Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site ssc-vax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!esco From: esco@ssc-vax.UUCP (Michael Esco) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Cassete Decks - My Nakamichi Story Message-ID: <487@ssc-vax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Mar-85 20:59:32 EST Article-I.D.: ssc-vax.487 Posted: Tue Mar 5 20:59:32 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Mar-85 04:48:50 EST References: <141@anwar.UUCP> Organization: Boeing Aerospace Co., Seattle, WA Lines: 33 < a quality control story > > > 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. > > Company: HHB-Softron Your story is tame compared to mine. As soon as I had the speakers, receiver, and Nakamichi 580 I had just bought hooked up, I popped in a tape to listen to while setting up the turntable, etc. It sounded fine, but I noticed that one meter had swung over and froze. I hopped in the car and returned the deck before the store closed for the night. Deck number two would play for about 20 minutes before something in the transport would bind and the deck would stop. Deck number three had a bad transport and crinkled several tapes before I discovered where the drop outs were coming from. Somehow, I let the owner of the store talk me into trading up to a Nak 581 for number four. It lasted almost a month before the the record head became somewhat loose and wouldn't stay aligned. All of these decks came in factory-sealed cartons and checked out fine in the store the first time. The salesmen began to look somewhat distressed when they would see me coming with a box in my arms, but to their credit they never gave me any hassles about replaceing the defective decks (possibly because of my job at the time: Design Evaluation Engineer, Product Test, NCR E&M San Diego). Deck number five, also a 581, has been perfection itself (knock on iron-oxide). For the last four years it has delivered the best sound I've heard in a cassette. Someday when this machine finally wears out or new features become too appealing I will probably replace it. What brand will I buy? Why, Nakamichi of course. Michael Esco Boeing Aerospace