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In Reply to: RE: Aiwa XK-S9000 vs Nakamichi Dragon/ CR-7A posted by Braxus on June 30, 2007 at 12:17:06
...who said I would make a comparison against CR-7. And though I did it, it wasn't rigurous enoght to write It. It is still pending on my task list, but there are many other tasks before (now, I'm renewing capacitors and calibrating a NAK 480).
The AIWA XK-S9000 is a top level deck, an ultimate gear, a truthly outsanding recorder, specially with type I tapes ! (there's a review that
also claims this).
Anyway, The NAK Cr-7 sound was still more appealing, more pleasing with crome tapes. The Nak preserved the original sounds while still sounded like a NAK. The AIWA sounds the way any other aiwa, or sony, or pioneer does. It's just that surpasses them all. It arrives where other aiwas can't, but following the same route. It clearly steps above my AIWA AD-F910
It's like comparing a modern high class Mercedes Benz against a 10 years rolls royce to see which is more confortable??
When comparing them both, I feel that those decks don't like to be compared. They sound so different, they are so different, they look so different...
There are lots of reviews here:
http://www.analogaudio.narod.ru/mag/index.htm
Follow Ups:
One more question. Since Sony and Aiwa shared just about everything in their tape decks from technology, design, and parts: How does the Sony TC-KA7ES sound compared to the Aiwa 9000? I seem to have read somewhere you may also own the Sony deck. Correct me if Im wrong.
I'm still trying to get a handle on what kind of sound quality you mention about the Aiwa. Does it sound more sterile, cold, analytical, mechanical, bright, or what compared to the Nak? You already mentioned you prefer the sound of the Nak, and what exactly does a Nak sound like? I hear they sound warm.
It's difficult for me, to express this things. I have not a long baggage in audiophile listening. And English is not my mother language.
When testing decks, I tend to check if any sounds in the original source are not present on the recorded playback. The AIWA does lose some sounds more than the nakamichi. But the nakamichi must be equalizing or boosting some frecuencies because though It's difficult to perceive differences between the original and the recorded music sound by sound, the feeling changes.
It's like if one had different speakers with the nak. With the AIWA everything feels the same, just with less quality, some highs are lost. The nak have a special bass response.
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