@@jn3750 FR wise it s just as good if not better than some naks, ~26kHz on metal. Soundwise it s very close too. The only disasvantage i see is the sandwich head wich, without NR bleeds from rec to playback a little bit.
@@RDM-CassetteDeckRepairs 26khz at -3/+3 Db? that is what i thought. i tested mine a few years ago it was around 23Khz. and your tested and factory-spec Yamaha WRSMs are much lower than that of the top of the line NAKA DR-1 (0.035%)!
this one didnt perform to spec so couldn t do proper comparasion. TEAC V7000 didnt have the chance to test yet. VS ZX9 if it were performing properly you could possibly compare it to, but the zx9 would be more precise most of the time due to the posibility of per ch. adjustment
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0 dB at Pioneer is 160 nWb. You can safely record +6-8 dB on this deck. I am not sure, maybe this is a song, but I don't hear the dynamics of the song. Sounds flat to me.
So are you in Romania still? Or are you in the United States? I would love to have you restore both my Yamaha K-2000 and the AKAI GX7. Where is a good source for transport parts like tires and pinch rollers.
Can you still do restores? I have a K-2000 that was tossed around from a tornado.. I only got as far as a thorough cleaning, it needs recalibration and currently only powers on. I'm using my K-1000 but I know the K-2000 is a sought after unit. single capstan w/ sendust head and ORBIT - auto bias tuning
@@RDM-CassetteDeckRepairs everything is in perfect condition, though it had not been used for years.. I have an AKAI GX-7 with the same issue.. non use for years but that last time either one was used they worked. So you're in Romania? All I did concerning the Yamaha K-2000 was clean the boards thoroughly and the inside of the chasis.. the tornado had deposited fine pieces of pine bark and deep inside the deck. The roof had blow off of the house but the bookcase the K-2000 was in flipped over onto the couch so at least the K-2000 and A-1000 amp was covered from the rain. I was able to clean the amp and it worked just fine (still in use occassionally) after cleaning it and leaving for months to be sure everything was good and dry in a controlled environment. After cleaning the k-2000 it has sat on in a closet in a clean air-conditioned environment. I've been using the K-1000 that i bought on ebay in order to play my pre-recorded dbx tapes---which I had recorded on the K-2000 years earlier. I really would like to restore this deck.. I think I may need to replace the drive tires soon on the k-1000 as well.. it occassionally stops playing but then works again after restarting. I appreciate any advice you can give. I have basic electronics trouble shooting but to be honest, I kind of just stored the unit after cleaning it back to new like clean.. I haven't tested any circuits or disassemble anything other than to clean the inside components.. I'll get it down out of the closet and look it over again.. it's been several years since I touched it.
@@RDM-CassetteDeckRepairs im speaking about, the cassette decks with dolby b, c, hx pro, and the cassette decks with double dolby b, c, s hx pro, wich they write it also. Check for example the Yamaha KX 390. The technics Z7 don't write somewhere that have double dolby system.. At least from what someone can see from the video.
I never saws that deck for sale anywhere. It has most of the features I like, but no mic input and I like VU meters rather than fluorescent display level meters. I wish I could get one today.
I have one of these but the transport mech is somehow stuck in play, i suspect it is because the takeup reels are not spinning due to a dead motor, but I could be mistaken. Door is stuck in closed position and turning the reels doesnt take it out of that state.
Not mine... i just restore them. I wouldnt really choose an AZ6/7.... The overall build quality is poor and all adjustments are automatic (pretty much no adj. points inside, all need to be done from eeprom memory)
i have a big colection of nakamichi components but my father had it all ,he recentelly passed away and all that was his came to me, hi-fi components and music related, this used to be my favorite deck ,i had bought other models than the ones my father had ,this is one of them ,he had all restored by a nakamichi technician in London where my syster lives ,the high com i also have it but i used it in the 1000 ,the others were nice with the regular dolby NR(i stoped using dolby when i was 15 ),the hiss never noticed it and i used to record a lot of type I cassettes as maxell(UL, UR ,XLI-S and TDK AD, AD-X and basf stoped buying them when in 1985 but mostly the lh-extra I, maxima I, also the 82 maxima II and the super chrome II and most of the cassettes were C60, i only repent that when young bought the Dragon instead of buying this or the ZX-7, the Dragon didn´t last a summer after i bought it in 12/82(at the time i used to make compilations and used to listen more to cassettes than any other format ,the plastic parts become out of shape and a vibration was heard on the recordings or playing other cassettes, this was my biggest headache ,it cost me 780€ at the time making a direct convertion from the national coin to the €, the other brands top model decks were even more expensive like the TEAC Z-7000 or the 5000, the Z-5000 bought it next after selling mine while it worked ,the TEAC still works today with perfection, maybe my favorite was the 90´s cassette deck 1 from all nakamichi decks ,it´s simple but as it all and it seems better built or maybe because i started to use a CD-R from pioneer and a minidisc deck from Sony ,the DAT i had from sony i put it in my fathers 1970 assembled home studio (improved through out the years)to record demos to the new bands started in highschool in the city where i live, Beja, Portugal
Sorry to hear abbout your loss. Yeah theese naks may not be the most reliable but one ZX9 i d say should stay in spec and function properly for 3-5years after a full revision. Even after that, it will mostly need a realignment only and maybe an idler, but very low chances of that. The other decks like the TEAC have more reliability focused mechanisms thus they last longer.
I d love one of theese for myself too.. though they rarely appear anywhere on the internet in decent condition. The guy who owns this one owns a couple more too, he stole all the good ones haha.
@@RDM-CassetteDeckRepairs I'm in Scotland so may have to import one from somewhere. Would also love a Sony TC-K777 (ES or non ES). My two main decks are a Nak DR10 and a Sony TC-K555 ES II which are both pretty good
@@RDM-CassetteDeckRepairs Nevertheless, maintenance is required, but the essence of Nakamichi soundboards is that uncompromising approach that gives that wonderful sound...
@@RDM-CassetteDeckRepairs You can see in Nakamichi a set of very high-quality materials in the heads, in the mechanism and in the circuitry. Yamaha soundboard from the 90s and sounds due to trickery, it sounds pleasant and not in an audiophile way...
