Hi Guys,
I've been on the look out lately for another National/Panasonic RX series to join my RX-C45. I've always liked the feather touch, auto reverse Panasonic decks and found one in a National RX-C48F cheapy I found locally. This unit is fully functional but a little tatty with various marks etc on the top and front facia of the unit.
It has Dolby and TPS (blank section of tape search) which works quite well. The seller included 22 mix tapes in a crappy case as a 'bonus'
- the tapes are all cactus but they proved handy for testing purposes.
According to the included original Operating Instructions, it's a 15V, (10D cell) unit producing a quite reasonable 12.5W x 2 RMS. When you consider this unit is only slightly longer than my C45, it packs a reasonable punch considering its' size.
It's nice and bassy like the C45 but with the slightly larger drivers (up from 10cm to 12cm) and bigger amps, it certainly has more horsepower.
The deck has a quick response and isn't too noisy either.
Overall, it sounds good, isn't too heavy or too big and with the feather touch deck, feels a quality unit.
I haven't seen any mention of this model here at Boomboxery.com so I guess the old girl is official now!
James...
Size comparison with a C45:
I've been on the look out lately for another National/Panasonic RX series to join my RX-C45. I've always liked the feather touch, auto reverse Panasonic decks and found one in a National RX-C48F cheapy I found locally. This unit is fully functional but a little tatty with various marks etc on the top and front facia of the unit.
It has Dolby and TPS (blank section of tape search) which works quite well. The seller included 22 mix tapes in a crappy case as a 'bonus'
- the tapes are all cactus but they proved handy for testing purposes.According to the included original Operating Instructions, it's a 15V, (10D cell) unit producing a quite reasonable 12.5W x 2 RMS.
When you consider this unit is only slightly longer than my C45, it packs a reasonable punch considering its' size.It's nice and bassy like the C45 but with the slightly larger drivers (up from 10cm to 12cm) and bigger amps, it certainly has more horsepower.
The deck has a quick response and isn't too noisy either.
Overall, it sounds good, isn't too heavy or too big and with the feather touch deck, feels a quality unit.
I haven't seen any mention of this model here at Boomboxery.com so I guess the old girl is official now!
James...
Size comparison with a C45:
