Nakamichi ZX-7 Cassette Deck

The variety of cassette tape available today is almost endless - each slightly different from the next in bias requirements and sensitivity. Even tapes of the same type from the same manufacturer differ from time to time because of manufacturing tolerances, and, in each cassette, tape follows a slightly different path because plastic mouldings are less than perfect. Need you be limited by these imperfections? Not any longer!
The ZX-7 gives you the means to compensate for these anomalies - to achieve ultimate performance from each and every tape you use! Each adjustment is highly precise because you make it yourself using the accurate controls, oscillators, and indicators provided on the ZX-7. And the operation is simple: step by step you are led through the setup by internal logic and indicator lights that guide your hand to the proper controls.
Needless to say, the “perfectionist’s” recorder is ”state-of-the-art” In every respect - the result of Nakamichi’s world-renowned expertise in the magnetic, mechanical. and electronic sciences. The ZX-7 brings you the best in present-day noise reduction, the most perfect tape transport ever devised, and the legendary performance of Nakamichi Discrete Three-Head Technology. It is a recorder that is destined to become a legend in its time.

Track Configuration: 4 tracks/2-channel stereo
Heads: 3 - 1 x erase head; 1 x record head; x 1 playback head
Motors (Tape Transport):
PLL servo motor (1 x capstan drive)
DC motor (1 x reef drive)
Tape Speed: 1-7/8 ips (4.8 cm/sec.) ± 0.5%
Wow-and-Flutter:
Less than 0.08% Wtd peak
Less than 0.04% Wtd rms
Frequency Response:
20 Hz - 21,000 Hz ± 3 dB (recording level - 20 dB, ZX tape)
20 Hz - 20,000 Hz ± 3 dB (recording level - 20 dB, SX/EX II tape)
Signal to Noise Ratio:
Dolby C-Type NR on <70µs, ZX tape>
Better than 72 dB (400 Hz, 3% THD, IHF A-Wtd rms)
Dolby B-Type NR on <70µS, ZX tape>
Better than 66 dB (400 Hz, 3% THD, IHF A-Wtd rms)
Total Harmonic Distortion:
Less than 0.8% (400 Hz, 0 dB, ZX tape)
Less than 1.0% (400 Hz, 0 dB. SX/EX II tape)
Erasure: Better than 60 dB (100 Hz, 0 dB)
Separation: Better than 37 dB (1 kHz, 0 dB)
Crosstalk: Better than 60 dB (1 kHz, 0 dB)
Bias Frequency: 105 kHz
Input (Line): 50 mV, 70 kΩ
Line Output: 1V (400 Hz, 0 dB), 2.2 kΩ
Headphone Output: 45 mW (400 Hz, 0 dB) 8 Ω load
Black Box Series DC Output: ± 10 V, 125 mA max
Power Source: 100, 120, 120/220-240, 220 or 240 V AC; 50/60 Hz
Power Consumption: 40 W max
Dimensions: 450 (W) x 300 (D) x 135 (H) mm
Weight: 9.5 kg

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