Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site anwar.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!philabs!hhb!anwar!bob From: bob@anwar.UUCP (Bob Erickson) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Cassete Decks - My Nakamichi Story Message-ID: <141@anwar.UUCP> Date: Thu, 28-Feb-85 21:00:50 EST Article-I.D.: anwar.141 Posted: Thu Feb 28 21:00:50 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Mar-85 06:08:11 EST Organization: HHB-Softron, Mahwah, NJ Lines: 40 Well I bought a Nakamichi for the `quality' too. I got the low end BX-150. I quickly noticed a strange pinging in the sound of some of the music I had recorded. Looking at the physical tape mechanism showed a consistent clicking in the motion of the takeup hup. Convincing my audio salesmen there was a problem was the hard part. Finally he believed and it ended up going through repair 2 times. The first time they claimed it needed 'lubrication', which they did. Which did nothing to solve the problem. Upon a second closer examination they found that the takeup hub drive edge had a nub on it left over from the injection molding process used to create the part. Filing it down solved that problem. Hard to believe Nak would let something like that go by. The second failure was a little easier to show my salesmen. The high precision drive motor decided to burn out completely. The deck was only a few weeks old. At least they repaired it the first time, replacing the entire drive motor. When its running, the deck sounds great. I hope my problems are simply a freak of nature, and not a lowering of quality standards at Nak. -- ========================================================== Be Company: HHB-Softron 1000 Wyckoff Ave. Mahwah NJ 07430 201-848-8000 UUCP address: {ihnp4,decvax,allegra}!philabs!hhb!bob