Sharp RT-100 + SA-11In the early part of the new millennium I set out to digitise my old tape collection. The project would demand a dedicated tape deck. In December 2003 a colleague put this old bookshelf system up for sale, and I nabbed it for all of 30€ (without the fluffy gorilla). ![]() It consisted of a Sharp RT-100 (RT-100HB) cassette deck, a Sharp SA-11 (SA-11HB) tuner/amplifier, and a pair of Sharp CP-155DB two-way speakers. The most interesting thing to mention about the set was its colour: Not black, not silver, and certainly not Marantz-style champagne/golden -- but a dated, wooden bookshelf kind of brown. I remember hooking it up in the office to test it later that same evening. It played loud and fine. There's little to be said about the cassette recorder: It was a simple mechanical deck with Dolby B, and it supported metal tapes. The DIN-socket for the line-out signal would require an adapter. The deck did what it was supposed to, and did so surprisingly well. Basic and functional. I certainly got my mileage out of it. ![]() User Manual (German) | Large views: back | inside The receiver/amplifier was even less remarkable: It had an FM/AM/MW radio, and the amplifier pumped out sound in a manner to be expected of a unit of its class and vintage. I had no immediate plans for it and ended up not using it for anything. ![]() User Manual (German) | Large views: back | top And so the set was stashed away in the attic until the great tape digitisation project that lasted from December 2007 to April 2009. ![]() Once the project was completed, the set went back into storage in the attic. ![]() In June 2013 it got hauled out again, only to be discarded along with a load of other gadgetry. The loudspeakers found a new home with another colleague. Thank you for your services. This page last updated: 09-12-2019
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