That selector for cassette type only works at recording. At playing you select 70 (for chrome and metal) or 120 us (for normal).

Simple deck? This is no simple deck, this is a quite good deck. It also has discrete heads, excellent wow & flutter and Nakamichi went very generous with the specs, frequency response linearity is very good. Also, records very well on Type I cassettes, not pretentious. Only thing I miss is the lack of calibration for level. There are variable resistors for every type of cassette and each channel, but, sadly, inside, only BIAS is outside. I prefer manual calibration, you connect the deck to a signal generator and you can calibrate to your own preference. Not all auto calibration systems work well and most have fixed values, as long as you are inside the specs, decks gives you green light, although the values are not quite correct.

@Fubar06

2 жыл бұрын

It is simple in regards to features and ease of use, not in construction. As I've said, it has a Sankyo DD mech which are some of the top mechs ever made, obviously not a simple one. I also prefer manual calibration, but with an internal tone generator and proper per channel level pots on the front panel. Regarding auto-calibration, I will take that over what this deck has any day. Yes, it is factory calibrated for general Type 1 and Type 4 tapes, but when you deviate from TDK or Maxell on chrome, you start losing quality (Sony, Basf).

While playing the tape selector has no effect whatsoever...only on rec mode it's important!!! And the most important is the bias/eq selector (120/70) unique feature of Nakamichi at the time (the early 80) (Y)

@Fubar06

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that, I honestly didn't have many decks with manual selector and I'm not very knowledgeable with them, probably placebo but my brain was telling me it heard a difference even in play :)

@csabakereszturi945

Жыл бұрын

True, both record and play had to have the correct EQ selected. If this deck had a cassette bay light, it would be a keeper, but calibrated only to a specific tape type.

Классный аппарат!👍