Teac
X-2000R
Introduced 1984$2,000 MSRP
Teac's flagship consumer open-reel deck with six heads, true auto-reverse recording and switchable dbx noise reduction. One of the last and most refined Japanese consumer machines; serviced examples are increasingly collectible.
MSRP
$2,000
Used market · Very Good
$2,550
+28% vs MSRP
as of Sep 1, 2026MSRP to used market
From $2,000 at launch to $2,550 today.
Specifications
- Heads
- 6: 2 Cobalt Amorphous record heads, 2 Cobalt Amorphous playback heads, 2 ferrite erase heads
- Motors
- 3: 1 FG servo DC capstan motor, 2 slotless DC reel motors
- Weight
- 21 kg
- Dimensions
- 432 × 456 × 268 mm
- Speeds
- 3.75/7.5 ips
- Tape speeds
- 19 cm/s (7½ ips) and 9.5 cm/s (3¾ ips)
- Track format
- 4-track (quarter-track) stereo, bidirectional record/play
- Wow and flutter
- 0.03% WRMS at 19 cm/s; 0.04% WRMS at 9.5 cm/s
- Max reel size
- 10.5"
- Maximum reel size
- 10.5-inch (Type 26/No. 10) reel
- Frequency response
- 30 Hz–40 kHz overall at 19 cm/s (40 Hz–33 kHz ±3 dB at -20 VU); 30 Hz–24 kHz overall at 9.5 cm/s (40 Hz–22 kHz ±3 dB at -30 VU)
- Track configuration
- 4-track, 2-channel stereo, auto-reverse
- Signal to noise ratio
- 65 dB (dbx out); 100 dB (dbx in), both weighted at 1 kHz, 3% 3rd-harmonic distortion
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