I have several Naks including the 480, 550, and 680ZX, which was the baby Dragon. I have also owned the 700 and 500. All in all Nak made some excellent decks in the day, right up to the very end. However, one of my favorites is the Tandberg A440 which easily held its own against the 680ZX. It may not have had the fancy features, but it certainly made excellent recordings and sounded great during playback.
Most PRACTICAL, yet good sounding REEL to REEL ???
I occasionally find pre-recorded reel to reel tapes in my local thrift stores and garage sales and am thinking it's crazy not to pass them up.
So what I'd like to know is - What deck would you experienced R to R'ers recommend as:
1. Reliable
2. Good to excellent sonically
3. Not too pricey, as this is only experimental for now
4. Still repairable locally when need be
(Pretty much in that order of importance.)
I assume that a Teac would likely top this list for combined score on all three, but know zilch about which models, etc. Any comments would be appreciated.
So what I'd like to know is - What deck would you experienced R to R'ers recommend as:
1. Reliable
2. Good to excellent sonically
3. Not too pricey, as this is only experimental for now
4. Still repairable locally when need be
(Pretty much in that order of importance.)
I assume that a Teac would likely top this list for combined score on all three, but know zilch about which models, etc. Any comments would be appreciated.