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Looking for a great cassette deck

Hi all, Here's my situation. I have several cassette decks all of which do a decent job playing back the club recordings I am transferring to digital. I own a Denon DRM34 and a Tascam 122. There is a Revox B215 for sale out there. Any caveats I should know about with Revox? I'll settle for a deck that has excellent playback ability. I like the Sony's from 1995 namely the KA 3ES, KA5ES and certainly the KA7ES. The 5 and the 7 were only sold in Japan. There are many for sale on EBay. It's too scary to get one from there. If it's damaged it would cost a pretty penny to return. I don't think a 1970's deck is what I want. Suggestions? Thank you. Joe

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ghdprentice
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I was introduced to the high end with a Nakamichi 1000 deck… just blew away all the highly touted competition, then an LX-5 which I bought ~82. And finally the Dragon… definitely, get a Dragon.

rshak
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jnovak - there's an interesting website where I've found a lot of useful information on cassette decks (and reel decks, too).  I poked around there recently seeking information on cassette deck repairs/restoration, as I have a well loved Nak DR-10 in need of servicing.

https://www.tapeheads.net

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brunomarcs
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Tapeheads.net  buy a restored one from a member there, the members seem to have a bevy of different models.

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