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From: rajiv@ur-helheim.UUCP (Rajiv Arora)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Cassette Deck inquiry
Message-ID: <709@ur-helheim.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Jun-86 16:34:42 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 18 16:34:42 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 20-Jun-86 04:46:31 EDT
Reply-To: rajiv@ur-helheim.UUCP (Rajiv Arora)
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Hi,

        After much waiting and saving, I'm finally  ready  to buy
myself  a  decent cassette deck. Now, I seem to remember  someone
not too long ago asking for recommendations  about  decks  in the
$250-300  range  (which  is  my budget), so if that someone has a
summary of responses that he/she could e-mail me, I'd  be  grate-
ful.  In  any  event, let me solicit your advice:

        I own a CD-only system and I want to get a  good  quality
deck   to   record borrowed CD's. Naturally, my first thought was
towards the   venerable Nakamichis, but there are some  problems.
The only one in  my price  range,  the  BX-125 (or is it 100? - I
forget), is a basic 2-head machine. While I don't give a damn for
bells  and   whistles in my equipment, I WOULD like a 3-head deck
with adjustable bias, to be able to  try  out  formulations  with
non-standard  bias  like the TDK HX-S. Now, here are my questions
and feel free to give me your subjective opinions,  specially  if
they're based  on  experience:

(1) How important do you consider 3 heads  and   adjustable  bias
for my intended application?

(2) In your opinion,  do  you  feel  that  the  advantages gained
by buying QUALITY (i.e.NAK) offsets the sacrifice of the features
mentioned above?

(3) Any specific recommendations?

I'd really appreciate any help in this matter.
-- 
						       Rajiv Arora
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