Victor Stereo Cassette Deck KD-A5 Cassette Deck Made in Japan Playback: Normal, plays cleanly. Fast forward/Rewind: Normal. Successfully rewound a 90-minute tape. Recording: Checked recording with both pre-recorded and blank cassette tapes; no problems. Recorded beautifully. Rotation speed is normal. No crackling in recording level. Victor's unique noise reduction system: ANRS recording and playback are normal. VU meter: Lamp is normal, operation is normal. Level meter: Normal. Counter: Normal. Source/Tape switching: Normal, lamp is normal. The condition is good for its age, but please check the photos and understand that this is a used item before purchasing. It was working without any problems. Appearance: Some rust and scratches. Please judge from the photos. Will be shipped quickly in a recycled cardboard box with air padding. Thank you. The tape in the photos is not included. Stereo cassette deck compatible with metal tapes. The record/playback head uses an SA (Sen-Alloy) head. The SA head has a joint structure where a Sen-Alloy chip is high-temperature bonded to the tape sliding surface of a 6-layer laminated permalloy core, offering numerous advantages in terms of core loss, gap accuracy, wear resistance, and corrosion resistance. The erase head uses an SA (Sen-Alloy) erase head. The mechanism section employs a new mechanism that further improves the conventional 2-motor ID mech + full logic control. This mechanism reduces the number of parts by 40% through integration, achieving stable operation and improved reliability. In addition, a mechanism has been developed to obtain a strong and stable back tension to maximize the performance of metal tapes, maintaining a constant head touch. The cassette door employs a pantograph gear oil damper mechanism, which opens horizontally and then tilts forward for easy removal. The amplifier section employs a high-linearity amplifier with a 0VU+20dB margin to extract the wide dynamic range of metal tapes and the characteristics of the SA head with high maximum magnetic flux density without loss.