Among the many new audio products now on the shelves at your local hi-fi store is this 94 watt integrated stereo amplifier, the AU-6500, from Sansui. It’s loaded with all sorts of ‘audiophile’ features like: high and low cut filters, muting control, and loudness switch. The pre-amp and amplifier sections operate independently so that a four channel adaptor unit can be inserted. A tuner, two phonos, and a tape deck as well as an auxiliary input can be run .through the amp. List price is a very reasonable $259.95.

Now that high quality cassette tape and noise reduction systems have been introduced, cassette recorders are taking on a new look, many of them becoming as sophisticated as reel to reel tape decks. This new unit from AKAI, the GXC75D, is one of the new generation of cassette decks, providing all the features of reel to reel yet using the compact cassette format. Retail price is $429.95 and control: both Dolby and AKAI’s automatic distortion reduction system, three-way electrical reverse mode selector, automatic and manual reverse record and playback, tape selector circuit for either Cr02 or standard tape oxide, index counter with memory wind, automatic stop, and large, back-lighted vu meters.