the holy grail, the first time you spin the weighted flywheel tuning knob you know you're in the presence of excellence.
National RX 7000
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I've read these sold for $850 back in the 80's so pretty rare, and not cheap if you find one.
purchased mine back in 06 from Korea, at close to 20lbs even without the 10 D cell batteries installed really not all that portable lol.
really nice they have inputs on the rear for phono, line in/out for additional tape deck, and outputs for ext speakers rated 3-8 ohm.
I see some on eBay if your wallet is big enough, this from Russia, others from Japan for about 1/2 the price.
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if you truly want the best..............
