Has anyone heard of Sankyo cassette decks?

@edcyn uh huh. I found a sankyo tape deck at a local thrift store. $35. I brought a tape today and tried it out, and it sounded really good, actually. Wasn’t expecting that. 
I think I’m gonna go back tomorrow and pull the trigger.

Sankyo created mechanisms and motors for other companies, Naks included.

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@petg66 wow, I didn’t know that. I went ahead and bought the sankyo today. Sounds really great, and doesn’t have any trouble playing or recording or rewinding.

Don't really know much about Sankyo decks, but they did make mechanisms for Nakamichi. The only cassette decks I would consider have 3 heads. If it has 3 heads and it sounds good, I would consider it. I just saw a working Nakamichi Dragon sell for $6k used. My brothers Nak 700 sold for $350 to a guy in Russia, in not working condition. Remember old cassette decks need TLC, could be expensive to service. I could not find parts for my brothers deck, so that's why it was sold.

@fiesta75 I had to fix a Nak LX5, and it was so hard to find replacement parts. 
It was also very crowded under the shell. Those things have so many knobs and switches.