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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    Love those tape decks.
    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Damn right - that 582 is one of the nicest I've seen, just gorgeous! The JVC's sexy too, with those iconic VU metres!

    Major respect, Charles... I also love the look of your living space

    Marco.
    Quote Originally Posted by prestonchipfryer View Post
    The Nakamichi 582, a lovely example. I bought one in 1979 from HATV in Christchurch for £499. Sold many years ago now. I should, of course, kept it. 🙂
    Thanks guys. It's taken some time acquiring some of these decks, and for various reasons. Apparently, my father bought a 582 new back in '79 along with the KD-A8, but kept the KD-A8 and traded the 582 back a month later for the first of two Nak 680ZX decks. So eventually, he had the KD-A8 and two 680ZX decks in his rig, which I do remember, even though I was only a wee little kid at the time.

    The DR-1 was purchased new back in the day by my oldest brother. And the Yamaha I purchased used a couple years ago because I wanted to try out a deck with dbx NR in it plus these were known to be pretty darn good decks. It's a great looking, beefy deck as well.

    Marco, here's a better and a little closer pic of those VU meters. I have to agree, that JVC is a damn fine looking deck, one of the best look decks ever as far as I'm concerned.




    And one more of the 582 for good measure...

    Preamp | Amplifier: Pass Labs XP-20 | Odyssey Stratos Monoblocks
    Analogue Sources: Nakamichi DR-1 | Technics SL-1700MK2
    DAC | Digital Sources: Auralic Altair G1 | JVC XL-Z411
    Speakers | Subwoofers: Magnepan 1.7i | SVS PB-1000 Pro x 2
    Power Conditioning: Blue Circle Audio | Monster HTS 5000
    Cables: Wireworld | Pangea Audio | AudioQuest

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    Went ahead and added my dbx 224 to the stack. I purchased this first about 11 years ago when I had the Teac A-3300SX, then shortly after purchased the 224x. Sold the 224x when I sold the Teac.

    As you can see, especially in the close up shot, this unit (like all of my gear) is absolutely mint. You may also notice the pile of Pig Hog XLR cables sitting up top, waiting for the Rane Balance Buddy to show up later this week along with the dbx 400x. I'll finally be able to start listening to these decks again.

    Very nice, beefy and flexible cables I might add. They also make regular RCA cables, which I'll get eventually to wire all of the decks as the four cables I'm using now are rather stiff.

    Anywho...



    Preamp | Amplifier: Pass Labs XP-20 | Odyssey Stratos Monoblocks
    Analogue Sources: Nakamichi DR-1 | Technics SL-1700MK2
    DAC | Digital Sources: Auralic Altair G1 | JVC XL-Z411
    Speakers | Subwoofers: Magnepan 1.7i | SVS PB-1000 Pro x 2
    Power Conditioning: Blue Circle Audio | Monster HTS 5000
    Cables: Wireworld | Pangea Audio | AudioQuest

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    LOVE the old school tape storage units at the bottom, memories of my Folks having very similar.
    Giving me the warm fuzzies they are.

    The Naks are wonderful.
    AC POWER
    Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
    AMPS
    Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
    SPEAKERS
    Wharfedale Evo 4.4
    DAC
    PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
    TURNTABLE
    Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
    PHONOSTAGE
    Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
    DIGITAL
    OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
    MUSIC PLAYBACK
    Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
    Ipad Roon Remote.
    Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
    SPEAKER CABLES
    Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On
    "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
    INTERCONNECTS
    All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables

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    There's lots more where those came from, and all loaded with top quality recorded cassettes from my father and all three of my brothers.

    That Nak 582 is a beast!
    Preamp | Amplifier: Pass Labs XP-20 | Odyssey Stratos Monoblocks
    Analogue Sources: Nakamichi DR-1 | Technics SL-1700MK2
    DAC | Digital Sources: Auralic Altair G1 | JVC XL-Z411
    Speakers | Subwoofers: Magnepan 1.7i | SVS PB-1000 Pro x 2
    Power Conditioning: Blue Circle Audio | Monster HTS 5000
    Cables: Wireworld | Pangea Audio | AudioQuest

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    Should inspire me to get my Yamaha TC-800 fixed up!
    I recall that Nakamichi made a similarly-slope fronted hi-fi that must be worth a bit now?
    Chris.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hornucopia View Post
    Should inspire me to get my Yamaha TC-800 fixed up!
    I recall that Nakamichi made a similarly-slope fronted hi-fi that must be worth a bit now?
    You should. I think everyone who has a worthy quality cassette deck should get them back up and running. They bring back memories of days gone past, and other that turntables and reel-to-reel decks, cassette decks give you something to handle and watch as it plays. Streamers are boring because they just sit there. CD players are almost as boring as they only give you a counter to look at, though there are a few that give you a view of the spinning disc, but those are rare.

    I don't know about Nakamichi having a system that was sloped like that, but they did have a series that all looked alike and was rack mounted.

    And for another little update... Introducing the Rane Balance Buddy BB 88x (44x upgraded to 88x) and the first of two dbx 400x units.

    I promise that I will have this corner looking really good once I get a proper rack for all the gear and have everything organized. Right now, I'm just stacking the gear just so I can get it all connected, tested and listened to. In fact, I've been listening to cassettes for the past four hours now. Ahhh...





    Preamp | Amplifier: Pass Labs XP-20 | Odyssey Stratos Monoblocks
    Analogue Sources: Nakamichi DR-1 | Technics SL-1700MK2
    DAC | Digital Sources: Auralic Altair G1 | JVC XL-Z411
    Speakers | Subwoofers: Magnepan 1.7i | SVS PB-1000 Pro x 2
    Power Conditioning: Blue Circle Audio | Monster HTS 5000
    Cables: Wireworld | Pangea Audio | AudioQuest

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    Quote Originally Posted by hornucopia View Post
    Should inspire me to get my Yamaha TC-800 fixed up!
    I recall that Nakamichi made a similarly-slope fronted hi-fi that must be worth a bit now?
    Nak 600:

    Current Lash Up:

    TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    Nak 600:

    Nice styling, but I always preferred the look of the Yamaha 'wedge':

    Barry

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    Nice styling, but I always preferred the look of the Yamaha 'wedge':

    Wow what a look .... reminds me of something that NASA would of designed to go to the moon ...... in a very good way ...cool

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    And a couple of cozy night time shots...



    Preamp | Amplifier: Pass Labs XP-20 | Odyssey Stratos Monoblocks
    Analogue Sources: Nakamichi DR-1 | Technics SL-1700MK2
    DAC | Digital Sources: Auralic Altair G1 | JVC XL-Z411
    Speakers | Subwoofers: Magnepan 1.7i | SVS PB-1000 Pro x 2
    Power Conditioning: Blue Circle Audio | Monster HTS 5000
    Cables: Wireworld | Pangea Audio | AudioQuest

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