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heiney9
heiney9 Posts: 25,217
edited January 2007 in Electronics
I've always been impressed with the Dragon line put out by Nakamichi. The Dragon name is only given to those top of the line money no issue products which perform at an entriely different level than standard Nak products.

You don't see these FS to often and while I wouldn't pay anywhere near what they are asking (it will still probably sell) I've always been intrigued by this TT. An auto centering spindle is it's main claim to fame along with other rock soild engineering & performance. These are extremely rare and probably why they command such coin.

I've owned other Dragon components and can say the Dragon name is truely the best of the best.

No Affil.........posted for discussion and coolness factor :)

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  • jm1
    jm1 Posts: 618
    edited January 2007
    I remember seeing one of those in a local store all those years ago. Still a cool TT.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited January 2007
    What all did Nakamichi make with the "Dragon" name? Did they run the whole gamut (sp?), or just a few pieces?
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,217
    edited January 2007
    audiobliss wrote:
    What all did Nakamichi make with the "Dragon" name? Did they run the whole gamut (sp?), or just a few pieces?

    They had the Dragon Cassette deck which was probably the most well-known. I owned one in the day and it was the best effing deck I have ever heard to this day. Simply phenominal at making recordings. It had an auto azimuth adjustment as well as 3 diff frequency test tones for both L & R calibration for bias setting of each individual tape used to record in it. Retail on that deck back in the mid-late 80's was about $2800.

    They had a Dragon cdp which consisted of a 2 piece unit. One piece being the transport weighing it at some thing like 40-50 lbs (if I remember) and a seperate stand alone DAC which weighed in slightly less. The store I worked at sold them in the day, but I never had the chance to own one. Spent some time with it at my house, but never actually owned it. Retail at the time was like $9500(for both pieces) if I remember correctly.

    The PA-7 and CA-7 amp and pre-amp respectively were never designated at Dragon pieces but they were certainly worthy of the name. Both used Nelson Pass patented designs. The CA-7 had 2 power trannys a completely islolated motorized potentiometer for a volume control. Retail on each piece back then was about $2800.00 each.

    One of my favorite systems back in the late 80's was:

    Nak PA-7II
    Nak CA-7II
    Nak Dragon Cassette Deck or
    Luxman Tube CDP
    Polk SDA-SRS's or
    KEF 107/2's
    Audioquest cables.

    That system was way out of reach for me at the time.
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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