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From: shauns@vice.UUCP (Shaun Simpkins)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Wanted: Cassette Deck advice
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Date: Tue, 5-Mar-85 12:50:35 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar  5 12:50:35 1985
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> From Shaun Simpkins:
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> >I would suggest looking at the Nak BX-300 before you run out and purchase
> >the LX-3 - I think the BX-300 gives more value for the same list price.
> >It is a 2-capstan design, hence low flutter, hence much better reproduction of
> >things like piano, oboe, massed strings, etc.  The LX-3 is a single capstan
> >design 3 to 4 years old and I suspect Nak is clearing them out.  To my tastes
> >the BX-300 is less gaudy than the LX-3.  B&O does a better job at high sex
> >design than Nak (High Sex Design = faceless aluminum sheet with wood trim that
> >does something audioish).
> 
> Wrong.  The Nakamichi LX-3 is a dual-capstan machine with two heads.
> 
>                                 Dennis
> 
  Oops.  My mistake.  I examined the LX-3 3 years ago when it was new and
  haven't paid much attention since.  That was the time when Nak was bleeding
  itself dry with, I think, 12 different models in its line all competing with
  each other for the same market.  The BX series was the first attempt to
  reduce their line to something manageable.
  What I meant to say is that the BX 300 is the first 2 capstan 3 head design
  in that series.  Its performance is on a par with the LX-5 (also a 2c3h deck)
  and as such represents excellent value, much more so than the LX-3 at the
  same price.  Indeed, it incorporates the same diffused resonance transport
  introduced in the LX-3,5 and ZX-7.
  (Notice that the ZX-7 doesn't appear on dealer's shelves anymore?  The ZX-9
  is the only one left.  The biggest difference between these two models is
  the direct drive capstans in the ZX-9.  The ZX-7 didn't have enough basic
  performance improvement from the LX to survive even with its fully adjustable
  bias and EQ.  The ZX-9 apparently has enough product differentiation to
  survive.  And now the same thing is happening between the LX and BX series.)

  The LX-3 is an excellent deck.
  But save one correction, my comments still stand.

  The wandering squash,
-- 
				Shaun Simpkins

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