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Help ID nakamichi tape deck

hey... i'm trying to identify a gigantic nakamichi cassette deck my father had around '83. if i remember correctly it was about 9 inches tall and had a mostly silver face with a black bottom (or vice versa?). there were no (or very few) buttons available to you unless you pushed a portion of the bottom piece and then that piece would sort of open up a la the doors of the old long-gone lime green briklin my father also had (i'm just realizing now dad was a swinger). anyway, after the bottom piece opened up you'd find all kinds of knobs and buttons. this is all from memory so i could be missing something major.

it's not the dragon, btw. the face place was solid and the colors were silver and black: that's really the extent of my knowledge.

as always, thanks everyone in advance!
kublakhan

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wowbee
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The Nak 700ZXL was one of the finest cassette decks ever produced. I used to own 2 of them (now 1), along with a Dragon (that I still have). I pitted the Dragon against the 700, and lo and behold, the 700 destroyed it (most notably in the deep bass region). I know, I know, according to most pundits, the Dragon was the best deck in the world, blah, blah, blah, but how many of these critics have actually owned, and run one against the other at the same time, with the same program material? By the way, the original list price on the ZXL was $3000, vs. $2400 for the ZXE, which, I believe, lacks one of the adjustments present on the ZXL. If you can get a ZXL for a reasonable price, go for it.

One more note: I chose the 700 over the 1000, which had a sort of 'military' look about it; and since I never cared much for slider controls (on the 1000), the choice was easy.

Good luck in your quest!
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