Which Nakamichi to choose?

Back in the late 90s I used to go into Gifted Listener Audio in Centreville VA and just stand there and ogle the Tandberg 3014 they had on display. I even dragged my buddy in to ogle it with me once. Whatever they wanted for it was far beyond my means back then but dear lord that thing was a Deadheads wet dream of a deck!

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Problem solved was still a problem

Only in the mind of Mencia, string bean.

Sure getting a Nak Dragon would be great but get ready to pay 2-3 thousand.Just like 4 years ago cassette decks were selling cheap....now there going up,up,up....its nuts.I own a few cassette decks Pioneer,Sony Rx79es,Nak cr3,Axai gxm10,teac v9,Harmon Karmon td 392,another Nak n HK but there in attic .Nothing top of the line but all work .i bought a box of cassettes from a guy like 4 years ago about 100 cassette 30 pre and the rest he recorded well this guy did a great job ,they sound fantastic .Back in the day you borrowed an album and recorded it or recorded it yourself.

I don’t get all the angst and hand wringing regarding expensive cassette decks. I have many Sony and Aiwa portable Cassette players in perfect working order. I even have the Sony Professional Portable Cassette Player. These players can be obtained on eBay. I also have a collection of hundreds of cassettes obtained from multiple sources including Mercury Living Presence, Japanese cassettes, digitally remastered cassettes, everything from Woodstock to AC/DC to Zeppelin to New Order to Heifetz. Grado SR80 headphones. Tape is a natural medium. It breathes. Dynamic, full, musical. Where’s the beef? 🍔