Nakamichi Dragon

Everything You Need to Know About a Nakamichi Dragon

Nakamichi is an electronics company that produced a cassette deck known as the Dragon during the 1980s. This device was renowned for providing high-quality sound that mimicked Dolby and Dolby B in its precision. Various affordable, as well as high-priced, models of these players are available on eBay.

The Nakamichi cassette player has a variety of different features that make it an exciting choice for audiophiles or for anyone else who wants to play music on a cassette deck. Just a few of these features to consider include:

• Three-head deck: There are three different tape decks in the Dragon, which means that you can record and dub your own mixes.
• Playback precision: This player focuses on auto-correction on the azimuth (the spin of the tape) to ensure that it produces a precise sound.
• High-speed capstan: The capstan (the device that rotates the tape) of this device was designed for rapid sound production and stable azimuth correction.
• Auto reverse: When your tape reaches the end of its playback, the tape deck will automatically rewind the cassette for you.
• Easy tape acceptance: Unlike other players of the same production time, the Nakamichi can easily play tapes recorded on other manufacturers' devices.

The capstan of the Nakamichi Dragon uses a unique splitting method to produce its clear sound. This method takes the tracks of the head inside of the tape decks and separates them into two different electronic signals.

This separation means that the sound is more precise because the deck can use two different signals for correction. It also creates a slight phase that produces music that nears Dolby and Dolby B in its quality. Few other tape decks at the time used this type of system to play cassettes.

The Nakamichi cassette deck on the Dragon uses a system known as Nakamichi Automatic Azimuth Correction or NAAC. This system utilized a variety of different control mechanisms to improve the spin of a tape and to make sure that it was clear and precise.

In fact, this system used a microprocessor to produce the most precise sound. This microprocessor in the NAAC is one reason why the Nakamichi was considered a high-end model during its production run. Other reasons for this perception include the auto-reverse option and the multiple cassette heads available on the Dragon.