2 bass under 50 Hz - very special thing... it`s physical, some people are scared of... My Speakers can 20 Hz. Unfortunally i have the specs of them no more. They really were produced by my friend, 6 layers paint, only a little frequency switch - 8 Ohm. Two SEAS Speakers, High, and Middle-Deep. The Amp gives 2x 220 W dynamic power, i never went stroger than 80 % - and the sound was stable and clear. My friend in those days tested them with two single DENON POA S10 Mono Power Amplifiers - no problems.
I've got some nice decks but for some reason I really like the oddballs, here's the Hitachi D-M2 MKII for the Lo-D Micro Stereo. I had enough parts for 1.5 systems but now with this recent purchase I have two full stacks. The other one is out back, I think it's a MK I but I'll have to pull it off the shelf to make sure. I'm am missing the 2nd set of speakers but I'm very underwhelmed by the stock plastic-cab ones I do have, AIWA blew them away with their offerings. I haven't opened it up yet but it look like it might sag to the left a little, hopefully there's not a ton of internal damage and it just needs a prybar.
When i see this Hitachi deck, i remember the compact S3000 from GDR, we used in the family in the late 80s. I liked the design, and the sound was good enough. It worked ten years without issues in my parents flat, then they bought a Technics-System.
The first tape deck came 1980 in GDR. It still had the classic VU-Meter. I never tested it. But in the years 1988 - 1990 i had a HMK D100 This worked fine, until 1990 we then was able to buy the HIFI components from the capitalistic market. I deceided to buy a Technics RS-BX707 This worked until 2020.
They look like copied some of Technics Styling, how was the pricing of the GDR Equipment compared to Technics?
I don`t remember the prices in GDR, but i know, the upper shown HKM 100 Components System with Speakers was offered in the "GENEX"-Catalogue for 1400 DM. This was a catalogue for people in GDR they had DM to buy rar things, that was intended for selling in capitalis countries. I guess,, i had paid 1300 Mark of GDR only for the Tape Deck. The official exchange rate to DM was 2:1, - so the Deck came 650 DM. The BX707 in 1991 came about 600 DM. I got one of the first ones... ;-)
Hello Guys, Wow love the tape decks I have a few in my collection two Nakamichi decks plus really nice older Teac plus Pioneer but my daily playback and record deck is my Technics model RS-TR333 that I use to make mix tapes for my Sony Walkman . Sincerely Richard
Hello Soluna , I use diffrent media from streaming to live radio and yes cassette and records and cd's !
My (approx. 1980) Technics RS-M88 - very low and pretty I think. This is the only deck I own, but as a Norwegian I have a Tandberg 3014 on my wishlist...
Here's a couple of photos of some of my current tape deck collection. I'm sure you'll recognise most, if not all of them.
There's a few more pictures to follow this one, hopefully soon. I thought I'd list the models in the picture. Although there are 2 pictures they are all on the same rack; I just couldn't fit them all in! Starting from the top:- Pioneer CT-S830S Nakamichi BX-300E Akai GX-95 Nakamichi 682ZX Sony TC-KA6ES then the other picture has.... Sony TC-RX80ES Denon DRM-800 Pioneer CT-91 Nakamichi LX-5
Do you have a favorite? Do you have a switch wired up or do you have to pull RCA interconnects when you change machines?
Hiya Mister X. Of these decks my personal favourite is probably the Nakamichi BX-300E. Probably due to the fact that it was my first 'serious' tape deck which I've had since new. All the others I have only occasionally used depending on my mood. My current main deck is a Nakamichi CR-7 which I'll show in my next post, and yes, I do have to unplug any tape decks when I decide to do any recordings. The ones in the picture I use are or playback only just to keep the motors working.
