Never heard a Tandberg deck, but i always thought that they looked good on paper. One of my friends, who used to work on audio gear many, many moons ago, told me that they were very cheaply built and a pain to work on. I think the model that he had was a 3014 if i remember correctly. I never heard his unit when it was working as the damn thing was always breaking. Then again, maybe he was just a knucklehead and didn't know the "in's & out's" of setting this unit up properly. Sean
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