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DENON Tapedeck DRM-700A voll funktionsfähig, geprüft und überholt durch Fachfirma (siehe Rechnung). Wiedergabe-und Aufnahme top. Guter Zustand! Leistungsaufnahme 250W, Gewicht 9,7 kg, Neupreis: 730 DM für 165 EUR abzugeben...
This is a buyer’s market for this kind of mid-tier vintage 3-head deck, and €165 looks fair to slightly good for a Denon DRM-700A in clean working condition. Recent used examples have been landing around the mid-€100s when serviced, while unserviced or rougher units can dip lower, so this sits close to the sensible middle rather than feeling inflated.
The appeal here is straightforward: Denon’s DRM-700A is a well-liked, no-nonsense recorder with proper 3-head monitoring, solid playback, and good recording capability for the money. If it’s genuinely healthy, the value is in getting a capable deck without paying premium Nakamichi tax. I’d still want confirmation of transport function, playback/record head health, and whether belts/idlers have been addressed, but at this price those are normal due-diligence items rather than red flags.
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Denon traces its origins to 1910, when American entrepreneur Frederick Whitney Horn founded Japan's first audio equipment company, Nipponophone, initially focused on gramophones and records. The Denon brand emerged in 1939 from the merger of Japan Denki Onkyo—combining "den" for electricity and "on" for sound—with other entities, marking a shift toward professional audio development. This heritage includes pioneering Japan's first professional disc recorder in 1945, used to capture Emperor Hirohito's voice, and launching the nation's first long-playing records in 1951.
The brand excels across a broad spectrum of hi-fi categories, from amplifiers, turntables, and tuners to loudspeakers, cassette decks, and phono cartridges. Denon's innovations extend to digital frontiers, such as the world's first practical PCM recorder in the early 1970s, the inaugural CD player in 1981, and early home theater systems with Dolby Digital in 1995. Today, its lineup encompasses AV receivers, headphones, wireless streaming solutions like HEOS, and high-channel processors, blending professional-grade components with consumer accessibility.
Denon holds a commanding position as a mid-to-high-end mainstay in the hi-fi market, revered for its blend of technological firsts, robust build quality, and balanced sound signatures that appeal to discerning enthusiasts. No longer a vintage collector's niche, it competes confidently against premium rivals, backed by over a century of audio leadership and strategic partnerships like its merger with Marantz.
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