Nakamichi done old-school

sailWickedFast · 2nd July 2009, 12:22 AM

Pic of my old-school Nak preamp/cassette/tuner and Kenwood 25 w/ch amp/eq. Had it hooked up to a DC converter in the bedroom for years, but I might throw it in the SUV until I can upgrade (after all my other upgrades

) Will be infinitely better than a cheap factory setup in any event. Made the car speakers DYI 20 years ago, which are long gone, so the speakers would be another good project (since I found this site)

Zero Cool · 2nd July 2009, 04:17 AM

That era of Nak decks is still one of the best!

tsmith1315 · 2nd July 2009, 12:40 PM

A lovely TD-(500?), and it's cool that you have hung onto it. Welcome to the forum!

sailWickedFast · 3rd July 2009, 07:55 PM

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Originally posted by Zero Cool
That era of Nak decks is still one of the best!

Yup, the sound is absolutely amazing even to this day

sailWickedFast · 3rd July 2009, 08:04 PM

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Originally posted by tsmith1315
A lovely TD-(500?), and it's cool that you have hung onto it. Welcome to the forum!

Thanks! Actually it's the TD-500's little brother...the TD-300

tsmith1315 · 3rd July 2009, 10:59 PM

The TD's were all good!

What will you be using for tapes? I haven't looked around for blanks lately, but they were getting scarce and expensive a couple years ago.

sailWickedFast · 5th July 2009, 06:52 PM

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Originally posted by tsmith1315
The TD's were all good!

What will you be using for tapes? I haven't looked around for blanks lately, but they were getting scarce and expensive a couple years ago.

Yeah, there's plenty of blanks of Amazon. I was surprised to see TDK and Maxell still going strong wow. I also have a cassette adapter for my iPod which may come in handy sometime. I just have to break down and upgrade the car stereo really, but then again the home theater needs upgrading, the computer needs upgrading, the car, etc., it never ends as we all know lol.

jol50 · 7th July 2009, 01:54 AM

Kinda sparse right now but you can pick up some bargains on epay if you stay off the most wanted brands, if you just need to get something going. I have a PA304 here but not tried it in my car yet to see how well I like it. I used to make metal tapes that sounded pretty good with dolby c and a good home deck, I really can't tell much difference to disks except the levels on disks are often different which is a pain.

niteowl · 7th July 2009, 04:42 AM

I dont have the tape deck but I
do have an MB-100, 700, 2 MF-51's and a bunch of 100's for parts. I love the sound of the 700. Theres nothing I think that comes close to it even today.

2nd July 2009, 12:40 PM	#3
tsmith1315 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Doerun, GA	A lovely TD-(500?), and it's cool that you have hung onto it. Welcome to the forum! __________________ Tim

3rd July 2009, 10:59 PM	#6
tsmith1315 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Doerun, GA	The TD's were all good! What will you be using for tapes? I haven't looked around for blanks lately, but they were getting scarce and expensive a couple years ago. __________________ Tim

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Zero Cool Audio Junkie diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: MN	That era of Nak decks is still one of the best!

7th July 2009, 01:54 AM	#8
jol50 diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2007	Kinda sparse right now but you can pick up some bargains on epay if you stay off the most wanted brands, if you just need to get something going. I have a PA304 here but not tried it in my car yet to see how well I like it. I used to make metal tapes that sounded pretty good with dolby c and a good home deck, I really can't tell much difference to disks except the levels on disks are often different which is a pain.

7th July 2009, 04:42 AM	#9
niteowl diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2005	I dont have the tape deck but I do have an MB-100, 700, 2 MF-51's and a bunch of 100's for parts. I love the sound of the 700. Theres nothing I think that comes close to it even today.

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