Help ID nakamichi tape deck


hey... i'm trying to identify a gigantic nakamichi cassette deck my father had around '83. if i remember correctly it was about 9 inches tall and had a mostly silver face with a black bottom (or vice versa?). there were no (or very few) buttons available to you unless you pushed a portion of the bottom piece and then that piece would sort of open up a la the doors of the old long-gone lime green briklin my father also had (i'm just realizing now dad was a swinger). anyway, after the bottom piece opened up you'd find all kinds of knobs and buttons. this is all from memory so i could be missing something major.

it's not the dragon, btw. the face place was solid and the colors were silver and black: that's really the extent of my knowledge.

as always, thanks everyone in advance!
kublakhan
Kublakhan, your description (silver face with a black bottom) corresponds to the LX series. There were two models ie the LX-3 and LX-5. Both models have been produced at the beginning of the 80s. An excellent ressource to check is naks.com. You can find a picture of almost any nak machine with complete specs.

Daniel
Thanks guys! Beaudoind, you're amazing! i took a look at that site and i'm almost sure it's the 700ZXL! (although the lx-3/lx-5 were close). i can't believe i posted this question less than an hour before getting my answer. i love audiogon. now to find one.

anybody wanna sell?

thanks again!
PS: Do a search on Ebay for a couple of weeks and you will probably come across a photo of it. I considered both of these models until I decided to just burn all of our old cassettes (on CD that is:-).