RE: Nakamichi CR-2A cassette deck

Posted by unclestu (D) on September 21, 2014 at 13:24:17

In Reply to: Nakamichi CR-2A cassette deck posted by Brian McGowan on September 21, 2014 at 13:13:54:

Nak's issue was with their belts. Their belts were custom made because their logic system was based on a mechanical clutch system.

Push play and the machine starts up and as the clutch senses tension, it does into pause, then stop, then rewind. Without the proper tension the clutch mechanism does not work , at least not as intended. Use a universal belt as from PWB and the machine may work for a week, maybe more, but the tensions are not to Nak specs and inevitably it will crap out.

Later CR series incorporated a direct drive, which eliminated the belts.

That being said, I recall doing a search recently and found a couple of companies claiming to have remanufactured the original belts. Forget contacting Nakamichi. They have long been sold to a Taiwanese company which does not bother with the vintage stuff that made the name great. I would buy a belt set and store in the frig in a sealed bag, just in case, as I do not how much longer these specialty manufacturers will continue their supply.

Incidentally the user azimuth adjustment feature on the top line models (700, 1000 and Dragon) were originally patented by Tandberg.

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Topic - Nakamichi CR-2A cassette deck - Brian McGowan 13:13:54 09/21/14 (17)

RE: Nakamichi CR-2A cassette deck - Crazy Dave 10:06:05 09/25/14 (4)

"Nakamichi set the bar very high for their entry level decks." - M3 lover 15:19:27 09/25/14 (3)

RE: "Nakamichi set the bar very high for their entry level decks." - Crazy Dave 11:46:38 09/26/14 (2)

My point was - M3 lover 17:36:44 09/26/14 (1)

RE: My point was - Crazy Dave 11:34:59 09/30/14 (0)

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RE: Nakamichi cassette decks - M3 lover 16:31:29 09/22/14 (0)

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RE: Nakamichi CR-2A cassette deck - Brian McGowan 22:35:10 09/21/14 (0)

RE: Nakamichi CR-2A cassette deck - unclestu 13:24:17 09/21/14 (1)

RE: Nakamichi CR-2A cassette deck - Brian McGowan 15:00:29 09/21/14 (0)

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RE: Nakamichi CR-2A cassette deck - unclestu 13:24:17 09/21/14 (1)

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