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RE: Mostly, I just loved Nakamichi cassette decks.

I prefer the Dragon to both of the Nakamichi decks you mention. The reason is that the Dragon is the only Nakamichi that automatically adjusts playback head azimuth to any tape being played. Those two decks you mention adjust record head azimuth to match their fixed playback head. This is not the same thing.

The left channel of the Dragon's playback head is divided in half so that each half cam be monitored individually while head azimuth is adjusted until the phase of the signal on each half is perfectly matched. The record head is fixed. The reason for this arrangement is so the playback head will maintain perfect azimuth when the tape plays in reverse. The additional benefit is that it will play perfectly with tapes recorded on other Cassette recorders with slightly different head azimuth. In my opinion, the Dragon was the best cassette tape record Nakamichi every made.

The Dragon also had Dolby C noise reduction, which allowed it cope with the expanded dynamic range of cartridges like your Koetsu. If you had owned the Dragon, you would have loved it. There really was no other cassette that even came close to providing the recording and playback quality of the Nakamichi Dragon.

Best regards,
John Elison


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