This is without a doubt the most interesting chapter in the history of Nakamichi, and broadly speaking can be broken down to two main periods, 1978-80 and 1981-84. These two periods also chart the rapid technical development in the performance of the humble cassette deck to its’ zeni...
Fortunately for audiophiles, these and other obstacles indigenous to the cassette became a source of fascination for Niro Nakamichi. The company bearing his name was founded by his brother Esturo in 1948 as a research outfit before it veered into reel-to-reel tape deck design in the 1950s. B...
This is without a doubt the most interesting chapter in the history of Nakamichi, and broadly speaking can be broken down to two main periods, 1978-80 and 1981-84. These two periods also chart the rapid technical development in the performance of the humble cassette deck to its’ zenith in...
I bought my ZX-7 in 1981 from The Federated Group in West Hollywood, CA. To answer your question, no, there never was a "clear" cover on the cassette well door to keep out dust. Go figure! Anyway,I've used my NAK deck on a regular basis for the past 26 years and all I've ...
This is a detail measurements of the iconic, Nakamichi Dragon Vintage cassette deck. It was kindly brought to me at a meet at our local audio store (Gig Harbor audio). For those of you too young to know , the Nakamichi Dragon has the reputation of being the best cassette deck...
Nakamichi Cassette Deck 1 (1990-1992) Nakamichi DR-1 (1992-) Among the above three Nakamichi cassette decks, the CR-7A wow-and-flutter (0.027%) outperforms the Cassette Deck 1 and DR-1 (both 0.035%). Only the Nakamichi Dragon has superior wow-and-flutter (0.019%). ...
“We tend to sell them for anywhere between two to three thousand dollars,” Zorrilla said, much of that owing to the extensive labor required to restore the intricate mechanical workings behind the world’s greatest cassette deck. For more information on SkyFi and its current offerings, visit...
Naks.com, the [unofficial] Nakamichi cassette deck resource. This site is NOT affiliated with Nakamichi, it is purely a tribute to the Cassette Decks made by Nakamichi.
This is without a doubt the most interesting chapter in the history of Nakamichi, and broadly speaking can be broken down to two main periods, 1978-80 and 1981-84. These two periods also chart the rapid technical development in the performance of the humble cassette deck to its’ zenith in...