sony CFD-S401 boombox is soft-touch, and it's being sold today

 

[beansmaynard]

There are lots of decks with soft touch/feather touch controls. Some you just feel that switch, no soft touch even needed. AKAI GXC 570D, 535D etc.


This is when solenoids, levers, cams, motors and more moving parts come to the picture and make it very complex.
I have many decks with soft touch controls in my collection, even high end Nakamichi and all.
Once it fails, to repair those are never easy.

Over the years they might have developed more efficient mechanisms and I'm not doubting it.

All from my own experience!

I think we're talking about modern cassette decks and mechs being produced today, Soft touch controls are not that common these days.

 

[beansmaynard]

The Sony CFD-S401 boombox is soft-touch, and it's being sold today

That was a weird one and a lot of people don't talk about it. It was a pretty average boombox really, but it has features that most modern stuff doesn't have. Japan only I believe.

 

[Superduper]

Look no further! The TEAC W-1200 has soft touch controls...you don't just need to look at Boomboxes. They just need to buy one and copy the design and/or contact the company that makes them...Perhaps even consult TEAC!

Copy the design? RCA/GE did exactly that with the tanashin design decks and got their ass sued to heck.