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Vintage Cassettes: Direct Drive, 3 Heads: Sendust

Hey folks...I am leaning towards 3 head Denon or Harman Kardon decks with DD innards...I don't want to monkey with belts, etc...and yes NAK are quality decks but the majority of my taping was not on a NAK deck to begin with...I am looking for reliability, features, and decent sound. Others: Onkyo, Yamaha, Sony ES. These would be 80s\90s offerins primarily.
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mofimadness
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Phase...the CD491 is an excellent cassette deck! I recently found a really nice CD391 and am loving it.

I also was a HK dealer back in the day and the CD491 was as good as anything out at that time.

Enjoy.
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IMHO, I would take the HK CD491 any day over the NAD, IF the HK is working properly and in good shape.

I was very fortunate in that when I closed one of my stores I took all of the blank tape we sold with me.

I have cases of TDK, Maxell, Fuji, BASF, Triad, Sony that will probably last me a lifetime. Not sure if any of the majors sell high quality tape anymore. I'm sure you can find some on E-Bay.
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