On 6/29/2017 12:25 AM, Tim Gillett wrote: > I agree Shai. Also the felt pads eventually do nasty things to heads > including accellerated wear/ pitting. It's sometimes said that only the > high end Naks can be used but even the lowly Nak 480 series has the > essential features of dual capstans and pad lifter. Other brands used > dual capstan but as far as I know only Nak exploited that feature by > pushing the felt pad off the head. I read somewhere that a German manufacturer originated this feature and that Nakamichi licensed it. I forget the German company -- maybe Eumig? Peace, Paul --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus