Funny you should mention Nakamichi. I had one of their cassette recorders from about 1980, and a Panasonic receiver of the same vintage. I was under the impress

Funny you should mention Nakamichi. I had one of their cassette recorders from about 1980, and a Panasonic receiver of the same vintage. I was under the impression that solid-state amplification had progressed to the point where you didn't need to worry about it anymore - until I unplugged my headphones from the receiver and plugged them into the recorder. What a revelation! From that point forward I had the hi-fi bug, although I never went overboard with it.