Nikko Owners--Show us your stuff!

[Richard P]

Just a baby in my collection. An NR-315. Great styling, and it sounds great . . . just wish the knobs didn't look so grungy.

 

[Eros69]

I'm jealous of all your toys. All I have left is the EQ-950 Graphics Equalizer.

Hi Nikko user.. I have a Chance to buy an EQ950. I can't find much Information regarding this but I can see it has a microphone socket. Can you advise me if this works like the sansui se9 with motorized computer to analyze the noise or not ? Or it's just a basic mic socket ..I have an alpha 230 beta 30 just bought a gamma 30 and really tempted to get the eq950

 

[Eros69]

Anyone heard of this one before?




manufactured in 1981.
Works in pure class A!
Price at the time of release 300,000 yen ~ $ 3,000
Double mono, separate windings, two diode bridges, capacitors 2 of 15,000 microfarads are installed in the power supply for each channel. Fully discrete circuit with high quality components, hand-assembled. This unit was released in the tenth year (s / n 2050010) Switchable output power indicators. Can be used without a pre-amplifier - there is an input signal adjustment. Gold plated connectors, output terminals fit banana and paddle. The side panels are made of solid ash.
Output power 46 W. into 8 ohms with a total harmonic distortion of 0.08%
Frequency range 5-60000 Hz.
Damping factor 50
Rated power consumption 300 W. 100 Volts
Dimensions 482? 182? 460 mm. Weight 24 kg. (with side panels)
Produced complete! prevention and adjustment. made for the domestic market of Japan, can be completed with a 500 W power adapter. (3000 rubles) or 2000 watts. (10 thousand rubles)

 

[percivilla]

Alpha 450. Recapped except for the HUGE filter caps. Nichicons and Silmics. Benched at 249 watts.

Completely and utterly overkill for my setup as even 7 watts is quite uncomfortable. The power and damping really focus the sound better than just a receiver though.

I also have the beta 30 pre and gamma 30 tuner. Haven't tried the tuner as I never really listen to radio. The beta 30 pre is fairly boring but I'd like to try upgrading the op-amps and recapping just to see what happens.

Currently using the Marantz 2240 as a pre with excellent results. None of the lamps are burnt out, the phone camera just makes it look that way.

 

[Baz64]

 

[Baz64]

 

[gklainer]

Nikko setup in the mancave. Gamma V, Beta 40, EQ-1 and Alpha VI. The V and 40 have been fully recapped and modded with opamp upgrades.

 

[just dave]

View attachment 2134994

What model # is that?

 

[epifanatic]

What model # is that?

Alpha 800, coolest meters ever.

 

[epifanatic]

Gamma 30
Beta 20

 

[A/D/Slover]

 

[just dave]

Alpha 800, coolest meters ever.

Indeed

 

[Wheel-right]

Came across this set the other day, not mine but I do really like my Alpha II,

Vintage Stereo System Nikko for Sale in Riverside, CA - OfferUp

 

[rocksy]

An older picture of my first Nikko piece, the NR-819. The collection has expanded a lot since then, but no pictures there yet.

 

[milo63]

Alpha One. Looks like hell, sounds dreamy, makes my Yamaha P2200 seem like a featherweight.

 

[Filmboydoug]

That is a beast. Hope it cleans up ok!

 

[THF2]

Came across this set the other day, not mine but I do really like my Alpha II,

Vintage Stereo System Nikko for Sale in Riverside, CA - OfferUpView attachment 2208398

Based on this post, I guess I got a pretty good deal on my stack at $550 earlier this year, all in.

I don’t think having the original boxes are worth another $450!

 

[Sharpstik]

The 615.

 

[epifanatic]

I just acquired a Gamma1 to replace the Gamma 30. Although the Gamma 30 is a fine tuner, I prefer the analog dial.
Thanks Gary!! @gklainer
The Gamma1 sounds better to my ears, better bass, nice mids and highs that don't fatigue the ears.

 

[rocksy]

It's finally "done". I have a Gamma I and EQ-950 that I might want to put in here as replacements though...

Nikko EQ-540 (European 220v, just for that graphic equalizer!)
Nikko ND-1000
Nikko CD-500
Nikko Beta 50II
Nikko EQ-25
Nikko NPS-1
Nikko ATS-1
Nikko Gamma 20
Nikko Alpha 230

Turntable is a Denon DP-300F. Speakers are Monitor Radius 270HD (the rear ported discontinued model)