Nakamichi Cassette Decks

Nakamichi cassette decks are magical. A techology that had matured gracefully. Engineers poured their inspiration and sweat into a medium that originally was for onky dictation into a hi-fidelity medium. However finicky with detail to maintaince involved and tape selection. When everything is in tune then you have a sonic fooler that can give u absolute realism. 

I used my trusty but retired BX300 for years (I took it out recently so my wife could listen to an old recording of her kids and hey...it still works!) as an important part of my hifi rig, and also as a mixdown deck for recordings I did on a TEAC 8 track porta-studio...the Nak is an amazing machine with the best Dolby I ever used, with the three heads allowing you to hear that fact instantly.

I had a Nak  1000 ii    I had it for years until a belt broke which was fixed by Nak  service in New York....I think I traded it for a Rek 0 Kut turntable ....memories faded.   It was a 3 head deck - sound was fine...only the slightest increase in hiss...

Whatta ya know wolf, same Nak (BX300) I bought from Brooks Berdan thirty years ago. Had it rebuilt at the Nak service center in L.A. once, still works and sounds fine. a good partner to my Revox A77 reel-to-reel.

Still using a bx300 and a 582 pretty regular, one of each  set up in number 1 and 2 systems.
Have so many tapes not letting them go to waste.