Nakamichi Cassette Decks

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.

My wife insisted that I sell my 2000 cassettes (including box sets) for $2300 just prior to moving. I should add that it included a mint ZX-9. I kept a couple of hundred to use with my RX-505. As l expected, I regret selling them. I still have dreams of chasing down a 1000 ZXL, but I saw one on eBay yesterday for $25K. I’ll have to really think about that one.

From what I have read when the ZX9 came out it became Nakamichi's reference deck. A sleeper deck to research is the HK CD491. Half the price with very close performance or even better than the Dragon but I don't seriously believe the later. I have one and a Dragon but never got to compare the 2 because one or the other was down.