I was in Moscow in the GUM during Gorbatchev , very big department store, the audio equipment section also full of japanese stuff - and i can`t remember such style in Soviet devices. I must agree to Mister.X with German - i for example compare with this https://brandenburg.museum-digital.de/singleimage?imagenr=33422 This RK series was not the standard for GDR HIFI.
NAD I have an NAD 6300 and NAD 616 deck. Both had been sitting for awhile, so I brought them out to exercise them when I got my old NAD 3020 integrated amplifier back from its first service ever. Nando.
There are two of my Technics decks. Both fully modified. The top one is equipped with Amorphous head combo. I also got a Pioneer CT 939 mark II and a few other decks.
I love that Technics Design Era but sadly I don't have many of their decks, they just didn't show up that often. Thanks for sharing.
this came yesterday with the post. needs some works done but generally works. well, it's a bit neglected - nice project:
My Kenwood KX-1060. I found it at a local record store near my house. I paid 100$ for it. It does have engraving on the back. I think it's awesome. Right now I have a rag tag of a set-up of receiver and speakers I found locally. It sounds great though.
Kenwood tape decks are nearly impossible to find, I don't think I have any outside of my El Paco. I just dusted off an amp/tuner that would love the matching deck. In case you don't know, everyone used to go down to the local police who would engrave a local serial number in case the unit got stolen. Some people bought the engraving unit and would put their name or SS on them, it used to be fairly common back then.
...for those, who didn't know: the first Nakamichi decks were labelled ELAC. here my CD400: mechanics are almost identical to those in a Nakamichi 550. i'm currently restoring an ELAC CD520, wich features Dolby, DNL, headphone-socket (with volume) and additional RCA-jacks
movement ELAC CD400: ...compared to movement Nakamichi 550 (as above...): those early Nakamichi-movements initially had motor-problems (wow&flutter), but that got solved with a new motor. some older decks allready got converted to a new motor (with Nakamichi-logo) before they got sold or during warranty. later, they even got a better head (called FCG-head, same as in the Nakamichi 550). if you find a version with FCG-head and upgraded motor, you'll score a great deck, solid as a rock. also interesting, that they used some material for the belts (there's a flat one for capstan and a round one for he counter only), wich seems to last forever. i did buy new belts for the 550, the 400 and the 520 but finally kept the original ones and replaced the idler only...
Sony audio is starting to get some legs over here, they kind of lagged behind the "big" brands and were a bargain. Auto, do you have any mid-70's brands that really shine sonically? Over here they were tossed out like crazy 25 years ago, I could have saved dozens but just didn't have the room so I focused more on the later Naks, JVC, AIWA's and Pioneers that I found with a smattering of Marantz and Sansui to match my equipment stacks
well, i never owned one of those: https://www.hifi-wiki.de/index.php/Eumig_FL-1000µP but they must be amazing...
I'd love to find one of those, I found one of my Naks outside! Yea people thought tape decks were crap around 2002 along with big speakers, how the times have changed, for the better.
I recently found this lucky guy, the Technics RS-1W which are very rare in the USA. It's dirty but I think some of it is from down-sizing the photo, the lettering still looks fine. These were sold in Japan as part of the Concise Systems and stand-alone, at least in the USA. You can see the connections on the back, I think these are what Techmoan recently talked about. I love the look of these very square decks and this is heavy, definately not cheap, retailing for around $255 USD in 1983. This is a small dual deck but I think the smallest is the Sony TC-157W found on the FH-100W which is a hair wider than two cassette tapes.
