User manual NAKAMICHI BX1 REVIEW

[. . . ] N P E 2 TAPE (-20 dB) DB 0 -5 . ". I (2, I HZ 20 50 100 200 - R ch L ch 500 1 K 2K 5K 10K 20K +1/4, -1% dB, 22 Hz lo 20 kHz to. TYPE 4 TAPE (-20 dB) OB 0 -5 . %, I I l l , , , 50 I 1 500 1 K 2K I+ 11: I HZ 20 100 200 5K 10K 20K L ch tV4, -1h dB, 23 Hz to 20 kHz - R ch +I, -1h dB, 25 Hz to 20 kHz q h with Dolby B noise reduction . . . . . [. . . ] Other tcatures that must be passed up are finetuning adjustments for matching the deck to a variety of tapes (included on most Nakamichi decks and important to thc serious recordiht. all random-access indexing functions, a separate playback (monitoring) head, microphone inputs, and two features that are included in the BX-2: recording mute and an output level control. The drive logic is essentially the same as those in the company's midpriced front-loaders of recent years. The timer options (automatic playback or recording with an appropriate switching device, including Nakamichi's own) are a somewhat unexpected luxury. The metering is typically Nakamichi: easilyread quick-rise, slow-decay peak indicat o r s , t h o u g h the calibration range (-35 to + 5 dB) and minimum element spacing (2 dB just above the 0-dB mark) aren't quite as generous as on the more expensive models. Perhaps nicest of all the front-panel features is the use of a single master-level slider in conjunction with a separate balance slider to control recording AUDIO New Equipment Reports TRANSPORTCONTROLS RECORDING ADJUST. BALANCE) EJECT AC POWER TIMER MODE (PLA. YI0FF IRECORD) EQ (120170 @EC) DOLBY B (ONIOFF) HEADPHONES MEMORY STOP (ON OFF) TAPE SELECT. (11214) SIN RATIO (re DIN 0 dB; RIP; CCIRIARM-weighted) Type 2 tape Type 4 tape Type 1 tape without noise reduction 54 dB 52% dB 51%. dB with Dolby B 64V4 dB 63 dB 61Y4 dB INDICATOR READINGS FOR DIN 0 DB (315 Hz) + 3 dB (with 1. 4% THD) Type 2 tape t 3 dB (with 1. O% THD) Type 4 tape +3 dB (w~th 1. 1% THD) Type 1 tape INDICATOR READINGS FOR 3% DISTORTION (315 Hz) Type 2 tape + 5 dB (for + 2 dB DIN) Type 4 tape + 5 dB (for +31h dB DIN) + 5 dB (for +21/4 dB DIN) Type 1 tape DISTORTION (third harmonic; at -10 dB DIN) Type 2 tape 5 0. 80%, 50 Hz to 5 kHz Type 4 tape 5 0. 48%, 50 Hz to 5 kHz Type 1 tape 5 0. 62%. 50 Hz to 5 kHz ERASURE (100 Hz) CHANNEL SEPARATION (315 Hz) INDICATOR "BALLISTICS' Response time Decay time Overshwt SPEED ACCURACY 2 66 dB 52 dB 2. 8 msec 1. 2 sec 0 dB - 0. 3% fast, 105-127 VAC FLUlTER (ANSIIIEEE weighted peak, RIP) ?0. 079% SENSITIVITY (re DIN 0 dB; 315 Hz) OUTPUT (from DIN 0 dB) 75 mV 0. 62 V level. Once balance has been preset, you can make elegant fades without the awkwardness imposed by the unclutched splitelement controls so common in this price class. With the noise reduction off (a sharp multiplex filter switches in automatically with the Dolby circuit), response is flat to beyond 20 kHz-which can be said of mighty few $300 decks. [. . . ] Like all Nakamichi products, it is somewhat nonconformist-particularly in its use of just three rocker panels to control all six transport functions: pause1 recording-interlock, playlstop, and fastforwardlrewind. Which of the paired functions you activate depends on which side of the panel you press. [. . . ]