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The device was professionally renovated in 2025. All functions were checked during the long-term test. It is technically in perfect condition and aesthetically perfect. The original cardboard box and the copied instructions are part of the offer!

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Here is a seemingly characteristic Nakamichi cassette deck. Look under the skin, however, and you discover that this is a two-head deck. Moreover, it’s one with a single capstan mechanism which lacks the diffused resonance features of most Nakamichi decks. These simplifications allow the DR-3 to be priced at what for Nakamichi is a paltry £350.

In other respects, the DR-3 is a thoroughbred. It looks almost identical to the DR-2 and DR-1, and has a cassette mechanism which is just as sweet to use. Operation is manual, including tape type selection, which I abhor since it can lead to operating errors. Surely a tape sensing switch could be designed that doesn’t impact on sound quality. Other features include Dolby B and C (no Dolby HX Pro), a manual bias control and the large, high resolution meters familiar from previous Nakamichi decks. A headphone socket is fitted, but no level control. System remote control operation is supported.

Sound quality

The only deck to offer the Nakamichi serious competition was the Harman/ Kardon TD4200 which, coincidentally or otherwise, is built on the same engineering-led minimum features basis as the DR-3. It seems to be a winning formula.

Although no direct comparisons were made, the DR-3 has much of the agility and transparency I recall from the senior Nakamichi models. It turned out to be extremely difficult to distinguish source from the recording. When this could be detected — a slightly shut in ambience, a mildly excessive warmth with orchestral strings, perhaps a slight loss of authority with piano —the differences were always tiny. A ranking order between the original and the copy was often a matter of taste rather than substance, especially where Dolby B was used instead of the slightly more opaque sounding Dolby C.

Prerecorded material also had a vivid sense of colour which made most of the other decks sound very lacklustre.

Conclusion

For decades rather than years, Nakamichi has set the standard of excellence in cassette deck design, and the DR-3 proves this holds good in the £350 price area too. The DR-3 outpointed all the decks tested, including the Philips DCC600 in the key areas. Highly recommended."


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