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(Formerly, St. Cecilia Sound Gallery)
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Nakamichi LX-5 Reference Cassette Recorder
If you still have some cassettes or, if you'd like to do some cassette recording, this is the one you want. It's a classic Nakamichi Cassette recorder that is in excellent condition. This consignment unit works perfectly and is priced right. We don't have the box.
Nakamichi LX-5, Discrete Head Cassette Deck
Some technical data:
Manufacturer: Nakamichi, Japan
Drive type: 3 engines, Double Capstan
Head assembly: 1 x recording head (Crist Alloy), 1 x playback head (Crist Alloy), 1 x deletion head (Sendust)
Dolby: B/C
Tape switching places: I, II, IV, Bias Fine (Premagnetization fine adjustment)
Inputs: Line: 50 mV (70 k ohms)
Outputs: Monitor: 1 V (2.2 ohm), headphones with controller 0.3 V (8 ohms)
Level meters display: LED peak
Height headroom: II/Cr: 20 Hz to 20 kHz
Wow and flutter: < + = 0.11%
Deletion attenuation (1 kHz, II/IV-tape): > 60/60 dB
Premagnetization and deletion frequency: 105 kHz
Dimensions: 450 x 135 x 307 mm
Weight: 8.5 kilograms
Test "Stereoplay" 11/1982: Top-class II
Retail price in Germany was: 2000,- DM
Special features: 4-bit microprocessor for drive electronics. Sparater motor for head slide control. Electrical fader to show/hide. Switchable MPX-Filter. Timer operation. Remote control connector. Record Mute.
Price is just $195 (new it was $850). (Comparable units are selling for over $350.)
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