[net.audio] Nak rumors; Revox CD

keller@uicsl.UUCP (08/20/84)

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uicsl!keller    Aug 20 13:58:00 1984

Nak rumors...

Nakamichi brought their converted luxury RV by a local stereo store not too
long ago so I stopped by to check it out.  They had a projection TV in the
back with about 8 nice chairs and about 10 sets of their car speakers with
who knows how much in amps that could blow you away with a beta-HiFi tape
playing.  They also had all the car stereos connected. I watched a promotional
tape about the company and talked to a guy who had a managment position in
the west coast sales department. I naturally asked about future products
such as a portable high quality cassette deck and why Nak dropped their
stereo components. He said that they had gotten a lot of requests for a
portable and were going to introduce one and that they probably would get
back into amps, preamps, and tuners.  We talked about the design of the
car decks and why some of them slide out so that the tape can be inserted
on top of the unit. It is because this design gives them more room for
fly wheels and electronics. I'm very impressed with the engineering smarts
that go into Nak equipment.

On another topic...

I've always liked Revox equipment but the price has kept me from buying any.
I saw that they introduced a CD player and assumed that it would cost around
$2k but surprise surprise it comes in at about $1100. That's the same level
as all the other manufacturers first units. Seems like Revox finally found
a technology that they couldn't engineer to death. Still, is the unit better
sounding than the 2nd or 3rd generation Japanese units?

-Shaun