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Free Nakamichi RX-505!

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No, not for you! For ME! :-)

A very good friend of mine has offered me his for the cost of shipping. We're both from Boston, but my wife and I are snowbirds and are down at our FL condo until mid-April and all my cassettes are down here. I've searched the archives, and realize that this beast might be a bit "too much of a good thing" for me, but either I take it or he gives it to someone else.

So, I'm tentatively psyched. It'll have to survive shipping first, though knowing my buddy, I'm sure he'll package it well. Then I'll have to go from there and see how operational it is, though again, knowing this guy I'm sure he always took good care of it.

Currently using a DR-3, so this'll be a major upgrade if it's operational.
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"If you are the owner of a new stereophonic system, this record will play with even more brilliant true-to-life fidelity. In short, you can purchase this record with no fear of its becoming obsolete in the future."

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I owned it years ago. - volunteer 09:17:19 01/16/16 (0)
Great tape deck!

-Wendell
Now you just need to buy a lottery ticket. - DRam 19:34:50 01/10/16 (3)
As long as good things are happening, why not continue the roll?

Hope it works out well for you.
- Thanks! - JoshT 08:22:24 01/11/16 (2)
  My only concern is that I hear they are finicky and that some of the parts are no longer available if they break down. And I'm the type of OCB guy who will likely feel compelled to get it repaired and aligned, etc., even though I'm getting it for free and don't have that many cassettes.
  
  But if I win PowerBall, then I'll certainly not worry about the cost of maintaining it!
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  "If you are the owner of a new stereophonic system, this record will play with even more brilliant true-to-life fidelity. In short, you can purchase this record with no fear of its becoming obsolete in the future."
  - I had one... - kootenay 15:29:17 01/11/16 (1)
    and sold them last year. You're right they're very pinicky to maintain especially the tape speed. Just keep and eye on it and if it goes out of specs and sounding slow just open it up and with the help from a small screw driver to access the little phillips screw inside the drive mechanism, manual and or google for help on the procedure, you should be able to adjust the tape speed quite easily.
    
    Also, I might add that if you hear a whirling noise when you insert the cassette tape, it means that the drive mechanism may need refurbishing, which includes the small drive belt and bushing replacement. Other than that its sound is quite good, however, it can not match any of the ZX CR 7a and including the Dragon models.
    
    Good luck...
    
    If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well
    (Proverb)
    - Thanks Koot . . . - JoshT 22:42:54 01/11/16 (0)
      I'd love to have a Dragon, and almost bought one used about 10 years ago, but no one's offering to give me one for free! ;-)
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      "If you are the owner of a new stereophonic system, this record will play with even more brilliant true-to-life fidelity. In short, you can purchase this record with no fear of its becoming obsolete in the future."

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