Nakamichi is Back! 6 Channels for $200?
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
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Up today is a brand many of us old school fans know and love, Nakamichi. Nakamichi entered the car audio market way back in 1983 with head units, amplifiers and speakers. In the 90's, they pulled out of the US market due to competition. As recent as 2019, they are back with a complete line of head units, speakers, amplifiers and more. Today we are looking at one of the budget amps, specifically the NXGA80.6, a six channel, fully active capable amplifier. Six channel amps are very flexible and can be very useful for simple to complex car audio sound systems.
The NXGA80.6 is rated to deliver (Class AB):
75 watts x 6 at 4 ohms
110 watts x 6 at 2 ohms
250 watts x 3 at 4 ohms bridged
At the current price of $200, this sounds too good to be true. Let's take a closer look and see what it's about and how it performs.
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Don't think that amplifier is going to get you much amazon money.
Big D please test this kenwood KAC 1023 or this mono blocks 9105 or 9106.
Will really appreciate it!
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China Audio Hi Fi that sells Williston Amps etc.......... used to be really good, then CZcamsrs start reviewing their products and now they have increased their prices. Other tubers get their products for free to review, and then suddenly the price goes up, right after the review. This happened with their version of the Harbeth speakers clones. The price went $200-$300 per pair! Sad to see the average Joe having to pay more during a pan demonic! Some Ytubers have know idea that they ruin things for others because of greed. They know who they are!
You remember Majestic budget Amp back in the 90s? I used to power MTX bluethunder subs with them.
Nakamichi, Blaupunkt, and most of the other great names have been sold to the Chinese.
Yep
Most things are. Gotta keep those margins up
@@maman89 sad but true, audio should be better represent to society.
Blaupunkt become a real trash
Jbl,rockford
Nakamichi was top notch back in the day. So was Zapco & McIntosh. I inherited my fathers oldskool McIntosh home audio & it’s absolutely awesome
I was at Sound Advice in the mid 90s in Orlando when Shaq came in to get a full Nakamichi system in his Nissan pathfinder.
I'm amazed that he could fit in a mid-sized suv! I remember the Ford van he filled with Mmatts (Spelling?) back then.
My dad worked at that store in 95-96! He always said Shaq was a regular customer who wanted the newest and best everything and was always such a nice guy. I still run my Nak bookshelf speakers from 92, sound good still.
@@srarcade I was stationed in Tampa 94-98 and went to Sound Advice often. I was mainly into home theater. Did work at Circuit City part time and had famous people in there all the time. No one as famous as Shaq though!
John Clark Actually that Van had Critical Mass equipment. I was at a club in Orlando when he pulled up.
@@johnclark3067 mmats. Have you haeard their products? I have a mmats 1400.1 dhc. It sounds beautiful. The sounds are so warm. Unlike my skar rp2000.1. It is not warm. The skar is just brutal. Nothing will ever compete with mmats imo.. well im sure something can but i know not of it
From just looking at the guts, this amp would be an excellent candidate for modifying. The opamps have a good amount of real estate around them (perfect for swapping out for discreet style -Burson-, for example) and cap swap and possibly transistor swap. For the money... this would be a fun amp to modify. Class A/B for life.
knockoffamichi
You win the internet 🤣
Don Amiche!
Loved seeing that old Kicker subwoofer at the end of the video. I bought one like that at pawn shop back in the 90s when I was like 14. I would run it with home stereo and drive my parents nuts with bass.
That's the chinese version called NakaChiChi😂
You win ! ! !
Mao Power
NakaCheapy
@AUDIO MAN the wuhan plague, made by Joe Biden's boss.
@AUDIO MAN The computer you're typing on and your mother were made in china...You are too lazy and have no aptitude to build anything
How the mighty have fallen.
For reals. I saw Nakamichi headphones at KMart for $10 bucks. This world is so messed up now.
Atmospheric Pressure I just ended up buying old school used Boston sub amp and a Alphasonik 4 channel. Clean power!!!
I have one of their better 3 head decks from when they were at their peak in the 90s. its not a Dragon but its still damn nice. Lots of controls for bias and trim....For my car stereo I use an old school soundstream Rubicon 4 for my bi-amped front stage and Rockford Fosgate Power 250 monoblock for single 12" AVI Neo (number 83). Sounds like heaven.
Anyone else catch the typo printed on the amp at 4:26? "BASS BOOET"
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
oh my gawd thats to much !
@@craigengelman4534 to much?
The hole amp is a typo
@@henryovalles7311 the irony in your comment.. I see it 😂
The name was so Synanomus with quality back in the late 80s and 90s when I got into audio!! N-Power=Nominal power my guess..
I was all excited and then wtf?
N-power = "Nakamichi Power" DOH
@Dave Micolichek they are like boss watts
* spell check does work sometimes
@@MC_AU whut?
The resistors that are hot are supposed to be - they’re current limiting resistors for zener diodes that convert the rail voltage down to +/-15V for the opamps in the preamp and crossover stages. The nearby caps are receiving heat from the resistors radiation and are unlikely to be heating themselves.
Yes I’m in the SQ GREY POUPON crowd. I have a slight case of OCD ADHD that demands me to wanna hear everything at it’s finest. I used to be a SPL bass head when I was younger. Now at 39 years old I’m running two 10s with a active 3 way front stage and a 8ch DSP. Custom fiberglass sail and A pillar builds for my tweeters and 3.5” mids . Have 8” woofers in the door’s with plenty of sound treatment. I love to “LISTEN” to my music!
Nakamichi was one of the best in the mid to late 80s. Expensive car audio but was incredible.
I had all Nakamichi in my car in the mid to late 80’s. It’s still in the car too sitting in my garage. 😂
TD-800 cassette deck. Pull out with Azimuth control.
Two crossovers
2 amps. 75X2 and 35x4. These drive the mids and highs.
I had an Alphasonik 125x2 amp also for the subs. 2 Fosgate 10’s and Gold Sound 12 dvc
It sounded okay. I had Polk audio plates and Fosgate mids and Vifa tweeters. Clean sound but lacked power.
I don’t have the amps anymore though. I put those in some friends cars who needed amps.
My brother has a home Dragon deck. Not sure if it’s working though.
I got excited for a minute (until the dyno)
Damn!
Nakamichi was also used in the 1990-2000 Lexus LS400 and other Lexus cars of the era.
N Power = Nominal Power? Or in this case not rated power? I’ve been disappointed in the last few 6 channel amps I’ve tested, but this one seems decent for the money it’s just unfortunate they chose not to rate it truthfully.
Yeah Rob. I’m pretty sure the “N” does stand for normal power output. I’ve seen a few amps now that are rated that way.
Always remember.... " where there is resistance , there is voltage, and where there is voltage, there is heat ... This equals to " high resistance= high heat. Learned this in electronics class over 20 yrs ago
True from a current source like a tube amp output but higher resistance equals lower power dissipation from a voltage source.
Shame it was so anemic. Would've been a perfect amp to throw on your front-end for a 3-way active setup. They should've rated it 6 × 50 @ 4 ohms. I'd get Shawn King to work his magic modding and upgrading it. Great video BigD!! 👌
I never dreamed back in the 80's and 90's I would be able to own a Nakamichi cassette deck. Over the past few years, I've bought 4 - although none of their TOL models, they still go for LOTS of money. They really knew how to push that format to the limit.
I had a Nakamichi tape deck in my car, I would blast old techno mix tapes and it would rock my JL sub. Good old times my friends.
JL subs are junk
@@lkjyuiop1987 🙄
Unbelievable CZcams! Just yesterday evening I realized what my DIY project is: a 6 mono amplifiers unit (that will be plugged into an adjustable crossover). Damned, how a hell they got know about this and offered this vid to me today?
Did u pull the trigger? I'm doing a hifi setup with a android chinese head unit with built in dsp and sdpif optical out... a dac and class a/b would be a perfect amp. $199. I wonder how long it would throw wattage at the sub before catching fire.
this has always been one of the most overlooked brands . I was bumpin this stuff back in the late 80' early 90's
They weren't overlooked. This product is NOTHING to do with the Nakamichi of the "old days".
@@johncoops6897 Exactly. Nakamichi Amps that were built by Zed Audio, are some of the most sought after old school amplifiers today!
Nakamichi has dishonored the industry.
25Hz to Life, You've got it backwards. The industry has dishonored Nakamichi. As it has done to so many other, once classic, brand names.
Wowwwwww!!! A tube amplifier for car audio!! Must have!
Butler Audio used to make them. A SQ competition car in the 1990's ran them. I think it was a Buick Grand National.
For the money its still good and clean thanks for testing this one
😬👍
I think the "N" in N-power stands for "iN your dreams"
used to love the nakamichi i had in my honda back in the day. "my nakamichi knockin" yall know
@Dave Micolichek It's literally the founder's name
@Dave Micolichek Ahh didnt see the first sentence screen was scrolled...lol
Still have my Nakamichi Dragon I purchased in Japan in 1983. Working perfectly.
That’s a dream tape deck.
I think for the money its a great option for someone wanting to run 3 way fronts in a daily. Im going to have to look into them and find out if they make a subwoofer amplifier that matches this amp and how does it perform.
Thank you Big D for the video, awesome as always. We appreciate your hard work.
Seems to be a solid deal, albeit overrated quite a bit
you must be a patreon
If you're going 3 way active, you wouldn't skimp on this. Plenty better options out there.
@@mattpierce4143 your right, i have Lp amps on my 3 ways but my 17 year old nephew would run something like this because its cheap.
Not everyone can afford to spend 6-7k on car audio. I think its a great option for the younger generation that are just starting out and want 3 way fronts.
I think a lot of the high end audio names have been sold out to low budget mainstream consumer oriented operations that make cheap knock-offs while trying to ride the good name of the old companies.
I am glad that I came across the test of this amplifier, after watching it I lost my appetite for its power.
Kudos to the person doing this test, good job
Toyota asked them to make this amp to replace all the blown pioneer amps in the ls430s. The ls430s with the Navigation/nakamichi amps rarely fail.
Yeah! I remember Nakamichi for home audio! I could never afford them back in the day. Made in Japan! I remember some of the car audio line but it never seem to be popular.
Great engineering brother...
Nak use to be really quality equipment back in the day... what happened to them is the same thing that happened to others like PPI... great quality back in the 80’s and 90’s! But today, just cheap stuff. Too bad we can’t go back in time. Try NVX 2700 on the amp dyno!!!
I’d use that thermal to make a few changes in that amp. First change I would make is putting in some high quality caps and move those hot resistors a little ways away from the caps or put some heat sinks on them and try blending the heat into the side of the amp. It would be fun to see if changing the mosfets and diodes could help get the rated power or if it just needs a better transformer set up. Old amps can be great fun to rebuild especially when you can improve them, it makes me think that there are new amps out there that could benefit from the same treatment.
I give you full permission you can use any one of my beats in my Big Bass C Bass music playlist.
Back in the day they had the BEST head units matched up with old school Pioneer TS 6906. and 6907's. 6x9's. Man rocked some old Camaros and novas back in my day 👍🏁🏁👍
200 bucks is good for 6 channels and that control.
50x6 is still a good amount of power.
Only question is why those ratings...
@@ilkkak3065 lots of decks boast that 50x4 rating "why would i buy an amp that does the same?".
@@Polywog77 Good point. There are some videous that shows 4x50w HU gives 15-19w/channel and 4x100w HU gives even 23w/chanel. I did not think that might be behind these over rated specs. I've known so long that amps might give less or more than they are rated. Back in 90's it just was so much harder to find information of measurement.
I just love your videos. I always look for when you have a new one.
Ask Redman is his “Nakamichi still knocking”
Nak PA-275 was my first amp ever. Got it used for $100 and drove 2 pioneer 10s.
👍
I still own a working PA-400M
I remember the home audio... I like the tubes in the amp.
Back in the day, the Nakamichi Dragon was the finest home cassette player you could buy. It was lusted after by many audiophile. Then they produced a few head units with the same technology for cassette playback that cost at least $1K. So sad to see they have been dragged down to the gutter.
The TD1200 car deck was THE cassette deck to have in your car. If you knew someone with a Nak tape deck and a decent turntable and used decent cassettes, it would sound better (way better) than the first cd players. It would give you a larger dynamic range and wasn't as harsh as the first cd players were.
I actually had the 1200 and the RX505 auto reverse cassette deck for the home. Still in storage.
So sad. The old Nakamichi stuff shined. I'm listening to my sr4a receiver as I type this, and the sound is fantastic!
You should throw an old sr4a or ta4a on the dyno. Love the channel.
I miss the OLD stuff. That sat on the shelf next to MB quart and Macintosh. These 3 were the tops brands at most high shops when I got into car audio back in 90’s
Demise of a great product... great video Big D!
Thanks brother 👌
Nakamichi and Sansui. RIP.
UPDATE!!!!!! Bought Nakamichi NKSD800.1 amp about 6 months ago.
This thing is sick, it's rated for 800w(N power, whatever that is?) at 1ohm, but I've been running it with two subs at 0.5ohm for a while now and it's doing fantastic! CLEAN signal, no fuses popping, no overheating, no protect mode. I can not believe how good this thing is for how cheap it was. Unfortunately the Nakamichi subwoofer I have isn't doing so well - the juice the amp puts out makes the voice coils rub if I play around 28hz and lower. The other sub I have is doing fine in that department, and I also keep my subsonic filter at 10hz or off basically. I've reduced gain and had to start using the bass knob more to safely play different songs without blowing up my sub, and at the moment I would say it's 100% worth it having to deal with that. I was expecting a lot more problems considering the power for price - in South Africa, there are 500w rated amps that cost almost twice as much as this Nakamichi amp, and the locally made amps dominate the market, because people fall for the ridiculous max watts ratings(some of these 4 channel amps are advertised as more than 10,000 watts! But in the fine print in the booklet, the RMS is usually around 60-100 watts per channel). It really feels like I've discovered some kind of hidden gem that no one else in the area knows exists. Honestly, I recommend this amp to anyone out there who is new to the scene, or is looking to upgrade their old system from running their subs on 4 channel amps to monoblock amps for the first time. You will not be disappointed
RJ-11 is nice because its easier to replace when you damage the cable on accident, or if you have the crimp tool you can cut custom cables so you don't end up with yet another coil of wire jammed into a kick panel picking up EM interference.
Back when I was a kid, I'm 48, the dragon was the unicorn of tape decks...younger fans this was before CD and no such thing as mp3. My uncle still has a dragon to this day and will never part with it. I wanted one to go with my sansui g8000 receiver.
I've always heard of their amplifier but I've never seen them. Did they sell car amplifiers in the '90s as well?
It sounded good on my end, but Im using the morel mps 4.400 class a/b on my front stage.& ac 1.800 on my subs
In the 80's, i was making first steps into HiFi, i bought the marvelous Nak BX-300. I loved the PA-7 amp (STASIS licenced from Threshold / Nelson Pass), it was a monster! I started DJ'ing and one of the fellow DJ (who owned a car audio shop) went to the bar with a impressive Nak kit in his car: TD-700 head unit, and a bunch of PA-400M amps IIRC, Gauss sub, etc! (we're talking about 1987!). From what i see in this video, it'll be hard to get back to their reputation with "inflated" specs... Too bad.
I use to do the warranty repairs for Canada in early 2000's. Some car stuff was good and some great. I have the CD-700 head unit which is still fargin marvelous sounding. Have a few of the CD-100 heads( 6 cd for size of single din) not to shabby either. Been to factory when it was in California. The home stuff is amazing. If you can get the systems they used in music stores to demo cd's, all that was Nakamichi.
I have been waiting for this one!
Awe yeah
I installed their car stuff in the 80's. Amps were good for mids and highs. Head unit didn't hold up to well. I remember the whole cassette carriage would slide out the front to help maintain head alignment.
Love your videos, yo! I found this one when I searched for tests on MY Nakamichi amp, the NGXA80.4 and figured it had to be pretty much the same amp with just 2 less channels as the one you tested here. I was right. I found this amp for $150 on eBay brand new. I chose it because of the specs VS the price plus the fact that I'm 62 years old and remember Nakamichi from way back in the 70's and 80's and their high-end stuff. This one is claimed to be a "2,000 watt amp" but the specs are pretty much the same as the 6-channel you tested in this video. I've been very happy with this NGXA80.4 so far. I have it powering 4-way Pioneer 6.5's up front with Cerwin-Vega tweeters in parallel (hooked up right, with bass blockers and resistors as well as the CV crossovers) and the same combo in the rear but with 5-way Pioneer 6x9's. I can say one thing; everything does sound nice and clean, and it plays my music louder than anyone who gets in my car can handle! But after watching this video, you made me want to go out and find a different amp! Really! It made me realize how much Nakamichi over-rate their amps specs! Now I'm going to look for a different brand of amp with more realistic specs! Although I don't go for massive hair-moving SPL levels, I simply like car audio to be crystal clear and sound nice at a lower volume instead of having to crank everything up. This amp does what I want it to. My head unit is a mechless Alpine, which is run through a Rockville 7-band equalizer (I sold the Clarion of the same design and got the Rockville because it was the ONLY 7-band I could find ANYWHERE that had ONLY the 7 frequency knobs to the right of the input selector switch). My signals go through high quality twisted RCA's I got from KnuKonceptz and I run 12g Audiopipe speaker wires to my front speakers and 10g Audiopipe to my rear speakers. I also run an 800-watt powered 10" Rockville sub. This is my first 10" sub I've ever owned in my 45 years of messing with car audio! I chose it only because it had better low frequency response than their 12's did. SSSSOOOO... now that I've watched this video, I'm not so happy with my amp! Even though I never imagined it to truly put out 2,000 watts, I certainly didn't think the output was THIS low! Time to look for a better amp! But again, this was the nicest 4-channel amp I could find for under $200 from a name I knew and trusted since the 70's. My biggest surprise was when I got the amp, made by a Japanese company, and clearly all over the box was big bold red letters saying "Made In China"!!! Say WHAT? I company in Japan can't make their own products in their own country? I'm still shaking my head at this one! Anyway, I wanted to give you my opinion on the 4-channel version of this amp you tested in this video. I sure wish you could post pictures in CZcams comments, I'd show you my setup. Thanks for the video! Oh, but NO thanks for making me want to replace my Nakamichi amp so soon! LOL! ;)
Still happy to see Nakamichi back in the game
Their signal processors were $129 a few years ago. The current prices are scalpers.
Honestly if we do some marketing truth keeping; the amp model is 80.6 which actually is indicative of an 80x6 2 ohm rating which jives perfectly with the test results... the temp is concerning... but it did sound good, right?
The reason it didn't meet it's ratings is because you are measuring for n-power, but only for plain power. You need n-power compatible equipment for it to reach it's full potential ratings. [SARC]
Yeah I remember Lexus and Nakamichi had a partnership from 1989 to 2001. Those systems sounded great in those cars. Especially in the Lexus LS 400.👍🏾👍🏾🔊🎶🎵
I had it. The LS400 only had 4 inch speakers in the doors, too
I have this amp powering Bass Face 2 way components at the front. JBL Club 6 X 9 's on the Rear Deck and Two 12 inch Bass Tubes by Bass Face in the boot I was impressed with the sound. Contrary to the test it is loud and Bass fills the Car. The sound quality is impressive too you can't go wrong for the money 💰.
Remember IR reflects off smooth surfaces like those metal capacitor bodies, so try different angles to see if they're actually hot.. Those resistors next door were definitely hot, you may have been seeing their reflection off the caps.
Good point 👍
I’m still running old school US Acoustics and a Boston. Old school Nakamichi would be a nice find.
I still have one of their SoundSpace 12 Systems that I bought in the early 2000's. Still love it as much as the day I bought it :)
Cheers for testing a brand that is not mainstream 🍻
I have the same camera, just don't use it around the house or you'll be fighting drafts and such forever. Nakamichi I believe is not the same company as it use to be. I used the Dragon and Dragon 2 back when they came out. CD quality from a cassette tape. Works of art.
I'm fortunate that I own a PA 2004 Nakamichi that has been going strong since 2009 😁.Still sounds Great !!!.
Them 80's Gold Nakamichi cassette decks....drooolllllllllllllllll
👌😬👍
Yup...still have my old TD400 cassette deck...had it installed in a 85 Nissan Pickup with two 12” in the bed...lol
Thanks for your great videos. Really educational and helpful! Great job.
I use to have a Nakamiichi car head unit made in Japan. Still kicking myself in the ass for not keeping it.
Had a head unit back on the days, didn't know they were still around
Nominal power. Orion uses both RMS and Nominal too.
Not true Power you mean 🤪
@@wal hahahaha ikr!
Thank you, again. Awesome video!
Found this on Audio Precision's site.
"THD+N is an abbreviation for Total Harmonic Distortion plus Noise. Total Harmonic Distortion is the sum of all the harmonic distortion products in a measurement, as opposed to selective harmonic distortion, which measures discrete harmonic products separately. THD+N adds noise to this figure."
If the Amp Dyno only measures THD that may explain the lower output?
I don't know. You probably need to ask Tony.
Have you ever tested any older Eclipse amps? I ask this because after watching this video, it made me want to get rid of my new Nakamichi 4-channel amp! It's basically the same amp with the same specs as the one in this video, only the 4-channel model. Now I'm replacing it with an Eclipse PA5422 4-channel amp rated at 85 wpc RMS. It was made in America, so that's already a good sign! Just wondered if you ever tested one. I'd be pretty excited to see a review of this amp! It sure is a LOT bigger than my Nakamichi NGXA80.4 amp is, and probably a LOT cleaner! The only thing I'm not liking about this Eclipse amp is that it doesn't take 4g power cable, it only takes whatever size you connect to screw terminals.
I was a Navy brat and my Dad would give me all his old gear when he upgraded. Okinawa, Japan baby!!!! My neighbor Art his dad father had the deck that would flip.
Nakamichi was used in a lot of Lexus cars from 1989 to like the early 2000s? They were a upgrade from the stock Pioneer system that came with the cars.
I always wanted a Nakamichi head unit back in the 90's. Had some clarion units, then got a real nice one from Eclipse. They really made some nice ones.
Yeah sick fo sho
Just bought the NKSD800.1 car amp for US$105, super cheap for 600W 2Ohm and for a company that wasn't made yesterday. I'm quite curious to hear it
I'm dying to know more about the n60t and the rest of the high end line, information is scarce.
You and me bof
I have a nakamichi 3 head cassette player. CD quality when using TDK MA or SA tapes, I was pleased with the sound. Last I saw a nakamichi was at Sears close out, dinky speakers and headphones.
I still love I can nakamichi!!!
My system slams!
God bless
Thanks for watching and commenting!
I got myself a brand new tube amplifier
It's large and lovely to behold
La, La, La, La, La
-PUSA
👌😬👍
That's still good for somebody who doesnt need much. Again, the only issue is them rating it way over what it can do.
that lil kicky at the end was doin some work!!!! nice throw for the old school sub....
We used to install a Nak head unit and changer in all the Ferraris in the early ‘90’s
Wow, My first car amp I ever bought in I think 1985 was a Nakamichi, It was 70 watts a channel, super clean but didnt put out much, it sounded more like 35 a channel. haha Still was a really good amp at the time. I still have it today.
This reminds me of Soundstream. Top brand in the industry from the 90's that has become a joke since being sold to other companies. I am glad to see smaller companies pop up that have pretty decent products that are well made and affordable. We have more options than these giant corporations pushing crappy, overrated products.
The Chinese can make high end audio, it's all about the company and what they decide to make, if it's put together by the Chinese and they have quality control, it will be just as good as any other country assembled amp, there was plenty of cheap USA amps made at the same time as the best ones that were made...
I recently dug out my NAK PA-200 amp and used it to build an ok-ish boombox with a kenwood 5.25 component set as my shop radio
They've been selling the cross overs at a local shop for three years now glad to see the amps are available now
Always love clicking the youtube button and seeing a new vid from big d wiz!
There old amps from the 80s early 90s were bad ass just like PPI hi fonics I had a 4 channel zapco running kicker 18s in my old Honda accord with 15" Gold Daytons the real ones too :)
Soundstream just came out with 2 brand new lines of amps, Reserve for dealers only. And the beast TXP line there are the real deal!! There on a comeback!!
No worry bout the temp overlay. Itd be bout the same just a bit hotter. All around good stuff. Thanks for trying it @ 1 ohm I was curious as I'm sure many were. Keep em coming yo!
I have this original 6 channel amp. Weighs a lot. 19.8;pounds to be exact. PA506. 50watt x6 rated on the side
Definitely a nak-off! :-P
Nakamichi was definitely a high end brand. Best cassette deck hands down was the Dragon. And head unit (also cassette) was the TD-1200. Used that combo until the late 80s. Never liked my Disc Jockey because it skipped on loud beats. DAT fixed that and could also record discs with no loss of quality. Those were the days.
EDIT: Lossy compression on audio tracks does not affect lower frequencies nearly as bad. Check out Jorge Torres' channel, some decent bass tracks that will make your port loaded subs cry uncle! :-)
Nakamichi was known to outsource their budget stuff to the Maxxsonic style brands, subsequently making them crap. But for stuff they cared about, they went hard. Real hard.
“Bass BOOET” look at that quality control. 🤣
Nice touch with the tig camera btw love the new content keep up the good work bud