Nakamichi 480 cassette deck

[non-prophet]

During my house cleaning I came across this deck, nice shape 6/10, silver face and solid build.  I have no tapes to check out function but all buttons seemed to work.  Needs new bulbs behind meters.  $50 or it will sold on ebay.  If it doesn't work, I will take less.

[MacGeek]

The 480 is an outstanding 2 head machine, better than most 3 head decks (except maybe other Naks).  Dual capstan, classic Nak transport.  It makes and records great tapes.  I owned one for many years in the 1980s.  GLWTS

[OldiesButGoodies]

The 480 is an outstanding 2 head machine, better than most 3 head decks (except maybe other Naks).  Dual capstan, classic Nak transport.  It makes and records great tapes.  I owned one for many years in the 1980s.  GLWTS

Agree with Klaus ^^^

[papabearjew]

Pepe,
Did you ever get the kinks worked out in the 480z I gave you?

[OldiesButGoodies]

Yes,  then donated it to someone else in this forum, though at the moment I do not recall who exactly;  I have donated something  like 5 cassette decks in the last year and it is a blur to who - otherwise the basement will look like stacks of decks (I only keep the 3 headed monsters  )

I think it is a very decent deck,  like MacG stated,  with the old heavy duty transport, pre-Sanyo (though the Sanyo is easier to rebelt,  the older one is less noisy on w & flutter, IMO.

Pepe

[papabearjew]

Nakamichi never used Sanyo transports. They used Sankyo transports. I'm glad someone is getting use out of the 489z I gave you. I had put over $100 into it.

[OldiesButGoodies]

Hi PBJ....

Yes, missed a k there in the brand name: Sankyo. But the point is,  the Sankyo transports are small and plasticky,  of a much lower pedigree than the previous ones.

Apologies if you meant for me to keep it forever or return it,  I understood that you were not using and it had issues  so I could take it and do what I wanted with it.  Surprised you put over $100 into a Nak 480 - Oouch!  I have another one if you want one back,  just have not checked it to see what is up with it.  Yours had a bad Dolby chip, so I extricated one from a parts unit to get recording recording working ok. I also had to adjust the teleflex cable that switches between record an playback mode (that part is notorious for needing work after a couple of decades). 

Pepe

Whenever I have a deck I am not using I try to promote  the cassette hobby by passing it to someone with none.

Nakamichi never used Sanyo transports. They used Sankyo transports. I'm glad someone is getting use out of the 489z I gave you. I had put over $100 into it.