700 MkII

About the 700 MkII

The Nakamichi 700mkII is a three-head, single compact cassette deck produced by Nakamichi, featuring a full 3-head system with separate erase, record, and playback heads. It uses a ferrite core recording head, an erasing head, and a hard super permalloy core reproducing head with a narrow gap of 0.7 μm, enabling flat frequency response up to high frequencies. The deck includes an optical-sensing DC motor with 120 pulses per rotation for precise speed control, allowing speed fine adjustment and minimizing wow and flutter to less than 0.1% (DIN 45507). It supports Type I and II tapes with Dolby B noise reduction and offers a frequency response of 35 Hz to 20 kHz (±3 dB with Dolby IN, SX or EX-II tape). The signal-to-noise ratio exceeds 65 dB (Dolby IN, WRMS), with total harmonic distortion under 1.5% at 400 Hz. It has multiple inputs including microphone and line, and outputs with variable 1V max (RCA & DIN). The deck weighs approximately 13 kg and measures 52 x 26.7 x 13 cm. It was manufactured in Japan and is considered a classic, no longer in production.