doity
400 Club - QQ All-Star
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- Nov 29, 2014
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I figured that there had to be a Japanese market version of the Technics RS-858US 2/4 channel recording deck and I was right. After purchasing, and falling in love with, my Japanese market Technics 4 channel receiver I started to seek one out. I bought a ticket out on the first plane to Tokyo and hit the ground running. Well actually I lied about that.......I used the power of the interwebs instead .
I found out that there was in fact a Japanese version of the RS-858US, the RS-859U but National badged. Also this deck was black in color as opposed to silver like the US version. OK, I just had to have one and searched the streets of Tokyo relentlessly for this rare and beautiful piece of equipment. Well I lied about that also....actually I found one on Yahoo Auctions. No one else bid on it thank god and now it will be all mine.
They seem to be identical decks as far as I can tell besides the obvious color difference. Also the RS-859U has white VU meters from what I can tell. Will update when I get it and it likely needs work but oh well. I don’t think the seller had a tape to test it with so it was sold as ‘junk’. I think that shipping will be a lot more than I paid for the deck so even if it needs work it is not like I am out too much.
Here are a few pictures taken (stolen) from the web:
I found out that there was in fact a Japanese version of the RS-858US, the RS-859U but National badged. Also this deck was black in color as opposed to silver like the US version. OK, I just had to have one and searched the streets of Tokyo relentlessly for this rare and beautiful piece of equipment. Well I lied about that also....actually I found one on Yahoo Auctions. No one else bid on it thank god and now it will be all mine.
They seem to be identical decks as far as I can tell besides the obvious color difference. Also the RS-859U has white VU meters from what I can tell. Will update when I get it and it likely needs work but oh well. I don’t think the seller had a tape to test it with so it was sold as ‘junk’. I think that shipping will be a lot more than I paid for the deck so even if it needs work it is not like I am out too much.
Here are a few pictures taken (stolen) from the web: