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SKU: 952965

Nakamichi Dragon Cassette Deck

Regular price £3,995.00

Serial Number: 02559

Packaging & Accessories: No Packaging

Manual

Here we have the legendary Nakamichi Dragon cassette deck, a 3 head cassette deck renowned as one of the finest tape decks ever made. Famous for it's NAAC (Nakamichi Auto Azimuth Correction) system, which automatically aligns the playback head to minimise azimuth error in both directions. This has been serviced, the tape heads cleaned, the heads demagnetised, calibrated and tested. results are...Drift:~0%, W&F ~0.1%, Torque: 50g/cm.

It has one or two age related marks on the chassis (see pictures) will be securely packaged before leaving us, and will have our standard warranty.

 

Specifications

Type: auto reverse, 3 head, single compact cassette deck
Track System: 4 track, 2 channel stereo
Tape Speed: 4.8 cm/s
Heads: 1 record, 1 playback, 1 erase
Motor: 2 x capstan, 1 x reel, 1 x auto azimuth, 1 x mechanism
Tape Type: type 1, CrO2, metal
Noise Reduction: B,C
Frequency Response: 20Hz to 22kHz (metal tape)
Signal to Noise Ratio: 72dB (Dolby C)
Wow and Flutter: 0.04%
Total Harmonic Distortion: 0.8%
Dimensions: 450 x 135 x 300mm
Weight: 9.5kg

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