Buttons and lovely VU meters... heaven. Mike

Yes, if you believe Nakamichi fans! Actually serious Nakamichi geeks will say the CR-7E was the best, not the Dragon, which was too complex and hard to keep in peak operating order. It was a big pose, though!

Hi Tom - you are quite right of course. We are going to raise our game in the refreshments department, starting with our Xmas special!

@@MrVinylista have a lovely Christmas dave , great channel. kind regards tommy

In the simplest terms, belts are relatively easy to source for most decks, but heads are not. You can deal with the latter issue in one of two ways. [1] buy a deck with ferrite or sendust heads - that's most Sonys and Akais, mainly. These last forever. [2] buy a deck with softer permalloy heads, which are in good condition. It's unlikely you'll wear them out if they're not already worn out - as how many hours are you going to use the deck every week? If it's just a few, those heads aren't going to wear out overnight. Also, all tape heads can be 'lapped', or resurfaced' - this is like skimming used car brake discs. The result is never as good as new but way better than worn. Any decent tech can do this. What's really going to kill a cassette deck is if a bespoke integrated circuit that's unique to this particular deck, fails. Don't expect to find a replacement. Obviously, 1970s decks had far fewer of these than 1980s ones like the Aiwa AD-F660. That said, they don't fail often. Hope this helps.

@@MrVinylista thank you for your considered and useful reply. I will have to let you know how things get on Mike B

It also had a headphone out.

Quite right, it was very decent for its day, but didn't get the acclaim that the later ZX9/Dragon/CR7 era of decks did. Still a lovely thing to have, though.

Yes we will. Meanwhile what's your budget for headphones?

@@MrVinylista Thanks for your reply. I guess I would be looking for headphones up to £1000. Looking forward to hearing what you think would work best.

@@indiakirby9140 I think Sennheiser's HD650 is a good place to start. This is not the best headphone in the world, but it's a great all rounder and many at twice its price (£450) struggle to better it - especially when you fit higher quality cables. Along with the Oppo PM-1, I've used it as my general 'hack' headphone for years and it's a class act. Durable too, if you're taking it out and about. Its slight warmth also suits the super-clean tonal balance of the Chord DAC. Try to hear it at a dealer with your Mojo/Poly and come back and tell us what you think. There's so much choice and it's so down to taste so this would help gauge your preferences. If you end up buying a fancier headphone then I'd also be tempted to get a cheaper pair of foldables to save wear on your main pair, like the Sennheiser PX-100 (£30 secondhand) - these are superb sounding for the money and far easier to use than full size over ear types.

@@MrVinylista That's really helpful thank you. I will try these and let you know how it goes. Look forward to more reviews too!

Hi I bought the sennheiser PX100 following your recommendation. Who’d have thought it! A really great sounding pair of headphones at a ridiculously low price for what they can achieve. Had lots of fun listening to them. One thing though, and I think it’s the same with your other recommendation, they do leak. Doesn’t matter when I’m out walking across fields but in busier areas it’s probably really annoying for others to hear. I’m unfortunately unable to use in ear’s so something that doesn’t leak and I can use with the Mojo/Poly combination would be great. Many thanks