Rare Nakamichi Digital Products. 1000P DAC - 1000MB CD Changer - 1000 DAT Tape Deck. $11,000 in 1988

Rare Nakamichi 1000P DAC, 1000MB CD changer along with the 1000 Digital Audio Tape(DAT) deck. Nakamichi produced some amazing digital products although they were best known for their cassette tape decks. Each unit is built like a tank. All-copper plated chassis with thick aluminum cases. I show each unit on the test bench as well as hooked together making music. At more then $11,000 in the late 80's these were very high end pieces of audio equipment.
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[@jeremytravis360]

I was a Nakamichi dealer in the UK and the equipment was brilliant.

[@vintageaudioaddict]

Wow, that must have been great! You must have seen all the wonderful audio equipment from back in the day.

[@jeremytravis360]

@@vintageaudioaddict The famous people who came into my shop were great as well.

[@miss.wright3035]

Why ? As brilliant as a 1989 DVD player costing $10K ?

[@mithunhaque]

Amazing since my very child hood. Nakamichi was every expensive and lucrative in all Hi end stereo magazines since then. At that time , it was not possible to see anything under the hood, but today when I see through your channel in KZbin it makes sense why they were so expensive and what actually real craftsman ships are.

[@andycristea]

Amazing! Dream level equipment!

[@vintageaudioaddict]

It really is! This was such high end gear in it's day.

[@richardbrobeck2384]

I have a few nakamichi cassette decks in my collection I like my older pioneer and tascam cassette decks

[@vintageaudioaddict]

All good stuff

[@ppmnox]

This is an extraordinary video.I considered your attention to detail in explaining everything that you do to be on par with what you were examining.

[@vintageaudioaddict]

Thank you very much for your kind words. I'm glad that you enjoyed the video.

[@bretspangler8717]

I was in Japan in 1989 and the hi-end stereo shops were fun to visit, very typical of what the luxury units of the day looked like. Nakamichi has always been one of my favorites, they loved to push the current tech and always had some mechanical parts that were just amazing and fun to use. I always wanted to get a Dragon but it was just a bit out of my pay grade as an E4 in the USMC at the time. I have a bunch of Japan-exclusive CD's many with the original "banned" artwork, CD stores were amazing too, only a single copy of any album would be on the shelves, everything in perfect order, if you buy out a section it will be quickly restocked as if you were never there, 4 floors of CD's it was just overwhelming.

[@vintageaudioaddict]

Thanks so much for sharing and for your service. So many memories are entwined with vintage audio equipment. I just think what it must of been like to be in Japan at that time. It was a time that I'm sure you'll never forget. Thanks again.

[@arjenchristianhelder1027]

just fixed one of these today, what I found is that the drive motors that connect to the reels are direct drive motors, have a separate PCB, with those dreaded SMD capacitors, and they will leak. the acid will damage the solder connections and the resistors on the board. if you have one of these, best to inspect this and replace the 6 10uF 35V caps with SMD caps, 1206 10uF 25V. that will work.

[@venturarodriguezvallejo9777]

Until watching your video, I never heard about a Nakamichi digital system. What an amazing equipment!

[@vintageaudioaddict]

Yes, it is. Nakamichi as a company for whatever reason could not transition into the new digital world. The built quality of these units was not the reason but the price of them might of been.

[@ottodydaktyk]

Wowzers! I had heard of them, but never got to see one! Seriously built to perform! Like the Barracuda of stereo systems! Thanks for sharing.

[@vintageaudioaddict]

Your welcome and as always thank you for watching.

[@paulhellmann6437]

I really enjoyed watching that! Love to play with this trio as well!

[@vintageaudioaddict]

Thank You! Just amazing equipment.

[@psychicsurprises748]

Great information and presentation!

[@vintageaudioaddict]

Thank you very much

[@jasons7471]

Cool stuff. I love all the Japanese copper chassis high end gear like this. I had a pioneer 49txi receiver up until not too long ago. 60+ lbs, all copper chassis I miss mine bad. for an all in one it was incredible.

[@vintageaudioaddict]

There were so many good quality audio products made years ago.

[@h0ll0wm9n]

Another great, well-produced video. I owned a basic 2-head Nak cassette deck from 1982. Built like a tank, even for that budget model. About electro caps ... you can test them in-circuit with a cheap ESR meter. If they're within range, no real need to spend on new. Also, for vintage equip that's been in storage, you can bring equip. up slowly on variac and allow the caps to "re-form". Unless you're going to sell the units as rebuilt, the std bench tests and audio tests will serve as guide for re-capping (as needed).

[@vintageaudioaddict]

Thank you for your kind words and for adding your thoughts.

[@AudioElectronicsChicago]

Nakamichi rocks!

[@vintageaudioaddict]

Your welcome and as always thank you for your kind words. No, they were not available in black. I do have a lot of equipment. I'm sure I'll never get to do video's of it all. I would have to live until I was 250 years old. I'll do the one's that I can. Thank you again.

[@bukeksiansu2112]

Those equipments made for eternity

[@rickbarton9130]

Nice, I gotta agree the build quality on those pieces is incredible. You know back in that era I had seriously considered getting a digital tape rig but the DAT decks never came down in price. IIRC the last time I considered buying one they were still in the $1,200 range and up and I thought that too high. My Nakamichi cassette deck (a humble BX-100) was still working well and sounded great so I just waited. I figured at the time that something else was going to come down the pike and make DAT obsolete and eventually it did in the form of rewritable cd's.

[@vintageaudioaddict]

No expense was spared at Nakamichi to engineer and build units like this. It's hard to imagine that Nakamichi thought these would sell well because of the price tag. If you were a person into the DAT format back in the day you could buy several Sony's or whatever brand of DAT unit for the price of this one. They must of thought that there were enough customers out there but as it turned out they didn't sell very many units.

[@shaun9107]

First time I have seen this !!! love to here it running .

[@vintageaudioaddict]

Nakamichi made some wonderful audio products back in the day.

[@shaun9107]

@@vintageaudioaddict They sure did .

[@mybigfatpolishlife]

This surpasses any consumer electronics made today. Everything today is made as cheaply as possible

[@richardbrobeck2384]

I know sad even the professional stuff is gone cheap

[@gsmd770]

Yeah,we had buy Nakamichi from the PX when I was in the Army. You could order then out of the PX catalog if they didn't have it in stock. Nakamichi built a serious tape deck! The Dragon!!! Cool find!!

[@vintageaudioaddict]

Thank You

[@sweatingthedetails]

I managed to get the amazing 1000P with the upgraded DAC module! But unfortunately, I realized that there's a heavy channel imbalance at the XLR output stage

[@sweatingthedetails]

Servicing the DA111p DAC module is proving to be quite difficult too, as I couldn't find any schematics for it. Been trying to save this unit for about a few months now, and am still in a bit of a loss

[@geobancito]

Hello, pleas when you put analog source in 1000p , you bypass the dac or your listen analog digitalized?

[@sticknzmud2723]

I remember one of the places (perhaps 2) that I shopped at here in Indiana,in the late 80's & 90's carrying Nakamichi.

[@vintageaudioaddict]

Yes, I saw a lot of Nakamichi equipment in the stereo shops back in the day. I just don't remember seeing this equipment.

[@sticknzmud2723]

@@vintageaudioaddict Neither do I. But I might have caught site of them in a magazine such as Playboy.

[@fredrikbarthel4803]

Incredible find and super rare, Dragon is an dussin product compared to this! Have only seen them in magazine at the time thanks for sharing.

[@vintageaudioaddict]

Your welcome and thank you for watching.

[@bassproable]

I was shocked to find a Nakamichi Japan CD player at a thrift store about 15 years ago for $40.

[@vintageaudioaddict]

Nice Find! Keep checking that store!

[@Si1983h]

I have a thing for vintage DACs, top of the line vintage DACs will still stand up to modern DACs playing at the same but depth and sampling rate. I have a Linn Numerik, I’d take it over any sub £1000 DAC I’ve heard, it just sounds right to my ears.

[@vintageaudioaddict]

Thank you for sharing your experience with the older and newer digital equipment. I don't have much(any) experience comparing the equipment so it's interesting to hear your perspective.

[@AllboroLCD]

Im too young to have experienced Nakamichi in its prime, Would love to pick up one of their tape decks should the opportunity arise! They DO in fact still exist today btw, although it seems the name is just a placeholder for the seemingly generic product line.

[@ericlau6149]

they are really a beauty..please kindly let me know whenever you want to sell it. Thanks

[@samuelfellows6923]

☹️.... As all of your workshop photos were done in a slideshow, you didn’t video the CD player in operation with the lit/cover/top panel removed, the mechanism; loading/unloading, storing and swapping disks. Same thing with the DAT/C recorder - operation with the front removed, you talked about seeing it but showed us a static slide. At least it has a side window to see the tape loading and the playing/recording drum spinning (that I do like, along with the door window 🙂) despite it being weirdly on its side. 😁

[@pabloosvaldopenizzotto1098]

What a rare beauties!!!

[@vintageaudioaddict]

Yes, they are. Just beautiful.

[@markmiwurdz202]

Sir, with reference to the loading speed of the Nakamichi 1000 DAT tape deck. Was it not the case that the Nakamichi F.A.S.T. system did not completely "unwrap" the tape from around the playback/record head? This was unlike other manufacturers machines e.g. Philips (who developed DAT in Europe). Hence particular indexed segments of the tape could be accessed easily and quickly. These Nakamichi digital producers are exceptional. Thank you for your dedication to vintage audio equipment. Keep up your good works!

[@vintageaudioaddict]

Thank you very much for your comments and for your kind words.

[@al5152001]

How many did Nak make of this item....I have both 1000 dat/1000p in mint condition

[@coreaudioco.ltd.hungary7319]

Great stuff, i have an 1000p and 3pcs 1000 DAT. Now looking for the 1000mb, to fullfill my collection. Unfortunatelly i can’t find the units User Manuals in any formats… only just the 1000p’s service manual is available. If anyone has an option to get it, please reply me.

[@al5152001]

Hello! Do you still have the remote to the dat unit

[@rodwhite9643]

Outstanding video...tell me that's not expensive....

[@vintageaudioaddict]

Thank you very much.

[@angusflood6801]

Spectacular quality. Thank you for posting. Please use some easily available royalty-free music to let us hear the equipment!! Digital has moved on a lot and with an R2R dac (or CS4398) replacement inside, possibly with a lampizator tube output , would still be world-class. What a project that would be!

[@dwoodog]

It's almost like your a curator of that Nak equipment. Some companies have a top of the line unit, and then one above that where they just let the engineers off the leash.

[@vintageaudioaddict]

My other half calls me something else, LOL.

[@vladimirpenev9127]

Man, show us some tape loading/unloading, a quick playback, give us some joy! Not saying that there is no valuable info in the video but still ...

[@borlach321]

Would like a Nakamichi AVR

[@audiogear474]

Great video. I sold a 1000P to a guy within last year. Just curious if the same unit. I'm in Ga.

[@vintageaudioaddict]

Thank you. It's a different one as I obtained the 1000P in 2015.

[@audiogear474]

@@vintageaudioaddict OH OK what made me think that was he had a 1000DAT with same problem you described. Mabye thats a common problem with those units.

[@RWL2012]

DAT Tape = Digital Audio Tape Tape

[@yanavutdhee4185]

I don't know you can find cause of distortion problem yet? , but I was repair the 1000 DAT Tape Deck. you should check RF INPUT CHIP that recieve signal from drum head. maybe solve your problem because I was replace it and solve this problem...and sorry I don't have service manual...

[@nigel-Rollercam-channel]

Is it up to today's standards? Some would say yes, some would say no, I would say these are vastly better!

[@vintageaudioaddict]

Thank you for sharing your views.

[@chrisvig123]

They priced themselves out of the market...no one bought those

[@vintageaudioaddict]

They were expensive.

[@5argetech56]

Ah ba beep, ba beep ba beep... DAT's all Folks. :)

[@54tristin]

Do you want to work on a TCD 5m

[@vintageaudioaddict]

I don't know what that is.

[@scottstrang1583]

Nak was the shit back in the day.

[@vintageaudioaddict]

Yes, it was.

[@lesgl]

XLR's on home audio..wow

[@vintageaudioaddict]

Pretty amazing equipment.

[@jonsingle1614]

All you need now is a Dragon.....I have one....sadly it just gathers dust these days

[@rickbarton9130]

He has one. If you'll notice when he's showing the remotes there's one to the left on a shelf. I believe he did a tune up vid on that deck as well. I've thought here recently about acquiring a Dragon but the prices on them these days seems pretty crazy. ;)

[@jonsingle1614]

@@rickbarton9130 Be glad to sell mine !

[@rickbarton9130]

@@jonsingle1614 For?

[@vintageaudioaddict]

Good catch.....Yes, I have a Dragon. Your correct the prices of vintage gear in general has gone up a lot the past few years. Most of the equipment that you see in my video's I obtained years ago before the prices moved up. I use to find a lot of good stuff on Craigslist, flea markets etc. Not so much anymore.

[@francis8062]

Japan at its best! Where's Nakamichi... 😢😢😢

[@vintageaudioaddict]

It was/is just wonderful equipment.

[@cjmarsh504]

Very robust

[@vintageaudioaddict]

Yes Sir

[@miss.wright3035]

And given all the copper and thick aluminum material, NAK still used cheap plastic gears in the transport ? NAK deck's are not reliable and malfunctioning is expected.

[@54tristin]

Where can you find these for sale ? No one care if you are hoarding 3 machines

[@vintageaudioaddict]

I collect them, so I search them out.

[@kozkoz7776]

theres a JAPANESE audio mart similar to ebay l would say the name escapes me MAYBE! you can find the schematics to the dat if l find the name l will text you back

[@vintageaudioaddict]

Yes, if you find any info of the DAT please let me know. Thanks for the info.

[@melvinch]

Any vintage Nakamichi video deserves to be shot with a gimbal, just sayin....

[@ahah1785]

Jesus christ! ...is all i can say...