Cassette Deck Reviews

Marantz PMD430
Cassette Deck

The Marantz PMD430 cassette deck seems to be particularly designed for audiophiles interested in making live, on-site recordings. The fully portable deck weighs only 4 pounds, and it...
NAD 6155
Cassette Deck

According to NAD, the Model 6155 is “the finest cassette deck NAD has ever designed.” The performance of this inexpensive two-head deck with a single-motor transport is said to...
NAD 6300
Cassette Deck

The Model 6300 cassette deck from NAD is designed within a tradition of high performance with few frills. A three-head, dual-capstan deck with Dolby B and Dolby C noise reduction, it...
NAD 6340
Cassette Deck

The moderately priced NAD Model 6340 cassette deck is a good example of why NAD equipment has become so popular. Almost defiantly plain in appearance and short on conveniences, it concentrates...
Nakamichi 1000ZXL
Cassette Deck

The Nakamichi 1000ZXL is certainly the most expensive and, possibly, the most sophisticated cassette deck we have yet encountered. Its $3,800 price obviously puts it well beyond the...
Nakamichi BX-300
Cassette Deck

To own a three-head cassette deck made by Nakamichi has long been the impossible dream of many a budget-bound audiophile. That dream can now become reality with the introduction of...
Nakamichi CR-5A
Cassette Deck

The Nakamichi CR-5A cassette deck is aimed at the audiophile who insists on uncompromised engineering but is willing to forgo a few costly special features. It is a three-head, three-motor,...
Nakamichi DR-1
Cassette Deck

From its invention of the three-head cassette deck and the closed-loop, dual-capstan tape transport to its unique head construction and user-adjustable azimuth, Nakamichi has long been...
Nakamichi Dragon
Cassette Deck

The Dragon is the first Nakamichi cassette deck to be given a name rather than a model number, and if the intent was to suggest an awe-inspiring creation, the technological innovations...
Nakamichi LX-5
Cassette Deck

The Nakamichi LX-5 cassette deck adds the Dolby-C noise-reduction system to the discrete three-head, dual-capstan technology used in a number of the company’s recent models. The separate...
Nakamichi RX-505
Cassette Deck

The Nakamichi products have long been IX known for embodying unique solutions to subtle design problems few other manufacturers are willing even to face. The Nakamichi RX-505 is the...
Onkyo Integra TA-2056
Cassette Deck

The Onkyo Integra TA-2056 is a three-head cassette deck with Dolby B and Dolby C noise-reduction systems, a digital tape counter, a user-adjust-able bias-trim control, and a variety...