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nakamichi 480

Hi All,

I just picked up a nakamichi 480 tape deck for about $50, meant to be working AOK. Anyone out there using one of these? From what I've read it seems to be pretty respectable - anyone have any experience with this deck?

I also have an option on another nak deck, this time a 700ZXE, but this would be a good bit more expensive.

I will be using the deck for listening to original tapes that I seem to have quite a few of! I don't intend to be recording anything!

So did I get a piece of junk or a hidden gem? Should I follow up on the 700 as well or be happy with the 480?

thanks in advance,
Fran
fran

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celtic66
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Be happy. Owned this model for years. Had it internally tweaked for Maxell II for recording/playback and ran it without Dolby for better highend extension and no phase shift. If the tapes you have are mostly of a particular formula you might do the same thing for optimal playback.

Rat Shack has a decent demagnetizer, find some denatured alchohol (regular with dry out pinch rollers) and clean up heads, rollers and anything else that needs it.

The 700 is definitely superior, but with lots more in the way of mechanical parts.
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