Which deck should you choose?

[Hudmo]

Hello everyone. I want to buy a deck for recording loops, individual parts, and possibly entire tracks to get color and distortion. I write drone, ambient music. I'm new to tape recording. since I do not understand this, I would like to hear your opinion about these machines, which should be paid attention to. If possible, arrange them in descending order. In my region I managed to find used decks: Nkamichi 480, TEAC W-6000R, Tascam 112 MKII, Akai CS 702 D II, Marantz model 5050 M, Philips N5361 MarkII, Sharp RT-6, Sony TC-K 600, Technics M10, SHARP RT-31, NAD 613, AIWA AD-R650, Dual C824

Thx

 

[Inscrutable]

I have 5 decks but none of those, sorry ...

In general, I would advise to look for a 3-head deck ... separate heads optimized for record, erase, and playback ... allow for real time monitoring and some incorporate fine bias adjustment. Usually built to a higher standard, and although many 2-head decks are built to lower price points some mfrs (eg. Nak) can build high quality 2-head decks. Just need to do some research.

(FWIW, my current favorite I have is Denon DR-M44HX ... 3-head, direct drive, auto EQ, but no manual bias adjustment.)

 

[nironiro]

You said that you need deck to get distortions. That's a little contradictory because decks are not made to make distortions.
For that I would buy cheapest deck possible, and randomly turn every trimmer inside, than you would get whole kind of distortions.

 

[Rey1]

If you are looking for the best deck, then narrow it down to the Sony, Tascam, or the NAK