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What do you think of Nakamichi in general ?

I bought an SS3 wich is a small cute alarm clock/cd player for my parents at their 25th wedding anniversary..
they love it..and i do to!

It is really small..convenient..as so many features i am still finding some new stuff about them eheh :)
and + they sound great for a really really small ( sub 1" speakers and a 4 mini bass unit )

There is an optical output on this unit, md recorder output..gold plated rca input ..light sensor for dimming display..battery back up for interrupt electricity ...

neway what i wanna come to is that i find the overall build quality and ingeniosity rather exceptional!!
for an article that isn't too much overpriced ( paid 220$ brand new )

So what do you think of Nakamichi as a brand ?
Are there products good products ?

I was thinking of buying a SS11 for the living room for my parents..they aren't relaly audiphiles but they like great sounding..and + the nakamichi is all easy to operate cause it is all link within 1 controller ..

and they are really but really not good with electronics :p
hehe

I also am looking for a nakamichi cd player..MB8 or MB10 used..for myself..what do you think ? ( sub 300$ with 5 discs)

so ..that's it..
please jsut leave comments about how u feel in general about Nakamichi products..and ur experiences with them . :)

thank you!

Jin
jinmtvt
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audiotomb
1,112 posts
 
I agree with Sugarbrie

Nak made excellent tape decks in the 70's and 80's.
When I was in sales Nak demanded that we carry their full line (amps, recievers). These were obviously subpar and many dealers enamored with their tape decks reluctantly dropped the line only to have Nak show up at low ball priced circuit city type chains. An unfortunate move.

Tom
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dar
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I'm a little more upbeat in my view than Sugarbrie, but Nak has certainly gone very significantly downhill. In their good years, even the cheaper tapedecks were surprisingly well built for their price points, while 3 or 4 of the better Naks are legitimate candidates for legend status. While they never were at the same level as the tape decks, Nak also put out a reasonable power amp and tuner for a bit--not reference stuff, but entirely respectable. By contrast, I had occasion to buy their "better" cassette deck (circa $1000 MSRP, about $300 or $400 on closeout)recently, when the model was discontinued, and thought the build quality was about par with entry level high-end lines, about the equivalent of what the lower middle of Nak's product line used to be.
aroc
760 posts
 
I'm really fond of their tape decks.... That's what Nak built their reputation on, IMHO. I have an Nakamichi MR-2 Professional tape deck. It has fantastic build quality and good sound. I use it to pay recordings of my live music performances from high school and college. I have quite a collection of these ameteur tapes. With the right interconnect (for me, it's Straightwire Encore II), the Nak brings them alive.

Nakamichi is your basic no-frills, but quality Japanese audio company. Their car audio stuff (cd receivers, cassette receivers) are low and features, but high on quality. Expensive too. But you get what you pay for...
abstract7
541 posts
 
Well, I have a somewhat varying opinion--except on the tape decks--they were top notch. I still have a CR-7. I also have one of their recievers (an RE-2) for my office system. I have also owned in the past one of their CD players (although it was a very early one). Their electonics are not "state of the art", but I think they are a good value. This is not high end stuff--but I think it's good quality at a fair price. As to their Space Saver Series--I think it is over priced--but look who they are competing with--Bose! It sounds a lot better than that and still costs less. It does appear their marketing strategy has diverged. They used to do just tape decks--excellently. Now they do a bunch of things, meeting market demands in areas they can produce a "me too" product at a cost advantage. Lastly, the car decks--this is not a me too product--they sound great, much better than just about anything (save the Levinson). The early ones broke quite a bit, but I currently have one in an earlier model Lexus and it is really a fantastic car system.
wowbee
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Their tape decks, up until the death of Etsuro Nakamichi, were first-rate. Shortly after the introduction of the Dragon, however, they began to slip in terms of sound and build quality. The other products were never up to the level of their decks, and unfortunately things got worse when they tried to compete at the lower price points. Better value can be had elsewhere for the same or lower price.
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