Finally Nakamichi capstan belts which delivers factory W&F specs

[C.D.S.]

In 2023 i tested 3D printed capstan belts for Nakamichi Sankyo DD and classic mechanism from UK friend Pete who made them. Sankyo belt gives outstanding results but for classic mechanism not.
Sankyo DD have from 0.023 - 0,030%WRMS on all decks which i have that time and here is plot/graph from Nakamichi CR-7.





Some days ago i got 3rd edition of 3D printed capstan belts for Nakamichi classic mechanism, as 1st edition was very bad. (0,2%WRMS).
Now pictrure is completly different…0,025%WRMS to 0,040%WRMS on classic mechanism...almost impossible, right? Those measurements are same or even better from old original Nakamichi belts and also much better from old Marrs belts with white »marrs« labbel on belts…not even mentioned gold« marrs« labbeles which were worse from white ones.

See here results:




I think we finally got 1:1 replacement capstan belts for Nakamichi cassette decks thanks to Pete and his huge, more than 3 years research to make the best belts.

 

[J!m]

Good news for Naknlovers!

 

[20tajk7]

Great work, I'd like to try these belts.

 

[Bob Boyer]

Need to tag this thread; there's several of us who may eventually need just such as this. Great news!

 

[BlazeES]

Source?

 

[sweatybetty]

Plus 1 on a source.
I cant believe that when Marrs closed down that whoever he was getting belts from just closed up shop. Seems like they would have found another outfit to sell their belts.

 

[C.D.S.]

Of course...you can contact Pete via his mail: peter(@)nysc.co.uk just remove ( ).
He have also some other things...one of them is Nakamichi classic mech reel table kit

 

[mr_rye89]

What are material are they using to print the belts? TPU? Can we have the STL files or is that proprietary information?

 

[C.D.S.]

Unfortunately no...he worked on this more than 3 years and now belts work. You can purchase all from him directly, but not expect that belts will be cheap...as sweatybetty mentioned Marrs before...Pete's belts are same price range and about quality...well...you see results