page_title: Cassette deck
hierarchical_section_title: Cassette deck
caption_attribution_description: English: The Sony TC-RX55, a typical front-loading consumer autoreverse hi-fi cassette deck from late 1980s, featuring full electronic transport, Dolby B and C noise reduction, and HXPro dynamic headroom expansion.
context_page_description: A cassette deck is a type of tape machine for playing and recording audio cassettes. The consumer electronics industry formerly used the term deck to distinguish them from a tape recorder, the "deck" being part of a stereo component system, while a "tape recorder" was more portable and usually had a self-contained power amplifier.
  Although the two terms became interchangeable, a "recorder" in this context is typically thought of as a low-fidelity portable device, while a "deck" in this context is considered a high fidelity component.
context_section_description: A cassette deck is a type of tape machine for playing and recording audio cassettes. The consumer electronics industry formerly used the term deck to distinguish them from a tape recorder, the "deck" being part of a stereo component system, while a "tape recorder" was more portable and usually had a self-contained power amplifier (and often speakers).
  Although the two terms became interchangeable, a "recorder" in this context is typically thought of as a low-fidelity portable device, while a "deck" in this context is considered a high fidelity component.
caption: A typical front loading consumer autoreverse hi-fi cassette deck from the late 1980s (Sony TC-RX55), featuring full  electronic transport, Dolby B and C noise reduction, and HXPro dynamic headroom expansion
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