Cassettes still rock!

I was a Nakamichi dealer from the middle 70's until they imploded and can attest to Willy's statement(s).

IMHO, nothing was made or sounded as good as a properly working Nak!  There were a few that came close (some Tandberg, Revox, Akai, Tascam/Teac), but a Nak is a Nak...

No offense taken uber

I'm glad you made the comments as i was bummed when i read the post saying he had retired--and thrilled that he hasn't, although he told me he's got a 10 month backlog so if your 660zx needs work you better get in line now!

Wyoboy.
It's in line already,only 8 months to go....
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@mcondo --you inspired me to dig out some cassettes i hadn't heard since the  70s just to see how they sounded.  I don't remember what deck i recorded them on, but i was amazed how good the playback was on the Nakamichi for the first two albums i ever recorded--a mix of Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley--luckily (more than knowingly) recorded on high quality TDK tape.  Sure, the noise was there between tracks (I rarely used Dolby B or C) but once the music was on it was not noticeable.  Of course not a lot of musical instruments on these reggae albums but i never had replaced them after the flood and it was great to listen to them again for something different--Thanks for this thread

I had a Nak car radio system, could get a station a hundred miles away
and sound was out of this world !