Price Paid:  $500.00 from friend

Summary:
My friends and I are "tired" from a digital sound. I used RX-505 for one year, and recently have got ZX-7. First of all has amazed its condition! A deck of 20 years, and looks - as yesterday it comes from shop. CD copies on a deck sound much more expressively, more attractively and much more interesting than original CDs on my Sugden CD-21 player. I think, that the best alternative than cassette deck does not exist. Nothing on the market today can approach the Nak for there overall sound recording, relability, unique design, and good looks. Good luck for Naks owners!

Strengths:
Does not need the help of any technologies (like dbx, Dolby b/c, HX pro) to achieve it's objective of superior freqency repsonse.

Weaknesses:
None

Similar Products Used:
Nakamichi Dr-3, CR-4E, RX-202, RX-505E, CR-7; Sony TC-KA 700ES and many others.

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Price Paid:  $275.00 from www.hifi.nl

Summary:
Pure & natural sound reproduction.

Strengths:
Musical
Easy to operate
Adjustable
Solid
Durable

Weaknesses:
Only wish it had pitch control

Similar Products Used:
Nakamichi LX-3, Sony TC-FX5C, Grundig GV540 (vcr hifi), Marantz DR6000

Note: my ZX-7 is partnering with Nakamichi High-Com II.

Price Paid:  $500.00 from eBay

Summary:
In a word - awsome piece of equipment. Great product, exceptional build quality and it shows!! Not easy to come by since thet are quite rare. If you find one, get it!! If you are a Nakamichi fan, check out www.NAKS.com.

Strengths:
Manual adjustments for most controls. Quality ........

Weaknesses:
None

Similar Products Used:
The usual suspect

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
A great deck. I Own mine for about 18 months now. After a careful recalibration it hasn`t shown any weaknesses during this period. The only deck I know which can beat this machine is my ZX-9, which is a special tuned version of the ZX-9 using direct drive and some refined electronics.

Strengths:
Crispy clear, yet warm sound. Manual calibration of azimuth, bias and level.

Weaknesses:
None.

Similar Products Used:
Nak ZX-9, 482 Z, 480, CR 2. Eumig FL 900, Alpnie AL 85, Tandberg TCD 310 II and many others.

Summary:
This is the most musical Cassette Deck I have ever heard. The ZX-7 has a certain something; great dynamic range low noise, but a special warmth that I haven't heard before in a Cassette Deck. Build quality is good, although the quality of some of the discrete componentry is only average (particularly compared to my KX-1200). The transport is good although I feel the MR-1 (after the gear modification to the idler wheel) is a little better. Where the ZX-7 and ZX-9 have it over ever other cassette deck is the flexibility to calibrate Bias/EQ etc. Once again, if you love retro technology a ZX-7 or ZX-9 is a must.

Strengths:
Musicality

Weaknesses:
None really, although tape transport isn't cutting edge.

Similar Products Used:
Nakamichi MR-1, Yamaha KX-1200, Marantz CP-430, Marantz SD-820