Ok, forget I said 'free' That's not really what I was trying to get at. Where would be a good value place to get one? (Free being the best value.) I'm sure going to Nak themselves is going to be the most expensive option? Should I keep an eye out on auction sites?
I can tell you right now.. this will not be the last MR-1 I own... I'm already in the market for good deal on another. Are other Nak decks significantly better for the increased price they command? I got this MR-1 for $50... I think it sounds great. It plays my tapes that I recorded from Mp3 for my car deck back in earlier 2000's (yes I still had only a tape deck in my car until about 2006) and it plays them almost better than my computer could play the mp3s. (slight exaggeration of course... but they sound great for being recorded from a computer hooked up to a late 90's Aiwa bookshelf system. I almost can't believe it.)
It's because of this I haven't had time today to even want to turn the Deck off and be able to deoxit the switch! hahaha!
several months ago i emailed this place for an mr-1 serv. man. he has them.
$28, iirc. if i can't find a free one, i'll be ordering one from here.
http://www.vintageaudiomanuals.com/
here's a copy of the reply from vintageaudiomanuals-
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"Hi and thank you for contacting VintageAudioManuals,
We can provide a high resolution scanned, printed and bound reproduction of the following:
Nakamichi MR-1 Owner’s Manual
Nakamichi MR-1 Service Manual (several fold-out diagrams and schematics as well as a few service bulletins)
for $28.00 total, delivered to your door in the U.S. or Canada. International, please request new total. Manual(s) ships within 24 to 72 hours after payment receipt and is shipped via USPS First Class Mail (make sure to include your address with payment).
OR
We can provide a high resolution scanned, printed and bound reproduction of the following:
Nakamichi MR-1 Owner’s Manual
for $12.00 total, delivered to your door in the U.S. or Canada. International, please request new total. Manual(s) ships within 24 to 72 hours after payment receipt and is shipped via USPS First Class Mail (make sure to include your address with payment).
OR
We can provide a high resolution scanned, printed and bound reproduction of the following:
Nakamichi MR-1 Service Manual (several fold-out diagrams and schematics as well as a few service bulletins)
for $18.00 total, delivered to your door in the U.S. or Canada. International, please request new total. Manual(s) ships within 24 to 72 hours after payment receipt and is shipped via USPS First Class Mail (make sure to include your address with payment).
If insurance is desired, please add $1.50 per $50.00 of the grand total.
If you need it quicker, via Priority Mail, please let me know and I’ll adjust the quote for you.
If interested, I can accept payments via
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Please make mailed payments payable to:
Mike Thomason
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The above quote is valid for 15 days from the date of this e-mail. Please let us know at your earliest convenience whether or not you intend to proceed with the transaction.
As a general rule of thumb, we do not sell electronic versions of our manuals for two reasons. First, the files are entirely too large, ranging from 10MB up to as much as 3GB each (these ones are 28MB and 132MB respectively). We do not reduce or otherwise try to make our files smaller at the expense of quality. Second, we do not want our manual scans ending up posted on other manual websites claiming them as their own. This has happened numerous times in the past and now there are some sites selling our work as their own (probably the best copies they offer based on what I've seen of their actual work). Lastly, the scanned files we assemble for printing purposes are different than those assembled to be a single pdf manual. Our files are produced with the specific purpose of being printed and not for being able to easily follow/read.
NOTE: For those of you who might think our prices are a bit expensive, please understand that all of our manuals are scanned, cleaned up and printed by us personally and are not cheap photocopies run on a high speed copier or scanner. Our manuals are as close to the original as you’ll ever get from anyone, including fold-outs. Also, the above price includes packaging for safe arrival and shipping, there are no additional costs. Please bear all of these things in mind when evaluating our prices. We can assure you that you will be pleased by the quality of our products, regardless of price or the economy.
Lastly, if you happen to have any original owner’s or service manuals you’d be willing to lend, trade or rent out for a few days, please let us know.
Thank you for your interest and have a great day!
Mike Thomason & Crew
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i've never had one of the 'better' naks so don't know how much better or if they're better.
most i paid for any of my 4 mr-1s is $47+ 20 s&h. bx-300 for $31+$22 s&h.
onliest thing i had to do is i-tires in 2 of them. excluding #4, they all work perfect.
my nak 600 i paid full retail for
it new back in '76.
