Nakamichi 700 3-head Cassette Deck 1973 Stainless Needs Repair

This Nakamishi 700 tape deck does play cassettes without eating them, but it makes crazy noises when you try to Rewind or Fast Forward. It needs some servicing and probably some lubrication. One of the Vu meters backlights is out. Heads are good. Cosmetics are decent but worn. For this reason I listed condition as "Fair." Please see pics and YouTube video.

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The Nakamichi 700 was created in response to the demand for a machine that could offer the essential performances of our highly acclaimed Model 1000 Tri Tracer, but at a more modest cost.

Since a compromise in performance was unthinkable, the alternative was to simplify the design and develop new construction techniques that would permit cost reductions while maintaining quality.

And Nakamichi engineers succeeded brilliantly. In almost every respect, the Nakamichi 700 equalled the performance of the 1000 Tri Tracer. Nor is this surprising, for the 700 employs the same advanced transport system and shares most of the features of the more expensive model.

Central to both Tri Tracers are three separate heads - erase, record and playback. The same configuration employed in professional reel-to-reel decks.

Nor does the similarity end there. For both Nakamichi Tri Tracers achieve a level of performance that had previously been regarded as, all but, impossible in the cassette format.

Specifications:

• Type: 3-head, single compact cassette deck
• Track System: 4-track, 2-channel stereo
• Tape Speed: 4.75 cm/s
• Heads: 1 x record, 1 x playback, 1 x erase
• Tape Type: type I, CrO2
• Noise Reduction: B
• Frequency Response: 35Hz to 20kHz  (Cr02 tape)
• Signal to Noise Ratio: 65dB  (dolby B)
• Wow and Flutter: 0.05%
• Total Harmonic Distortion: 1.5%
• Input: 100mV (line), 0.5mV (mic)
• Output: 1V (line)
• Semiconductors: 115 x transistors, 51 x diodes, 9 x IC
• Dimensions: 20-1/2 x 10-11/16 x 5-1/8 inches
• Weight: 28lbs
• Year: 1973

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