Nakamichi is a historic Japanese high end audio company most famous for its innovative and very high quality cassette decks. In 1972, Nakamichi launched its first Nakamichi-brand products, home audio gear that included the world's first three-head cassette deck. In 1999, the Nakamichi-brand ...
The analog era saw a great many high-end cassette decks, but none as famous or sought after as the Nakamichi Dragon. Introduction, September 2018 If you were an audiophile in the late 1970s or early 1980s-or just a teenager with a fresh driver's license-the Compact Cassette was integral...
This is a high quality 3-head Denon cassette deck from 1986 that goes for a lot less than better known Denon decks such as the DN-790R and even the DR-M22. I think it is a sleeper. It is still possible to get a good deal on these (I got it for $80 last year), bu...
For Nakamichi ‘the brand’ it all started in 1973 when they turned the audio world on its head by taking what was decidedly a mid-fi format at best, and produced a cassette machine that was capable of rivalling the performance of the very best of the semi-pro Reel to Reels. (Nak...
Today, even the humble 500 is still capable of giving many other main stream cassette decks 20 years its younger a good walloping. My personal favourite of the bunch is the 600II, a lush sound, great looks, and useful tape calibration facilities, in an easily accommodated package; the 700...
Never before has casette recording been so convenient and so good! The CR-7A and CR-5A Discrete Head Cassette Decks combine the features you've been looking for with the crystal-clear sound that is a Nakamichi hallmark. Both decks utilize Nakamichi's Microprocessor-Controlled Direct-Drive Asymme...
Discussion in 'Cassette Decks' started by buzbox, Sep 13, 2021. buzbox Active Member Messages: 461 Trophy Points: 43 Location: Australia Hi all. Purchased one of these today. Found that the idler pulley rubber has hardened over the years so obviously will need to be replaced. It still ...
Today, even the humble 500 is still capable of giving many other main stream cassette decks 20 years its younger a good walloping. My personal favourite of the bunch is the 600II, a lush sound, great looks, and useful tape calibration facilities, in an easily accommodated package; the 700...
Other three-head cassette decks, such as the AIWA AD-F770/AD-F990, enjoyed a fully automatic microcomputer system that adjusted bias, equalization and sensitivity. Even some lower-tier cassette decks, such as the Harman Kardon CD391 two-head cassette deck, had manual record calibration...