![]() Off to the side are three two-position switches: Play Mode (Normal or Special, for monitoring the deck that’s not using the main outputs), timer (Off/Record/Play), and noise reduction (On/Off). Up top there’s the usual LCD readout with buttons for counter reset, return to zero (one for each well), dimming the display (several levels), repeat, parallel record (record to both decks at once), and dub start (copy from one well to the other). ![]() The 202MKVII’s front panel has all the bells and whistles you’d expect from a top-notch cassette deck, though it omits some that might affect playback quality, such as automatic rewind. There’s a microphone input with a rotary gain control, and a headphone jack whose output is controlled with the same type of control. Aside from the two dampened transport doors with their eject buttons, each deck has stop, play, record, pause-record, record-mute, fast-forward, and rewind buttons. With nothing radical to see on the inside, I proceeded to replace the cover and peruse the front panel, which is decidedly more impressive. Both wells are belt driven, and the main logic board is labeled TEAC. Two-head mechanisms mean there is no monitoring of what’s being recorded, but that’s never been a feature of the 202. I, of course, opened the enclosure to check, and what I saw was neither scary (i.e., hugely cheap) or particularly impressive. TASCAM assures me the components used in the 202MKVII’s are new and manufactured to the company’s specifications.
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