I have a DR3, great little machine I love it. I bought 2 Sony 611’s 3 head machines after watching your videos, both super condition around the cases but not working. Both Sonys Sold as spares on marketplace (find it cheaper than eBay) did the belts etc and now have 2 great Sony machines. I can’t sell them though, they are so nice so I have a cluster of decks. I’ve started buying DAT machines as well, so bloody addictive. Same sort of problems as the cassette decks. I just bought a Sony A8 dat as spares parts. It is wonderful condition, found the cam had slipped on the tape loader, set it back into the right location greased it up….bingo perfect. I have also found I can record from my Wiim streamer into the dat with a coax connection, so all digital.
@@pwrestoration yes good call. I have seen some Sonys going for mad money, but realistic is more like £200 I think anyway. I have a Sony A8, A6, 700 seriesES, and a tascam 30. Can’t tell the difference in sound at all. I also found tapes can be cheap if you buy the data tapes they last longer are more robust and don’t have music written on them……. It’s great to be able to tape digitial from a streamer, my wife says ‘why do that you can stream it’ which is 100% correct, I say ‘because I can’ it’s also nice to just drop a mix tape in rather than muck about with the iPhone etc.
Thank you ... Your patience is a blessing ... I bought the same deck for 12 dollars ... Will do just what you just taught me thank you ... Much love and respect ...
Done really well you got lucky i guess they never noticed only the one reel of the deck was turning .Really nice clean deck this is the one model of nakamichi i would go for as i would never spend the amount any of the 3 heads make .
I got lucky back in the day and got a serviced DR2 for £100 - ex Chop Em Out studios so has lots of hours but the heads are still tip top. Had it since 2003 and it now definitely needs a belt replacement. Eek...
i bought last tuesday a still in the box nakamichi DR-10 in champagne ,but the brand is huge and where the cassette is inserted but on top of it and it looks a lot like this but a 3 head deck, it cost me 500€, but it works like new and released in 99 i thought the last was released in the 90´s but refering to the cassette deck 1, that with no doubt is the best nakamichi deck i ever had i took a great care of it and it works, today, the dr-3 , as you can see have the same display in the front as others. The CR-7a is also a great deck but in the summer i never play anything there
i´ve found lot´s of sankyo parts or equal to 70´s Normende cassette decks, in the 70´s bought a nice sankyo receiver that had mids on tone controls maybe why i bought it, but sound was more filled in those days, all is built with metal and thick glass
May have to change the belts on my DR3, it does look a nightmare to do but a doable nightmare plus i think it needs it's head aligned as it sounds a bit dull compared to my Cassette Deck2
Funnily enough Terry the bloody buyer didn't pay for it. I'm stuck with that one - drop me an email if you're interested in it. I'll give the buyer until the end of the week, but I get the hint they don't want it.
which oil are you using for the capstan? i was looking videos on oiling the motor on dual 1219 turntables and somehow ended up here lol. you seem to really know what you are doing. I have been wondering if 10W-40 could also be used on other moving parts on the turntable or even on my tape decks.
@@pwrestoration i guess i would use the 10w-40 only for the motor since everyone online seems to agree on it for that application. i'll have a look at sewing machine oil for other parts on the turntableand my tape decks. thanks
I can't for the life of me figure out how to remove the top of this unit. How did you do it? I took out the 3 screws on each side and the two on the rear. It seems like the front of the case is some how secured beneath the faceplate. What am I missing? Edit: I got it, it was some sort of adhesive
From memory it doesn't go under the faceplate, screws off the back and sides, pull the sides out a little and lift straight up. Someone's there's fizzy drink spilt down the gap or there's maybe foam under it which has turned back to goo Good luck
well i only bought all my life 6 pre-recorded cassettes ,decks are to record cassettes not to play badly built cassettes with the worst tapes, my second one was the first Boston Lp in cassette it came with a chrome cassette bought it in L.A. when it came out,curious because all was made by one guy,today it plays good for maybe 5 seconds than it dirts the heads, i have older reels that are ok with perfect sound today rercorded in late 60´s or earlier
Bro i have the very same type, nakamichi dr3, but when i do record on tape the left channel volume much lower compare to the right channel i already put the bias tune on the middle. How do i fix it?
Have this dr3 nak mint condition doesnt have hx pro which i gathered majority of tape decks have , got a revox b215 3 header as the dragon was way out of price range heard the dragons can be unreliable, hence revox no belts in the revox all direct drive motors had the capacitors replaced even new genuine revox pinch rollers transformed the deck
@@pwrestoration i´ve got it wrong ,the CR-3 is already a 3head recorder ,the BX-2 no monitor on it , but maybe the best deck nakamichi ever made it´s the only i own that never went to another country to be fixed just new belts and good to go again, after remenber it i went looking for it so i can put it to use , but when putting it at my grandparents i lost a key but it was only the glue that with all the years , made it fall didn´t broke nothing ,and it wasn´t lost it fell to the ground after smashing it against the door of the house to sleep there because my mother is already very old and was afraid of people in the midle of the night enter in the house by the backyard ,so i´m sleeping there now, at weekends i take her to my house where she can stay in my guests room, but at this age she don´t want to leave the house where she grew up, so my wife doesn´t mind i ´m sleeping there all week working days, after 9 at night
A Nakamichi, always considered the best brand, I take it this is one of their lower down the range decks? How does it compare to my beloved TC-661S? Good video and yes, the trousers do indeed make a good duster, I also like the jumper too! Haha
It's a lot older and heavier, the frequency response is a little better but it also doesn't have the auto cal, not three head, and a little more agricultural. This is great for playback but the Sony has its own merits for recording I think. Horses for courses!
That was one of their cheaper models. Not that "special". Good because it is a Nak and their products were all fairly good but not as special as you have put it. The Dragon. Now that would be a totally different story.
i have real good cassette decks from nakamichi but the BX-2, at least works since early 80´s the BX-2 ,this is far from being a good one compared to other brands, that is more of the same the cheap nak decks are far better than the expensive ones ,well engeniered but built with the cheapest plastic they found
Stay Lucky and don´t say it to the Seller that he´s been a little lazy to Check the Cassette. I´m stayin at MiniDisc and never ever an Tape Deck even it where build from Gold!
Nakamichi two head not that good....its not a CR7E Probably the best Nak ever,..... Nakamichi 1000 ZXlL Limited edition ( £ 14,000 ) £4,000 in 1983....you nead three head closed loop dual capstan then your talking....the tape deck you mid 90s about £200 ..
Two vs three heads has NOTHING to do with quality. The extra 'separate' head is only for monitoring your recordings and has nothing to do with fidelity differences.
Nakamichi horrible quality. Transport is a whole lot of plastic crap. When they work they sound wonderful. Shame they were cutting corners in build quality.
18:08 I use a regular piece of paper with contact cleaner sprayed on, sandpaper ruins the contact surface (plating). Good luck.
This thing is a beauty to service. Everything on plugs, easy to disconnect, no bloody spaghetti wires to unsolder. I love it already.
I've found nakamichis to be very temperamental
I'm so impressed with the quality of workmanship once you opened the hood. Very informative video--thanks.
I have a DR3, great little machine I love it. I bought 2 Sony 611’s 3 head machines after watching your videos, both super condition around the cases but not working. Both Sonys Sold as spares on marketplace (find it cheaper than eBay) did the belts etc and now have 2 great Sony machines. I can’t sell them though, they are so nice so I have a cluster of decks.
I’ve started buying DAT machines as well, so bloody addictive. Same sort of problems as the cassette decks. I just bought a Sony A8 dat as spares parts. It is wonderful condition, found the cam had slipped on the tape loader, set it back into the right location greased it up….bingo perfect. I have also found I can record from my Wiim streamer into the dat with a coax connection, so all digital.
I was thinking of picking a DAT up mainly because I wasn't too impressed with minidisk. Maybe I'm the future!
@@pwrestoration yes good call. I have seen some Sonys going for mad money, but realistic is more like £200 I think anyway. I have a Sony A8, A6, 700 seriesES, and a tascam 30. Can’t tell the difference in sound at all. I also found tapes can be cheap if you buy the data tapes they last longer are more robust and don’t have music written on them…….
It’s great to be able to tape digitial from a streamer, my wife says ‘why do that you can stream it’ which is 100% correct, I say ‘because I can’ it’s also nice to just drop a mix tape in rather than muck about with the iPhone etc.
I always think of wii when I see that name lol strange I'm the only 1😂.
MDs are awesome, I miss my deck😢
Nice video btw OP, congrats on the unit
Thank you ... Your patience is a blessing ... I bought the same deck for 12 dollars ... Will do just what you just taught me thank you ... Much love and respect ...
Very nice win for sure
Great work and thanks for sharing! Just picked up one of these beauties, which means maintenance time.
Really enjoyed this episode, I’ve owned two DR models, the 1 and the 2 and both were in immaculate condition, I always regret not keeping them though.
Thanks!
Showing some advanced overhaul skills there... I have a DR8 (the last 2 head NAK) and a Cassette Deck 2 (looks different, same deck).
I didnt know the cassette deck 2 was similar, they pop up from time to time. Might take a look at one 👍
@@pwrestoration Pretty much identical internally. CD2 has green / red VFD instead of orange. Other than that it's just a styling job.
Done really well you got lucky i guess they never noticed only the one reel of the deck was turning .Really nice clean deck this is the one model of nakamichi i would go for as i would never spend the amount any of the 3 heads make .
I got lucky back in the day and got a serviced DR2 for £100 - ex Chop Em Out studios so has lots of hours but the heads are still tip top. Had it since 2003 and it now definitely needs a belt replacement. Eek...
nakamichi is overrated ,you can buy a 3 head deck for less money than a badly built cheap nakamichi, and you´ll get everything better
There's a matching reciever and cd/cassette combo unit for the Marantz on you know what auction site at the moment..
New to your channel. I enjoy doing the same thing to older audio equipment. You got a new subscriber! 👍
helpful and entertaining video:) Thank you
i bought last tuesday a still in the box nakamichi DR-10 in champagne ,but the brand is huge and where the cassette is inserted but on top of it and it looks a lot like this but a 3 head deck, it cost me 500€, but it works like new and released in 99 i thought the last was released in the 90´s but refering to the cassette deck 1, that with no doubt is the best nakamichi deck i ever had i took a great care of it and it works, today, the dr-3 , as you can see have the same display in the front as others. The CR-7a is also a great deck but in the summer i never play anything there
Nice Omega!
i´ve found lot´s of sankyo parts or equal to 70´s Normende cassette decks, in the 70´s bought a nice sankyo receiver that had mids on tone controls maybe why i bought it, but sound was more filled in those days, all is built with metal and thick glass
May have to change the belts on my DR3, it does look a nightmare to do but a doable nightmare plus i think it needs it's head aligned as it sounds a bit dull compared to my Cassette Deck2
Dat Flywheel is a Monster 😱
Good job, You can hold back the wires with a small bulldog clip.
I love these decks but could never afford one...oh and btw I just missed out on your Ebay Sony cassette deck..
Funnily enough Terry the bloody buyer didn't pay for it. I'm stuck with that one - drop me an email if you're interested in it. I'll give the buyer until the end of the week, but I get the hint they don't want it.
which oil are you using for the capstan?
i was looking videos on oiling the motor on dual 1219 turntables and somehow ended up here lol. you seem to really know what you are doing. I have been wondering if 10W-40 could also be used on other moving parts on the turntable or even on my tape decks.
Any oil is fine but sewing machine oil is a good start. 10w40 might be a bit thick but it would work better than nothing!
@@pwrestoration i guess i would use the 10w-40 only for the motor since everyone online seems to agree on it for that application. i'll have a look at sewing machine oil for other parts on the turntableand my tape decks. thanks
I can't for the life of me figure out how to remove the top of this unit. How did you do it? I took out the 3 screws on each side and the two on the rear. It seems like the front of the case is some how secured beneath the faceplate. What am I missing?
Edit: I got it, it was some sort of adhesive
From memory it doesn't go under the faceplate, screws off the back and sides, pull the sides out a little and lift straight up.
Someone's there's fizzy drink spilt down the gap or there's maybe foam under it which has turned back to goo
Good luck
NAKAMICHI IS EXCELENT QUALITY AND HI FI....THE BEST.
Honestly they're not very reliable!
It happened to me with 2 of my tapes, they got snapped
is this late 80´s ,by the keys design
well i only bought all my life 6 pre-recorded cassettes ,decks are to record cassettes not to play badly built cassettes with the worst tapes, my second one was the first Boston Lp in cassette it came with a chrome cassette bought it in L.A. when it came out,curious because all was made by one guy,today it plays good for maybe 5 seconds than it dirts the heads, i have older reels that are ok with perfect sound today rercorded in late 60´s or earlier
Is the nakamichi dr3 similar to nakamichi cassette deck2?
No the cassette deck 2 came a lot, lot later.
Bro i have the very same type, nakamichi dr3, but when i do record on tape the left channel volume much lower compare to the right channel i already put the bias tune on the middle. How do i fix it?
Could be any number of issues to be honest, from head alignment to pots, capacitors, all sorts.
Have this dr3 nak mint condition doesnt have hx pro which i gathered majority of tape decks have , got a revox b215 3 header as the dragon was way out of price range heard the dragons can be unreliable, hence revox no belts in the revox all direct drive motors had the capacitors replaced even new genuine revox pinch rollers transformed the deck
I'm always unsure about whether HX Pro makes a difference. I'm going to say.. probably!
basically is like the bx-2 but newer
Ah yes, I guess so!
@@pwrestoration i´ve got it wrong ,the CR-3 is already a 3head recorder ,the BX-2 no monitor on it , but maybe the best deck nakamichi ever made it´s the only i own that never went to another country to be fixed just new belts and good to go again, after remenber it i went looking for it so i can put it to use , but when putting it at my grandparents i lost a key but it was only the glue that with all the years , made it fall didn´t broke nothing ,and it wasn´t lost it fell to the ground after smashing it against the door of the house to sleep there because my mother is already very old and was afraid of people in the midle of the night enter in the house by the backyard ,so i´m sleeping there now, at weekends i take her to my house where she can stay in my guests room, but at this age she don´t want to leave the house where she grew up, so my wife doesn´t mind i ´m sleeping there all week working days, after 9 at night
Dolby S is the highest quality sound that you can get in a tape deck matched with TDK MA-R & MA-XG cassettes.
A Nakamichi, always considered the best brand, I take it this is one of their lower down the range decks? How does it compare to my beloved TC-661S?
Good video and yes, the trousers do indeed make a good duster, I also like the jumper too! Haha
It's a lot older and heavier, the frequency response is a little better but it also doesn't have the auto cal, not three head, and a little more agricultural. This is great for playback but the Sony has its own merits for recording I think. Horses for courses!
why would you fix something which isn't broken? Maybe the belts were fine, maybe calibraton was all right in the first place?
Just to keep ahead of the servicing curve, plus I love -cleanliness- so needed rid of all that dirty old oil 😅
How much
One beelion dollah
It was Tommy Cooper that used to say 'Just like that'. Just saying.
I can't remember what I said, who did I credit?
@@pwrestoration Paul Daniels. He used to say: You'll like this... not a lot, but you'll like it! (I'm sure you could also incorporate that ;) )
Je to rozbitý, nehraje to!
LOL... that case looks empty.. and the transport simple, compared to my ZX-7.
ZX7 actually has more plastic parts in the transport than this with a Sankyo transport does 😉
That was one of their cheaper models. Not that "special". Good because it is a Nak and their products were all fairly good but not as special as you have put it. The Dragon. Now that would be a totally different story.
Gotta love the branding!
i have real good cassette decks from nakamichi but the BX-2, at least works since early 80´s the BX-2 ,this is far from being a good one compared to other brands, that is more of the same the cheap nak decks are far better than the expensive ones ,well engeniered but built with the cheapest plastic they found
Stay Lucky and don´t say it to the Seller that he´s been a little lazy to Check the Cassette. I´m stayin at MiniDisc and never ever an Tape Deck even it where build from Gold!
Eww minidisc
Lossy audio
Ewww
The cassette is broken
Nakamichi two head not that good....its not a CR7E Probably the best Nak ever,..... Nakamichi 1000 ZXlL Limited edition ( £ 14,000 ) £4,000 in 1983....you nead three head closed loop dual capstan then your talking....the tape deck you mid 90s about £200 ..
I don't rate nakamichis. They're terribly unreliable.
Two vs three heads has NOTHING to do with quality. The extra 'separate' head is only for monitoring your recordings and has nothing to do with fidelity differences.
Nakamichi horrible quality. Transport is a whole lot of plastic crap. When they work they sound wonderful. Shame they were cutting corners in build quality.
They're better put together than most of the era. But, I think they're horribly unreliable
I don't care what it is. In the end it's a crummy cassette player.
Cool story! I think you're mayyybe on the wrong channel friend!
🤣@@pwrestoration
Estas equivocado Nakamichi es lo mejor que hay en deck... Cuando se vendian eran de alta gama...aun hoy lo son y son costosos.
Dies anyone know pauls email
Hey George I think there's a link on the homepage pal 👍