i have several and always found better in dynamics and frequency response and i´m talking only of Flat recorders ,the best cassette deck made till today ,it´s the Revox B215 if working at 100% ,but in numbers ,Pioneer was the brand who always released decks with perfect sound and never deceptive since 1976 till they stoped making them ,no others makes so perfect copies of any source you through at it and i don´t like using dolby, hiss never heard it ,i always done the correct maintenace to my cassette decks ,i do have 11 cassette decks from this brand with the name Nalkamichi ,except the Dragon that was well engeniered but far from being a good deck ,it´s the contauch of cassette deck, it looks good on photos but works bad or better, horrible and i had two 12 years apart, so no nakamichi is better than others but they are really good, A ferrari is for sure better than a skoda octavia but put 50€ of gasoline and see who gets where?i prefer to be on a beach feeling fresh than at the countryside dreaping sweat and look good on the side of the road while others pass by me, i´ve seen videos where some coment that a sony deck ,badly built and not even their top model and newer than one of the best decks ever made by Pioneer but people here on youtube , saying like ,"it as a wamer sound ,the pioneer as more highs that´s when i notice that the person in the video don´t have a clue how to record a cassette on both decks and the recordings sound bad but what to do today if one see´s a dog other say, "it´s a cat" i have to say miaou, or i´m to blame that others never read a instructions manual and think they were born with all knowledge and one that recorded hundreds of cassettes before this person was even born ,have to say yes, why didn´t you were born 50 years earlier ,it would help thousands in the world to learn how to teach the brands to correctelly use their 20 top decks released, because they were too high when assembling them (it were the 70´s and 80´s ,people were always taking drugs as i was breefed here on the father of the universe mr.youtube ) , so high to really know what they were doing, this young generation that lives inside a house till their 40´s would have explained all of us how things really are, Sony is maybe one of the worst brands in the world but tv comercials teach us that a black horse looks fine and bneautifull on our tv´s but it´s a sony comercial so it looks better let´s buy Sony, to have that incredible quality of image seen on our old tv sets, i´m not joking but talk serious here on youtube it´s the same of pissing against the wind, "Oh!?, they wouldn´t what?"Sorry , if like using a Iphone to see a movie and notice it´s better than the image of a giant screen in a cinema,"Is it good now?" ok, you know better i´m already old, what could i know i was never a young person how can i know better, sorry ,before the 2000´s humans were a especies without knowledge, as GOD created internet and Sony decks

CDs sound the most ear pleasing to me!! 😆👍

Agree , me too.

AGREE

From your experience, which deck would you recommend for the most accurate recording?

@@JawedKarim763 Sony TC-KA7ES , check my other videos

if i knew something about cassette recording would say that in a good deck no matter if it´s a type I or type II because if the source is mainstream produced ,then type I would sound very good and one couldn´t notice a type II cassette if recorded from the same source and calibrated like old people wrotte in cassette decks manuals ,at the time we weren´t instructed about all being the same a cassette deck with calibration is supposed to record good if the knobs look like defeat as in amplifiers tone controls that are putted there to mess with our heads(new information also, mmm...modern one), we even thought as written on those damn manuals that if not calibrated the cassette deck will assume being recording a TDK AD or a TDK MA-XG because most of them when guessing if it is a Type I or Type II, would automatically set the equalization and the calibration would be only to set the level of Bias and Level of recorded sound but how could i know this ,i´m old and if so i´m dumb ,i couldn´t have learned nothing after 50 years of doing it, experience in the past was overrated, people weren´t yet in the year 2000

You should check what I did with my next Nakamichies :) Full rebuild and sooo nice sound - check my channel.

Ha, so many people hunting now for a good decks. The prices over the roof. The last decks which still have good heads costs a fortune. There is so enjoyment in using them. I listen to cassette decks 10x more than to DAT or SACD or MD.

@@hifirulezzz I wonder what people do to get Tapes? I have some from years ago. I should sell my Cassette Decks since I'm older and running out of time.

I do!

Thanks! Check my videos on mods for 9100EV :)

@@hifirulezzz thank you I'll check! 😎🆒👍

Absolutely

@@darendee5682 I think it's just recording too hot for the GX heads. But still. I would say the AKAI is number one to me, the 680 is second.

Yes. Didn't notice in my speakers that only got down to low 50Hz range, but in my headphones that go down to 20Hz, wow. The signal meter was off the charts, though.

Как я уж неоднократно писал, лучшая дека в наш век та, которая находится в лучшем состоянии. Я потратил десятки часов, а на некоторые аппараты сотни часов чтобы довести их до состояния близкого к новому. Да, они пишут и играют изумительно. Но это опыт и время, и инвестиции в приборы, тестовые кассеты и так далее. Я вот только вчера сидел до 2х ночи с улучшением параметров на Акай, поменял ролики и много часов юстировал головку чтобы запись и воспроихведение шло в фазе и при этом фаза совпадала с тестовой кассетой. Получилось. Сейчас он пишет еще лучше чем раньше поскольку девиация уровня сигнала на высоких частотах уменьшизась с 4-5 до 1-2 децибел. И пишет он теперь линейно в диаппазоне 20-22кГц. -3дБ это уже 24 кГц. Но, это долго, затратно и нужен опыт с приборами. Поэтому, я рекомендую вам поискать аппарат после качественного сервиса (было бы замечательно если еще дали бы распечатку параметров). Каждый из high-end деков вас удивит своим звуком. Они совсем не зря столько стоили. По деталям проще всего чинить Сони, так как их много продали и много деталей доступно, плюс выбор шире. И еще, если вы думаете что люди платили $1,500-$3-800 в 1979 году за кассетный дек, то они их просто ставили на полку? Такого не бывает. Их слушали и достаточно сильно и долго. Я встречал в интернете комментарии что головы спилены. Это будет сразу заметно по высоким частотам. Ну и по стабильности записи. Ищите и найдете ;) P.S. я бы выбрал A&D, я их слушал несколько аппаратов и все звучали здорово. У Сони стандартный звук очень прозрачный но пресный. Мне помогла замена конденсаторов. Еще понравился звук JVC, их зря недооценивают. Накамичи конечно прописывают кассеты отлично, но не настолько прозрачно как мой Сони и A&D. Еще, A&D выпускался только для Японского рынка. И разница в мелочах впечатляет. Например в GX-95 усилитель воспроизведения на микросхеме, а в точно таком же A&D на полевиках. В A&D 9100 отсутствуют проходные конденсаторы в канале записи и воспроизведения. Во первых нечему стареть, во вторых нечему влиять на звук. Как то так.

@@hifirulezzzОчень точный комментарий, сразу видно человека, полностью погруженного в тему.

Если покупать для себя, лучше A&D, хотя бы из-за того, что головки более долговечные, а цены на Наки не адекватные.

​@@hifirulezzzwho are A & D?

Dj Maretimo [feat Citrus Jam] - Flower (Blue ocean cut)

Earlier Naks have different IEC standard and sound more musical than later Naks. This results in less mid range when you listen to music. Also, that series has a nice bump on 20 Hz. You have to listen if you like it. I have more videos on my channel, try it out.

680ZX/681ZX is warmer than CR-7E/A, more analog than digital.

Nope

Sony has all major caps already replaced. Please see my other videos.

@@hifirulezzz Ok I see. I use almost daily the RX-505 but the most clearest sound I ever found was Akai GXC-735D and Nak 680 (ZX=the same) yet all decks are great and different; Akai GX F91 is also a very nice deck but so is Dragon..I tried about 400 decks and kept 40 for now but I think I will sale them and only keep 2 or 3 because when you have 40 it is not possible to listen to all and all decks need to have their parts moving in order to work properly just like a car :)

@@TheMagicStar80 GXC-735 has a very different tape equalization. I own GX-707, 709, 715, and 750. All these decks sound brighter than needed. You may see my tests on the channel. Some of them have a bump in the middle as much as 8dB. However, compared to the Akai Reel to reels I have, the sound is very similar. Maybe that whas the reason for them to make that non linear response. Who knows now...

I like the crisp recordings Akai does. The only thing I mention, it just adds a little bit more room in the 3D picture than was on the original. However, it is possible to hear only on high-end speakers. Also, recordings from Akai sound similarly clear and crisp on all other decks I have. Even Nakamichi will sound like Akai playing these tapes. I mentioned that 9100 has zero polar caps on the audio path in the recording amplifier. And it has a 210kHz bias frequency. Maybe this is a reason for that crisp recordings.

@@hifirulezzz I also own GXC-715D, 750D, 760D, 735D, several also 715 mark ii and love them. also own Naks and Sony and Aiwa but mostly love Akai and Naks

Dj Maretimo (feat. Citrus Jam) - Flower (Blue Ocean Cut)

Надеюсь вам все же понравилось видео.

@@hifirulezzz Понравилось, хотя я по-английски не особо на слух. :)

I bet my 680zx sounds like the best 1000zxl ;) And my DR-1 or Sony 555 will run circles around it. Still depends on what you do think is the best sound for you ;)

Revox? With its W&F issues? Is it a joke?

I would recommend you to leave my channel alone and never come back. Digital hamster….