ime, Willy's prices are more reasonable than the alternatives. hard to say re: cost/benefit to repair; unless you have a large tape collection, probably not. Even then, they may have lost their sparkle over time. The 582 is ancient, and not one of the great Nak decks. you're right, new tapes are very expensive now, and metal tapes difficult to obtain at all.
Nakamichi 582 issues
I have a Nak 582 that I have had for many years. Sat in its box for 30 + years.
Took it out to see if it still worked, and everything seems to function except it will not go into playback mode. The heads try to move into postition, but then stall. I have a hard copy service manual, but boy the mechanicals on this thing are complex. Looks like there is a cam mechanism that moves the head assembly into position, but beyond that I'm stumped. Is there a simple belt drive that needs replacement?
Is this deck worth trying to fix? Does anyone listen to cassette tapes any longer?
Took it out to see if it still worked, and everything seems to function except it will not go into playback mode. The heads try to move into postition, but then stall. I have a hard copy service manual, but boy the mechanicals on this thing are complex. Looks like there is a cam mechanism that moves the head assembly into position, but beyond that I'm stumped. Is there a simple belt drive that needs replacement?
Is this deck worth trying to fix? Does anyone listen to cassette tapes any longer?