Nakamichi CD-500

[rbenz27 10+ year member]

Anybody have experience with this HU?

They're fairly new to the US but its been out for a while in other countries. I don't mean to plug a diiferent forum but on the talkaudio uk forum a lot of people had problems with skipping and overheating.

I hope they fixed these issues before they released it here in the US. Anybody got some info?

The local shop just got these in and I'm thinking of upgrading to it.

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[Ayrton 10+ year member]

Nakamichi makes great sounding units that are terribly unreliable. Your money is better spent elsewhere.

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

real men get denon

 

[bikejunkie223 10+ year member]

Do they even still make car audio? I think you have to find vintage gear for denon don't you? I like Nak stuff, but they have next to no features for major $$$- take a look at eclipse, though I wouldn't buy anything until after SEMA in January when everyone shows the new stuff. and if the new stuff sucks, this years stuff will cost less.

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

****it, i forget the website, but there are new ones going for around 3500... if i could only think of the site

 

[Ayrton 10+ year member]

http://www.audiocubes.com/category/Car+Audio.html

They have most of the "hot" stuff, but you can find it cheaper if you try.

 

[rbenz27 10+ year member]

From what I've researched, Denon car audio is Japan only. Well, officially anyway. I haven't found a local Denon car audio dealer in my area. If I'm going to invest in that type of money, it will have to be from a local authorized dealer backed by full warranty lol.

 

[billybrown66 10+ year member]

though I wouldn't buy anything until after SEMA in January when everyone shows the new stuff. and if the new stuff sucks, this years stuff will cost less.

when is that SEMA show?

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

after SEMA in Janufuckingreadorsearchyougodamnednewbary

 

[billybrown66 10+ year member]

that was uncalled for.

and wait a one ******* minute. according to your profile you joined a month after me, so how am i a....****it i hate this term, "noob", "newb", "noobie" blah.

unless of course you were a member long before that then rejoined in july. boy would my face be red!

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

you'll live

 

[bikejunkie223 10+ year member]

that was uncalled for.and wait a one ******* minute. according to your profile you joined a month after me, so how am i a....****it i hate this term, "noob", "newb", "noobie" blah.

unless of course you were a member long before that then rejoined in july. boy would my face be red!

Look at his post count man- he is much more of a post whore so he rates to call you noOb.

 

[Ayrton 10+ year member]

SEMA is in November, the CES show is in January.

 

[MrSector9 10+ year member]

OK, screw features for one. Ask anyone and you dont need any of these cheap add on features in the deck, If you are that anal about SQ then you want all outbound time alignment and active crossover setups. Personnaly I find they don't need tacky features to get people to buy the units since anyone that does buy it,buys it for the SQ reason.Look at the McIntosh head unit also,barely no features and fetches a huge price tag for the SQ of the unit.

As for the unreliable thing,yeah some units for some reason just don't work right. Then again a cd-500 using mp3s is an insult to the SQ of a nakamichi unit. There probably won't be any new nakamichi stuff released for a while if ever, There was talks of ceasing production before the cd-300 and cd-500 even came out.

Denon is pretty much mainly japan unless you count the denonford decks.

Overall I love my cd-400,never had a problem with it,read all discs (cept for nasty scratched ones) takes ALOT for it to skip, Had it in the car now for almost a year and wouldn't trade it for to much (CD-700II). The new lines (300 and 500) are a disgrace and were released to try to get more of the market.

 

[billybrown66 10+ year member]

SEMA is in November, the CES show is in January.

finally, Big Ern is above the law.