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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
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dekay
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It sounds/looks like the 1000 or the 700 model (both looked like that).
kublakhan OP
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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!
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dekay
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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:-).
kublakhan OP
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dekay i hadn't seen your post when i wrote my last one: you're incredible too. i can't believe you guys can id this stuff from the early 80s! i can barely remember if i ate breakfest today. i'm trying to find a picture of the 1000. i'll go back to the nak site (which is amazing for reference, btw). and dekay, you're right, there were a bunch on ebay last week and met the minimum so i hope they're still around. someone on audiogon is selling a nak 700ZXE (i'm looking for the ZXL) - can you explain any worthwhile differences? i read the specs at naks.com site but i dont know nothin bout decks so the specs dont mean anything to me.
thanks again. oh, and bigwood, i guess you were right on the money too if the 1000 looks like the 700. you guys amaze me!
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Kubla: I never owned the 700 or 1000 models which were out of my price range, but just wanted them because they looked cool. I did own the 600 (which was wedge shaped) and a 550 portable which I used to make demos. Another nice looking deck from that era was the Tandberg 310MkII which can also be positioned upright and which was not quite as good as the 600, but was still very close.
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