Original View of rack A and B at Sketsoteric Audio. Rack C was added later. My long and fascinating journey with Nakamichi began when I was hardly 17 years old. To us mere mortals, just listening to the name always evoked the same thought: out of reach. Their original introduction of the 1000 and 700 cassette decks around 1973, were considered as the real "Hi Fi" cassette deck, rivaling many of the lesser open reel models of the time. This "tri" series referred to the three h

Finally, after couple of years, all tape recorders has been fully serviced and restored by the best techs of the USA and Italy. Through...

My modified ReVox B-215S The Studer-Revox brand has been related with tape audio since the 50's. They specialized in durable machines and...

Revox B 77 fully dressed with optional dust cover and NAB adapters. The history of ReVox can be resumed in 2 words: longevity and...

The 700 ZXE is part of the family of Nakamichi enhanced original 1000 and 700 original series which debut took place during 1973-1974....

This time, I decided to give my fellow collectors of the Tapeheads website a chance to help me write this review about the "last real...

My Nakamichi ZX-7 back from Willy Hermann "While some audiophiles complain about the high cost of components in the 21 Century, back in...

One of my 3 Dragons singing on a table. So many things has been said about this wonderful cassette deck that I just decided to compile...

My Crown SX 822. 1/2 TK, running at 7 1/2 & 15 ips. It is over 40 years old... Since the early 70's, when I started reading Stereo Review...

My TEAC Z 6000 above. A manual version of the Z 7000. "Every once in a while a masterpiece is created"...that's part of Teac's "Z" series...