Well my vote is for Tandbergs all the way. The Naks sound too "tinny" and have too much high end as do most japanese decks and electronic equipment. Tandberg's best decks were the TCD-910 for recording, TCD-911 for playback (has playback azimuth adjustment that is manual and much more rugged that the NAAC of the Dragon). Following that would be the TCD-3004 - nice deck, best all around but had tons of issues. A working one makes flawless tapes. Then would be the 3014A, much more available and similar to the TCD-910 (the 3014A has no playback azimuth correction). There were only 35 911s ever made for the professional recording industry and only 400 of the 910s. There were thousands of the 3004 and 3014s made, so they are easier to find. I wonder how many of those 911s are still in existance? One for sure, and that one is mine :)