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tape deck

noun

  1. a component of an audio system for playing tapes, using an external amplifier and speakers.


tape deck

noun

  1. a tape recording unit in a hi-fi system
  2. the platform supporting the spools, cassettes, or cartridges of a tape recorder, incorporating the motor or motors that drive them and the playback, recording, and erasing heads
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tape deck1

First recorded in 1955–60
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The title of “Perfect Days†is a reference to Lou Reed’s song “Perfect Day,†which plays one morning on Hirayama’s tape deck.

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Ellie, while not understanding airplanes, cars or seat belts, somehow figures out a cassette tape deck and pushes play.

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By the end of the episode, Big has resolved a case of mysterious copper figurines and Cheese has improbably fixed the cruiser's tape deck.

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My laptop was almost dead, and in the night I’d have just enough voltage for light, and maybe a few songs on my old tape deck that I bought the year Ronald Reagan was elected.

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At 11, a probation report says, Ortiz and two companions whipped someone with a belt and ordered him to take them to his apartment, where they robbed him of an eight-track tape deck.

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