WTB/WTT: Nakamichi deck

I'm looking for a restored or serviced Nakamichi deck like RX-505. I have quite a bit of gear I can trade including Oyaide cables, Black cat speaker wire, Tortuga Audio LDR preamp, PS AUDIO P3, AUDIO TECHNICA ART7 MOVING COIL, ALLNIC H1201. Thanks!!
For Sale 2019:
Tortuga Audio LDR passive preamp
Decware EL34 amp
Allnic H-1201 phono
Zu Union Cubes
iFi iDSD DAC, .5m UBS, iFI Gemini cable, Oyaide Tunami XLR 1.3M, Oyaide Tunami Speaker wire 1.5M, Beyerdynamic DT1990 headphones, PS Audio P3 power center

Comments

  • DaveHo
    DaveHo Posts: 3,471
    la2vegas wrote: »
    WagnerRC wrote: »

    That's a hefty price, is that the going rate?

    At least double what I think it's worth. Though admittedly I've got zero interest in going back to cassette playback.
  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 24,481
    The dragon's still command a stellar price on eBay. Hard to believe for me
  • gyosa
    gyosa Posts: 675
    So do the Nakamichi CR-5’s and 7’s....
    Got a 5 sitting in my closet - haven’t used in prob 20 years ....

    Bk
    Parasound A21 , Yamaha wxc-50 , Polk SDA 1c’s ( my first love .. ) , Kimber Kable 4TC, Sony 42” - BEDROOM

    B&K EX-442 ( it will go in my casket when I die ... ) , PS Audio 4.6 preamp ( old school , but it still jams on ... ) , Yamaha wxc-50 , Boston Acoustic voyager 7’s - POOL

    PS Audio Stellar S300 , Eversolo DMP-A8 , Yamaha wxc-50 , Kimber Kable 4vs , Salk Supercharged Song towers ( difficult choice between these and my family if I had to choose ... 😩 ) , Sony XBR-A8F 65” OLED - DEN , MAIN RIG

    Cambridge Audio 851n - sitting in the closet , for now

    Onkyo TX-nr609 , Polk atrium 7 , Boston acoustic sound ware (4) , Boston acoustic sub , B&W center , Sharp 65” TV - PATIO

    DAYENS AMPINO ( thanks Verb ! ) , KEiiD streamer ( this was only 60 bucks ?? ) , Polk atrium 8SDi’s - KID’s BEDROOM
  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,053
    Owned a Dragon in the 90's for about 5-6 years. What a phenomenal deck and a real piece of exquisite engineering. Still probably the best single piece of audio equipment I've owned.

    Sadly, there is really no market for such a great piece of gear today. I have no desire to get back into audio cassettes. I'd still have it today if the media was more relevant.

    H9
    "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!
  • miner
    miner Posts: 1,305
    I have a fully restored (by ESL labs) Nak ZX-7. The restoration alone was ^$2K. Better than new and looks like it too.1iijuyxzg3gq.jpg
    4ok7bvntqqsf.jpg
    5jsyxeqg3235.jpg
    abvorqi1rq7h.jpg
    [
  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,053
    Awesome decks, Miner

    H9
    "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!
  • doctorcilantro
    doctorcilantro Posts: 2,028
    edited March 2019
    Lovely. I've got a PS Audio P3 up for trade and I'm coming to USA in a few weeks if anyone has something they want to send to a good home :)
    For Sale 2019:
    Tortuga Audio LDR passive preamp
    Decware EL34 amp
    Allnic H-1201 phono
    Zu Union Cubes
    iFi iDSD DAC, .5m UBS, iFI Gemini cable, Oyaide Tunami XLR 1.3M, Oyaide Tunami Speaker wire 1.5M, Beyerdynamic DT1990 headphones, PS Audio P3 power center

  • BMF35
    BMF35 Posts: 86
    I had a Dragon too back in the day. Hardly ever used it though. Always heard they were a little fragile and didn't want anything to break before I could sell it. That Nak stuff sure sounded good and looked so high tech.
  • Jimbo18
    Jimbo18 Posts: 2,310
    I know it's not the same thing but there's a Nak 480 in the area for $100.

    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/276185226626513/