At 11:53 AM 2007-02-08, Trey Bunn wrote: >I have a Nakamichi Dragon cassette deck. ... Hello, Trey, Your problem sounds more like a tape-path issue as the root cause. The first thing you need to do is THOROUGHLY clean the machine, but the pinch rollers may need replacing. I don't know who to recommend in the U.S. anymore for Nak Service, but I'm sure others will. Cheers, Richard Richard L. Hess email: [log in to unmask] Aurora, Ontario, Canada (905) 713 6733 1-877-TAPE-FIX Detailed contact information: http://www.richardhess.com/tape/contact.htm Quality tape transfers -- even from hard-to-play tapes.