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Nakamichi 700
Three Head Cassette Deck (1973-79)

The Nakamichi 700 was created in response to the demand for a machine that could offer the essential performances of our highly acclaimed Model 1000 Tri Tracer, but at a more modest cost.

Since a compromise in performance was unthinkable, the alternative was to simplify the design and develop new construction techniques that would permit cost reductions while maintaining quality.

And Nakamichi engineers succeeded brilliantly. In almost every respect, the Nakamichi 700 equalled the performance of the 1000 Tri Tracer. Nor is this surprising, for the 700 employs the same advanced transport system and shares most of the features of the more expensive model.

Central to both Tri Tracers are three separate heads - erase, record and playback. The same configuration employed in professional reel-to-reel decks.

Nor does the similarity end there. For both Nakamichi Tri Tracers achieve a level of performance that had previously been regarded as, all but, impossible in the cassette format.
Specifications

700
700II

Type: 3-head, single compact cassette deck

Track System: 4-track, 2-channel stereo

Tape Speed: 4.75 cm/s

Heads: 1 x record, 1 x playback, 1 x erase

Tape Type: type I, CrO2

Noise Reduction: B

Frequency Response: 35Hz to 20kHz (Cr02 tape)

Signal to Noise Ratio: 65dB (dolby B)

Wow and Flutter: 0.05%

Total Harmonic Distortion: 1.5%

Input: 100mV (line), 0.5mV (mic)

Output: 1V (line)

Semiconductors: 115 x transistors, 51 x diodes, 9 x IC

Dimensions: 20-1/2 x 10-11/16 x 5-1/8 inches

Weight: 28lbs

Accessories: optional remote control

Year: 1973