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In Reply to: RE: Buying & maintaining a vintage cassette deck--Nakamichi? BX-300? Or? posted by WoodyWW on October 18, 2014 at 07:34:37
I'd think a BX-300 (I have one) that was stored for 15 years is not nearly as good a bet as one that has been played regularly or at least within the last couple of years. All the lubrication is likely to have turned to cement and the drive belt to goo. It's definitely a good deck, though, and there are Nak techs (Willy Hermann on the West Coast and ESL in the East, for starters) who could bring it back from the near-dead. At a price.
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That makes sense. Do you have any experience with what those guys might charge to go thru an old casette deck like that & refurbish it? Too broad of a question perhaps, in the abstract?
The stored-for-15-years BX-300 I was going to bid on is described this way in the listing: "near mint, no scratches or dings, everything works, original carton, owner's manual and pamphlet". I also figured it was covered by the ebay policy that applies if a buyer receives an item that is "not as described" in the listing.
But I sent the seller an e-mail anyway, asking if he'd checked out all the functions. He replied:
"I have not checked every function, this unit was working 100% when boxed away more than 15 years ago. I will connect it today and verify that all functions are in proper working condition. I will give you an honest assessment, but cannot provide any guarantees and must sell this 'as-is'."
It sounds pretty contradictory. Like the seller is trying to have it both ways. Of course I guess I have to realize that a 30 y.o. tape deck may need repairs every so often. Heck, the slightly used TEAC RTR deck I bought in the late '70's needed repairs twice. That was over a 15 year period, but the 1st time was w/in a year after I bought it. (Fun lugging that monster to the shop!).
It should be interesting to hear his assessment :-)I can't imagine that Rip Van Nak will work for long, maybe long enough to sell it. If that tape tech you mention is still in business, it might be worth asking them their opinion regarding cost. Naks are complex beasts and the company itself is long gone. There's a site called "NakTalk" where owners compare notes and problems. It's worth checking out. Go to Naks.com
You may read elsewhere that the site is defunct. This is wrong.
Edits: 10/19/14
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