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From: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS])
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Wanted:  cassette deck advice!
Message-ID: <1015@watdcsu.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 24-Feb-85 14:06:08 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb 24 14:06:08 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 27-Feb-85 04:06:52 EST
References: <4846@cbscc.UUCP> <90@uw-june>
Reply-To: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS])
Organization: U of Waterloo
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Summary: 

In article <90@uw-june> wagner@uw-june (Dave Wagner) writes:
>> A salesman trying to put down the Nak mentioned that Nak aligns
>> the heads on their decks different from most other decks, is this
>> true? Isn`t there some kind of standard?
>
>Your salesman may be correct.  I used to own a Nak BX-2, which made superb
>recordings.  It was stolen, and I now own the JVC KD-V6.  Unfortunately,
>most of my old tapes, when played on the JVC, have no high frequencies!
>I was sure that the JVC was at fault, so I took it to an authorized repair
>center to have the heads aligned.  NO CHANGE.  (By the way, the JVC's
>record/playback performance is fine; only the playback of old tapes is
>bad.  Also, commercially pre-recorded tapes sound OK on the JVC.)
>
>The NAKs are superb performers, well worth the money; but if you have a
>large investment in non-NAK recorded tapes, you really ought to try to listen
>to one before you buy it.  I sure wish I had listened to
>the JVC before I bought it!
>			Dave Wagner

there is a reason for the difference and it is not head alignment.
nakimichi uses nonstandard playback equalization to get the best
possible performance from a tape.  they feel that the industry standard
is designed for the technology as it existed at the time of that
standard, which they felt was inadequate, so they went their own way.
you cannot change the playback equalization on your current tape deck
without affecting Dolby tracking and frequency response unless you
change record equalization too.  so, unless you want to continue buying
nakimichi decks forever, go with someone elses deck.  but i'd still
rather have a nak.

Herb Chong...

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