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Cassette deck ads and reviews

Discussion in 'Brochures, advertising, data & specs...' started by CDV, Apr 24, 2021.

  1. Mister X

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    Harman Kardon always seem to get good grades but I've never seen one in person, from 1979. The top unit really looks nice.


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    Nakamichi Tr-Tracer 700 from 1976


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    Very rare around here but a kind of cool looking Philips NS2510HiFi from 1975


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    harman/kardon hk2500

    Picked up the hk2500 many years ago and I just had it recently serviced.

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    @Mister X: Going back to your ad for the Marantz 5030B, I hung onto my 5010, then had the tech go through it:

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    Nando, did you do anything cassette related for work?

    I'm just combing through 1000's of online magazines and Pinterest/Twitter once in awhile finding the nicer looking equipment and then BOOM, you have it! I never really found anything too nice in the gravy days when everyone was tossing equipment like crazy but I have a handful of NAKs, I guess that was the main high-end units in my area.
     
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    I, only, have a passion for cassette decks. I've bought and sold a number of them in the past ten years. or so.

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    Just a few from your photos..... I know the bug I think there's around 200 in my office alone, here I have Walkmans and mini-boomboxes, the big ones take up a ton of space.
     
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    The Nakamichi Dragon, found in the forum reader but it only gives the PDF file, thanks original poster!


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    Down in the forum reader, sorry don't know the original poster

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    A wild looking Tandberg from 1973

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    The cream of the crop from Marantz 1980


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    Marantz SD 9000

    I bought one in non-working condition last October and the technician got it going without too much fuss - even though it was his first 2-speed cassette deck he had ever worked on.

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    One of the best looking mini decks, the Toshiba Aurex PCD10 from 1981. Hi-Fi Choice gives it a best buy recommendation due to it's low price point.



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    I'm digging this AIWA AD-M800U from 1981, I always loved AIWA's tiny buttons on their portables, this looks like it also has quite a few.


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    A cool 1981 entry from Kenwood, check out the head cover, the Kenwood KX-2060.


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    Technics 1978, so nice!


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    From 1974, this is funky fresh, never seen anything like it before.


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    Cybernet from 1982, this looks like an interesting rack style system, I've never seen one before, anybody have one?

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    UHER from 1974, wow another oddball with killer design.


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