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Gregg Mitchell
Registrace 28. 07. 2011
Nakamichi Dragon-CT turntable demo
The video is a demonstration of the unique Nakamichi Dragon-CT turntable, which corrects for out of round records, allowing you to both see it work and hear the difference it makes.
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Boring-ass music🙈.
Hi I didn't know Nakamichi made a turntable.. probably the best sound...👍
I wish this caught on. I have so many records that are off-center...
Аппарат у тебя достойный но ты пёс смердящий.
Masterpiece 😍😍
Correction reveals more treble and surface noise. That's good news.
does it have bt/auracast?
AMAZING
very professional demo, great work, thz
Why don't they make this anymore? It blows those $10K+ turntables out of the water.
It doesnt fix out of round. It fixes off center. Nothing i know of has fixed out of round
Amazing engineering and precision.
Great Great Great demo , thankyou very much
Just a stunning machine.👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍
Well, even me couldn't do it better and wiser.
Nakamichi truly were the epitomes of Japanese audio engineering. Technology and sound quality worth every penny.
i CAN hear a difference
Rega p10 kills it
We need to know the deferences between that brand and the others because : its said that nakamitchi is class no. 1 in the Japanese audio technology.
Great table if you have 6-8 grand to spend.
Awesome
super!!!!
Wow! What a table! Is it also a Nak. Cartridge on the arm? ~Peace
I have it. Super turntable. But it is malfunctioning. No one can service it. So disappointed
Talk to Chris at Pyramid Audio in Austin, TX. He repaired this one a few years ago.
@@ggergm580 Many thanks. I live in Singapore. Kind of far.
Unbelievable. And I just saw one on ebay for £8000. If I had the money I wouldn't hesitate.
I saw that listing. It looks to be a superb example for sale but the price is double what I’ve seen a perfect Dragon-CT turntable sell for in the past. But who knows? I wish the seller good luck.
One can find these on eBay for a reasonable 8000 US. Cough, cough.
Luxurious Indexing table
do u do voiceovers for a living???
I may be wrong, but I think Kyocera also shared that turntable and had that also....very cool gimmick but I wonder, what came first the record that was "made" out of round at the factory, or did the record become out of round after purchasing it?
Great to see this table demo, thanks for putting the video up to share. I have the Nakamichi MC1000 reference pick up which is my favourite cartridge.
Niro Nakamichi san, he's a genius
Thanks for sharing incredible machine and great solution to coommon problem that no one ales as far as I know has addressed,they only concern is long term reliability and finding someone to fix if it goes wrong.
Un signor giradischi.suono perfetto!
NaKamichl👍👍👍👍👍
That is very cool! Who would ever thought of this? Well Nakamichi did!!
a very bad job or their devices wouldn´t be constantelly out for repair ,if they ask a lot of money they should deliver better materials but they just care of making lot´s of money ,there are good brands who are expensive but they work properlly for a lot of years (a lifetime)those you never find them for sale ,why do you think that happens?regards and health
I want to know what has happened to those poor nautilui in the background
It is a mystery why this technology has not been adopted or licenced for use in modern high end turntables. When you consider the cost of modern high performance turntables from the likes of TechDas, SAT, Dohman, SME, VPI, Linn, Caliburn and a slew of others, it seems to me to be a significant omission not to have this or a similar facility in modern turntables costing five and six figure sums. Many brand new and used records have 'off centre' spindle holes that need correction. The round file diy system seem to be the only 'solution' that we have at present? There would be an additional cost of course, but if you are aiming at the absolute high end such a 'centring system' ought to be part of the design. It is ironic though that Japanese engineers (presumably) designed this system back in the day when 'off centre' records were probably extremely rare or perhaps non-existent from the domestic Japanese pressing plants, if our experience is anything to go by?
Its the cost which is prohibitive even for the ultra hi end - remember the whole heavy platter is being moved every rotation and at increasing frequency....they were on another plane these Nakamichis
This could be an excellent demonstration if you put the slightest care and respect for your viewers and used the same part on both playings. Instead the part after 'Center Search' started quite a while before the 1st part, and when it reached the first notes of the 1st part you just lifted the Tonearm!!!🙁 This made most people confused about the outcome...
More pleasant comments from someone with too much time on their hands.
I hear the pitch drifting.
I owned one.
Nakamichi made two models that centered the record automatically. The Dragon CT and the TX-1000
You are right. The TX-1000, which was an auto-centering platter and a base with no arm, was the handbuilt, test-of-concept prototype. The Dragon-CT was the production model and actually manufactured to Nakamichi's specifications by Micro-Seiki, which made turntables for many companies back when. It's unknown how many TX-1000 platters were constructed and even more problematic, are still working today. I've only ever seen one for sale and that was decades ago.
@@ggergm580 you are wrong! The TX-1000 was a production model that preceded the much less costly DRAGON CT. It incorporated a faster and slicker mechanism for 'Centre Search'.
@@VRGRPK You are right!
This record olayer has internal phono preamplifier, internal digitizer and usb?
These were made in the mid 1980s, so USB was decades away from being invented. Of course no digitizer. Built in preamps existed but were very uncommon in turntables. This is vintage stuff.
@@bgrimsle This turntable is from 1980? This is in a style that looks modern.
Wow now that really is different
it's Excellent turntable!😍😍😍
Brilliant product. Thanks for posting it.
This very turntable can be seen paired with McIntosh equipment in 9 1/2 Weeks in Mickey Rourke's apartment. Beautiful turntable.
Amazing
Back in the mid 80's, the retail price for this turntable was about $2200. That's roughly $5700 in today's dollars. I find it extremely irritating that today, in 2020, there are turntables selling for this price that positively primitive in comparison to this. (In some cases, they don't even have a speed control, you move a belt from one pulley to another.) There's no reason in my mind that for $6000, a turntable like this could be manufactured again combined with the highly advanced Sony Biotracer system, without selling for some absolutely absurd price. I guess these never had much of a market demand. All of the patents to these unique systems should have all expired by now.
I think a turntable like this could easily be manufactured for far less than $6000 today. As well as being faster and smarter with the use of modern processors, sensors and actuators to move the turntable instead of the piston that this table uses. I think if one was to ignore the fluff and focus on technical achievement, 2000 USD would be doable. Sadly, any gear that goes a certain price point turns into a purity test and anything electronic or digital is rejected outright.
There should be a separate device like an accessory that allows the centering system done on a customized stiff platter mat before placing it on the platter to play the record. If we can have a fancy record cleaning machine next to a turntable, we can have a centering machine next to it too! This way you don't have to change your favorite turntable. Yes, I do agree that turntables cost more than a small house should include this feature! PS, obviously turntables with a vacuum system would present a problem.
These would be great for djing long house music sets
Incredible, thank you for sharing!