Price Paid:  $300.00 from Rand's Hi-Fi

Summary:
This is a great sounding CD player; great audio quality. Unfortunately, the loading tray on these things jammed - you'd hear a 'clunk' and get an error message. It was a design flaw. Changing between discs in the 'elevator' system was also noisy and took a long time. I devised a fix to prevent the door from jamming on mine, but later I sold it. I wish I didn't sell - my repair worked very good, and the Nak is a great sounding CD player.

Strengths:
Great sound. Solid construction.

Weaknesses:
loading tray keeps jamming. Noisy disc change takes too long.

Similar Products Used:
Magnavox CDB650. Sony CDP-CE375

Price Paid:  $45.00 from E-bay

Summary:
Typically unreliable Nak stuff. I have had their wonderful sounding tape decks let me down too. Howeever I still want one of each (tape and CD)in my collection.

Strengths:
My MB-3 sounds great but ......

Weaknesses:
About every 10 uses I get the evil ERROR message on the display and have to take the changer apart and fish the CDs out. Then I have to fiddle with it for about 20 minutes until it starts changing properly again. The individual CD trays jam up in there and I cannot figure out why. Any ideas how to fix this? Lubrication? Adjustment?

Price Paid:  $599.00 from Bay/Bloor Radio

Summary:
I compared this unit with a Denon single player, and the sound of the Nak just blew it away! Purchased in Dec '95, I found that the unit worked reliably for about 3 years. I had a problem with it automatically closing when I was putting or taking off a CD in '98. It was fixed and worked until 2002, when the CD tray jammed up on me. I heard from the service centre that this was a big problem with these units well after I purchased this player. Even though I have had it 7 years, I don't feel it was worth the money, considering the $200 Technics that I have from 1990 is still working. This is Nak's main downfall, excellent parts & sound but shoddy assembly & quality control on their CD players & receivers. They have lost me as a consumer.

Strengths:
Excellent sound: warm with an excellent sound stage.

Weaknesses:
CD changer mechanism jams

Price Paid:  $500.00 from Sounds Incredible

Summary:
MB-3 (not the 's') worked great and sounded wonderful until MusicBank quit just before warranty ran out. Nak fixed the unit under warranty and I got 2 more years of fun until the drive quit again. No changing discs, and almost impossible to insert/remove discs. At this point, Nak refused to help me out in any way (except to give free parts, but the price of shipping/labor was more than a cheap, reliable single-disc player would cost) even though their disc changing mechanism is clearly flawed. Last time I bought Nak.

Strengths:
Great sound. Innovative engineering. Sound design.

Weaknesses:
Weak disc changers. Poor problem resolution.

Similar Products Used:
1987 NAD single disc (still in use without repair!), 1998 Yamaha single disc

Price Paid:  $1300.00 from HIFI

Summary:
The MB3S has been on the rack for almost 8 yrs now and has been a great reliable machine. It sounds good even today when compared to some of the new models. It recently jammed a CD in the music bank which required a replacement stacker unit with laser etc. 8 yrs after manufacture you can still get parts and service was within great.

Strengths:
Great sound, good reliable service

Weaknesses:
mechanism sounds noisy when changing discs