during covid since all brands were running low on stock Nakamichi had a abundance of supply so we sold a lot of them to keep up with traffic. We nicknamed these amps and their radios "Konichiwatts" They always over exceeded power levels. Out of all the Amps and radios we sold only one single din returned with BT connectivity issues.
Back in the 90s, me and my buddy used to go to all the stereo shops and look at everything. We went to a hifi buys In Melbourne Village, North Canton, Ohio. They sold mostly high-end stereo equipment and mostly theater home type stuff. They had brands. In the car audio arealike zapko ground. Zero and Nakamichi. Anyways, they had a Nakamichi. Amplifier slightly bigger than the one you show. I'm pretty sure they were made in Japan at the time, but it was pushing 215 inch ground 0's like nothing easy work. I was very impressed.
Been hoping to see this one come across your dyno bench. Great amp for the money, I bet this one won't hang around long on your shelf. Back when I was making mix tapes I always fantasized about owning the infamous Nakamichi Dragon 🐲
glad to see nak redeem itself, back in the day nak's were top tier class A amps with head room for days, my 100x2 bridged peaked a over 500w which was a lot back then but also cost a lot at about $600 but then Nak disappeared for a while and came back with total garbage amps so it's nice to see them come out with amps that have some headroom again....
Holy Crap!!! This amp really surprised me with its output, but when you took the back off, looks very similar to some Massive amps! For that price? I'd rock that amp! I used to love their old head units
Nakamichi used to be a high-end brand before being bought out by Grande Holdings. They made some of the best SQ quality products for home and mobile audio. Those days are gone and only the name exists, the quality doesn't.
Knew a guy who drove a Lexus sedan around the early 90s. Nakamichi was the oem supplier for a number of those vehicles' sound systems and source units. The cassette player also controlled a 6 disc CD changer located in the trunk. The cassette player was honestly one of the cleanest players I ever heard and would seriously make anyone cast aside any doubt as to cassettes being low fidelity.
I'm running a Nakamichi 7 channel home audio amp from way back in the day. Output is a solid 110 watts/channel. Weighs a ton, has internal cooling fans, and performs perfect even after nearly 30 years. New Nakamichi? I doubt it has any of the build quality that made their name stand out. It's too bad. Awesome video as always, thanks Joe.
Nice vid, I had an old Toyota 1st gen 4runner that had a Nacamichi system in it. Sounded good back then. Btw, we were hit hard by Helene, a LOT of property damage. Not looking to have power for 2 more weeks. Our house and trucks were spared, or lives were spared, so I feel blessed. Glad to be able to watch your vid this morning on my cell. Woke up to cell service this morning. Making coffee on the grill and life is good. My wife and I can charge our cells in our Polaris RZR.
Its been a real long time since i ran or bought nakamuchi amps my buddy bought a 4 channel and 2 channel i believe and i hooked the amps up to a kicker L5 subwoofer set he had 2 10 inch subs in his extended cab truck the amps did much less power than i was expecting.
Nakamichi made high quality stuff back in the day, but like most well-regaurded brands, they get purchased by an investment group or large corporation and sell random, cheap electronics on name brand recognition. Very few popular brands we all are familiar with, are still privately owned by those that started the company and built it from the ground up. Don't execute me if I'm mistaken, but the ones that come to mind are Orion, JL Audio and Rockford Fosgate (though Jim Fosgate no longer owns it). I miss the days when amps were built in the USA, using high-quality components, but don't miss the high prices that they commanded. For example, in 1994 a Punch 45HD sold for $279. Thats roughly $300 for 100 watts. That Nak just tested is $100 for 800 watts.
Hello , can u test kicx rx 1050d ver.2 amp ? I have it myself and I would like to know if it really has the power as specified, and there are practically no videos about it on RUclips 😢
Amazon woot has these guys super sale right now. I just picked thus same one for $60.00. They also have some other ones that would be great to be tested.
I just bought these two monoblock amplifiers Nakamichi NGO -0900.1 Nakamichi NKTD1000.1 I live on Guam(WOOT doesn't ship to Guam)and I couldn't pass up this deal so I shipped it to a relative in Oklahoma. Later my relatives shipped it to Guam. I paid $160 TOTAL!!! 2 Amplifiers $100 Shipping to GUAM $60 The look on my friends faces telling them the cost PRICELESS😂😂😂
@@BebopbeypBBB4th Dude I hooked up this Nakamichi 800 this weekend on some CT Sounds 10" tropos 1300rms required. Sounded Awesome. I like the look of the Nakamichi. Woot was amazing on all their sales. I bought a couple of different ones myself. The power is there. Longevity we shall see. Anyhow I would love to see more Dyno tests on Nakamichi. One becuase I own some and two because I cant find any? Lol. Anyways Im assuming your in the military being in Guam. Thanks for your service.
I would guess you can swap end caps around since both have removable tops. Or at least the removable parts. I don’t know if the end caps are the whole end or just a frame.
The removable part looked the same, but I didn’t try to swap them. I believe the rest of the end caps were removable as well, but idk if they could be swapped to the opposite side.
Hey bud, Quick question about fusing if you don't mind? I'm in the process of adding a secondary lithium and an isolator. The lithium is 56AH and has 250A max charge via the BMS, so I'm wondering what fuse size would be recommended between my isolator and the lithium? The Nakamichi is pretty cool 😎
Back in 1992 I had a Nakamichi tape deck in my car. It had an azimuth adjustment for the tape heads and could pop a peice off the front to clean the heads. It was very expensive. Sold it a year later and bought an Alpine CD headunit..
@@cyberflexx953 aw man, you had the good stuff! I had an older pioneer tape deck all through high school I didn’t get my first CD player until the later part of ‘94
@stereomojo I hear ya. my first amp was a junk Pyramid around the same watts. LOL. But it got me into car audio and grew bigger and bigger. To this day. I'm still slamming four 10s and a Pioneer monoblock in my weekend ride.
please can you test thenro-d3000.1 Nro-d3000.1...im thinking about buying this one and theres not a single review on the internet, i know its an oldschools brand thats doing a come back, and i think that has a nice market on asia but not that much info outiside of that
@@stereomojo seems like a nice amp, 3000 rms at 1 ohm, i can have it at a nice discounted price cuz i have credit on store from a waranty that i returned and got store credit, and if it does rated power or close cuz it would be a nice amp to conected to a 2800rms sub cuz its very compact
Nakamichi in the 80's & 90's was built well, heavy was plain looking but would always be what they advertised. Now cheap garage. This name was next to ADS, ALPINE ROCKFORD IT WAS SOLD IN THE HIGHLEND AUDIO STORE
Sucks Nakamichi used to be a top tier brand from Japan until they sold out to china. Glad to see this one do decent tho. Definitely like seeing them on them subs with real world power.
I have a suggestion that I can't find any videos on ..Nemesis NA-6KM monoblock..I got one and repaired it and i am very surprised how much power it has and how good it sounds!!
that max power stuff is an asian market stuff thats why most amps and speakers that had that kind of ratting were asian marked target, like nakamichi stuff, only more old school guys know the brand now days, and its starting to come back again outside asia, but if you notice nakamichi allready has a nice market in there, and dont know why but asian guys like big numbers even if they dont mean nothing like the "max power", but for those who know and care they give you the rms ratting, and its nice to have a well built amp doing rated power for a nice price....
Many old Toyotas in Nz carried the nakamichi brand name and omfg as a young Teen those head units were UP THERE with the early Alpine decks with its visual appeal and sound quality ( tape deck for those who dont know 😜 ) A shame their brand fell off tho
I bought the latest CD player they made, it had no sound too the speakers at all.. I went ahead and got a replacement and it lasted 3 days before the screen went blank, and died.. I would not recommend anything from Nakimichi currently.. as you can see they are FOS with ratings lol 3200 Watts.. there is a reason these are so cheap.. I almost bought this amp but got the PPI atom series 1200 watt , it will match this easy, the 1800 watt amp will eat this for lunch for less then 30$ more.
On the surface, it seems like an okay amp. The biggest issue I see is it's abysmal efficiency. 50% at 1 ohm. That's pretty bad. It explains the large fusing.
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Never had nakamichi.
But in the 90s of you had naki, or mcintosh
You were the man!
during covid since all brands were running low on stock Nakamichi had a abundance of supply so we sold a lot of them to keep up with traffic. We nicknamed these amps and their radios "Konichiwatts" They always over exceeded power levels. Out of all the Amps and radios we sold only one single din returned with BT connectivity issues.
Back in the 90s, me and my buddy used to go to all the stereo shops and look at everything. We went to a hifi buys In Melbourne Village, North Canton, Ohio. They sold mostly high-end stereo equipment and mostly theater home type stuff. They had brands. In the car audio arealike zapko ground.
Zero and Nakamichi. Anyways, they had a Nakamichi. Amplifier slightly bigger than the one you show. I'm pretty sure they were made in Japan at the time, but it was pushing 215 inch ground 0's like nothing easy work.
I was very impressed.
Wow, that’s really cool! Thanks for sharing!
I think you mean to say Belden Village. That's outside of North Canton.
Been hoping to see this one come across your dyno bench. Great amp for the money, I bet this one won't hang around long on your shelf. Back when I was making mix tapes I always fantasized about owning the infamous Nakamichi Dragon 🐲
Yeah, you’re right. I sold it before the video came out. lol. Thanks!
@@RavenousBitchProductions gosh, I can’t find it for that price
glad to see nak redeem itself, back in the day nak's were top tier class A amps with head room for days, my 100x2 bridged peaked a over 500w which was a lot back then but also cost a lot at about $600 but then Nak disappeared for a while and came back with total garbage amps so it's nice to see them come out with amps that have some headroom again....
Holy Crap!!! This amp really surprised me with its output, but when you took the back off, looks very similar to some Massive amps! For that price? I'd rock that amp! I used to love their old head units
Nakamichi used to be a high-end brand before being bought out by Grande Holdings. They made some of the best SQ quality products for home and mobile audio. Those days are gone and only the name exists, the quality doesn't.
Knew a guy who drove a Lexus sedan around the early 90s. Nakamichi was the oem supplier for a number of those vehicles' sound systems and source units. The cassette player also controlled a 6 disc CD changer located in the trunk. The cassette player was honestly one of the cleanest players I ever heard and would seriously make anyone cast aside any doubt as to cassettes being low fidelity.
Yep, mid 90s Lexus GS had the Nakamichi premium system and I'd was one of the best OEM systems ever put in a car.
My first car came with a nakamichi cassette head unit
They make serious well designed audio
From a dollar a watt, to pennies for watt, makes car audio fun again!!!
Absolutely!
I'm running a Nakamichi 7 channel home audio amp from way back in the day. Output is a solid 110 watts/channel. Weighs a ton, has internal cooling fans, and performs perfect even after nearly 30 years. New Nakamichi? I doubt it has any of the build quality that made their name stand out. It's too bad. Awesome video as always, thanks Joe.
Dang, that’s really cool! Thanks Dustin!
Nice vid, I had an old Toyota 1st gen 4runner that had a Nacamichi system in it. Sounded good back then. Btw, we were hit hard by Helene, a LOT of property damage. Not looking to have power for 2 more weeks. Our house and trucks were spared, or lives were spared, so I feel blessed. Glad to be able to watch your vid this morning on my cell. Woke up to cell service this morning. Making coffee on the grill and life is good. My wife and I can charge our cells in our Polaris RZR.
Aw man! I hate to hear that! I’m glad you’re doing ok though
@@stereomojo Thank you
I am building a system in a 1986 4runner
Noice video brother , love seeing these other brands on here that you normally don't hear much about !! Awesome content
Thanks Chris!
very cool, i actually have a nakamichi head unit in my car now , many options as well
The N stands for "Nominal" power. I like how you went with Nakamichi power better 😄
@@bass305-HCCA ha!! Thanks, lol!
I just bought the 6 channel off of ebay for $85 🤞🤞🤞😂i was looking @ this one also and bam 🎉you did a review ❤ thanks sir god bless you 🙏❤️
Loving these monoblocks
@@Cully-Wully thanks Cullen!
@@stereomojo how do I get ahold of you ?
@@stereomojo what is your email or a cell I have some questions for you. Please and thank you
Its been a real long time since i ran or bought nakamuchi amps my buddy bought a 4 channel and 2 channel i believe and i hooked the amps up to a kicker L5 subwoofer set he had 2 10 inch subs in his extended cab truck the amps did much less power than i was expecting.
Thank you for the video!!🎉
@@Max1m1lli0n yes sir! Thanks Max!
Nakamichi made high quality stuff back in the day, but like most well-regaurded brands, they get purchased by an investment group or large corporation and sell random, cheap electronics on name brand recognition. Very few popular brands we all are familiar with, are still privately owned by those that started the company and built it from the ground up. Don't execute me if I'm mistaken, but the ones that come to mind are Orion, JL Audio and Rockford Fosgate (though Jim Fosgate no longer owns it). I miss the days when amps were built in the USA, using high-quality components, but don't miss the high prices that they commanded. For example, in 1994 a Punch 45HD sold for $279. Thats roughly $300 for 100 watts. That Nak just tested is $100 for 800 watts.
Yeah, it’s a bummer when they do that. But I agree, still good power for the money.
Jim fosgate passed away
Back in the late 90’s Best Buy offered a Nakamichi in dash CD changer. Cutting edge tech for the time
I bought a bunch when they are on sale for $70-ish on Amazon. Decent amp for thr money. But not old school nakamichi quality.
That’s cool! Thanks
Hello , can u test kicx rx 1050d ver.2 amp ? I have it myself and I would like to know if it really has the power as specified, and there are practically no videos about it on RUclips 😢
@@damiankozdron6879 I can’t find that amp
I had no idea Nakanichi made amps! I know them from their extraordinary cassette decks from back in the day! WOW!
@@chrisnunya7171 I didn’t either. Thanks Chris!
Make dsp's too.
Used to make speakers and subs too
@@paulh8221 that’s cool
Yes, there is an install shop where I live has the old school made in Japan Nakamichi amps. They are in a locked display case.
Amazon woot has these guys super sale right now. I just picked thus same one for $60.00. They also have some other ones that would be great to be tested.
@@RubenRodriguez-jb1tg that’s a deal!
I just got one too. 😎 I hope you can test any of the NGO amps. I'm sure they will perform just like this guy. 👍🏻
I just bought these two monoblock amplifiers
Nakamichi NGO -0900.1
Nakamichi NKTD1000.1
I live on Guam(WOOT doesn't ship to Guam)and I couldn't pass up this deal so I shipped it to a relative in Oklahoma. Later my relatives shipped it to Guam. I paid $160 TOTAL!!!
2 Amplifiers $100
Shipping to GUAM $60
The look on my friends faces telling them the cost
PRICELESS😂😂😂
@@BebopbeypBBB4th let us know how that NKTD1000.1 performs. I'm thinking about getting it.
@@BebopbeypBBB4th Dude I hooked up this Nakamichi 800 this weekend on some CT Sounds 10" tropos 1300rms required. Sounded Awesome. I like the look of the Nakamichi. Woot was amazing on all their sales. I bought a couple of different ones myself. The power is there. Longevity we shall see. Anyhow I would love to see more Dyno tests on Nakamichi. One becuase I own some and two because I cant find any? Lol. Anyways Im assuming your in the military being in Guam. Thanks for your service.
I would guess you can swap end caps around since both have removable tops. Or at least the removable parts. I don’t know if the end caps are the whole end or just a frame.
The removable part looked the same, but I didn’t try to swap them. I believe the rest of the end caps were removable as well, but idk if they could be swapped to the opposite side.
I got one two power 2 terminator box's. Do you think it will power those box's???
Think I could wire it at .5 on 4 Dvc 4 10" nakamichi subs? and rise I be ok?
Naka is an old-school. Sq brand that used to be very very high quality...however ...times have changed.
Hey bud, Quick question about fusing if you don't mind? I'm in the process of adding a secondary lithium and an isolator.
The lithium is 56AH and has 250A max charge via the BMS, so I'm wondering what fuse size would be recommended between my isolator and the lithium?
The Nakamichi is pretty cool 😎
Hmmm, I think I’d go with a 200a fuse. It’ll go past that for short periods of time. I’d rather lean on the fuse to blow, rather than the BMS.
@@stereomojo I like your thinking. Cheers, I'll let you know how it goes!
@@sholtodepuma no problem! Thanks Andy!
CD 45 z was an awesome head unit. Early 2000's
@@andyfields4464 nice! What kind of vehicle did you have it in?
@@stereomojo a 90 VW Fox
@@andyfields4464 cool!
@@andyfields4464 so cool! my first car was a 89 VW Fox. (no ac) 😄
Back in 1992 I had a Nakamichi tape deck in my car. It had an azimuth adjustment for the tape heads and could pop a peice off the front to clean the heads. It was very expensive. Sold it a year later and bought an Alpine CD headunit..
@@cyberflexx953 aw man, you had the good stuff! I had an older pioneer tape deck all through high school I didn’t get my first CD player until the later part of ‘94
@stereomojo that was back in the day when running 600 watts, was considered a ton of power, and you were ballin if you had Orion XTR DVCs.
@@cyberflexx953 oh yeah, my first amp was 80 watts, then 140, then 240 watts. Lol
@stereomojo I hear ya. my first amp was a junk Pyramid around the same watts. LOL. But it got me into car audio and grew bigger and bigger. To this day. I'm still slamming four 10s and a Pioneer monoblock in my weekend ride.
Could you please try to test this one soundstom vanquish v600.2 1200 watt 2 channel
@@jaywhite7961 hmmm, maybe so. I’ll look it up. Thanks!
please can you test thenro-d3000.1 Nro-d3000.1...im thinking about buying this one and theres not a single review on the internet, i know its an oldschools brand thats doing a come back, and i think that has a nice market on asia but not that much info outiside of that
I just searched for that exact model number on Amazon and eBay with no results. Could it be called something else
@@stereomojo seems like a nice amp, 3000 rms at 1 ohm, i can have it at a nice discounted price cuz i have credit on store from a waranty that i returned and got store credit, and if it does rated power or close cuz it would be a nice amp to conected to a 2800rms sub cuz its very compact
@@MarcoModestoTVD I can’t find it. Do you see it on Amazon or eBay?
Big D just ran it on the dyno. The nro3k
@@jchavez013 yeah saw it yesterday, kind of disapointed with 1ohm power
i have a 100.4 sold in south america, it was a good amp for 2 years but my mom broke it because it was in her car. it was good for its price.
Nakamichi is the premium sound in my 99 lexus rx300
@@rickybobby7326 that’s cool! Thanks Ricky!
This amp reminds me of the pioneer 9601
hi man can yuo do dynamo test for bass face 1.4 db
I’ll look it up
Car was a 1986 Merkur XR4TI
(Ford sierra) with a svo motor
Wondered about the 1600.1 for a while
Yeah, I’d like to do that one too
This thing is going to pump
Yes, you can get loud with 900 watts
Nice one! Do it bump doe?
😅😅😅😅😅 ISWYDT
Yeah, I was trying to keep the video length down a little. You you like seeing the subwoofer portion?
@@stereomojoyep
@@stereomojo yes, the best part!!! I watch this then I go to the beginning!!!
@@tatialo37 lol, I’ll keep that in mind. I’m never too sure if the viewers like that part or not. Thanks for the feedback!
Nakamichi in the 80's & 90's was built well, heavy was plain looking but would always be what they advertised. Now cheap garage. This name was next to ADS, ALPINE ROCKFORD IT WAS SOLD IN THE HIGHLEND AUDIO STORE
@@freddiemoralez1536 I remember hearing of them, but I never saw them.
Still love my old school ADS amps
@@jamms992 what year do you think they are?
Sucks Nakamichi used to be a top tier brand from Japan until they sold out to china. Glad to see this one do decent tho. Definitely like seeing them on them subs with real world power.
@@bradgilpin9740 thanks Brad!
the minute any amp advertises "MAX POWER" I walk away..
Yep, they pretty much never do any max ratings
I have a suggestion that I can't find any videos on ..Nemesis NA-6KM monoblock..I got one and repaired it and i am very surprised how much power it has and how good it sounds!!
that max power stuff is an asian market stuff thats why most amps and speakers that had that kind of ratting were asian marked target, like nakamichi stuff, only more old school guys know the brand now days, and its starting to come back again outside asia, but if you notice nakamichi allready has a nice market in there, and dont know why but asian guys like big numbers even if they dont mean nothing like the "max power", but for those who know and care they give you the rms ratting, and its nice to have a well built amp doing rated power for a nice price....
Many old Toyotas in Nz carried the nakamichi brand name and omfg as a young Teen those head units were UP THERE with the early Alpine decks with its visual appeal and sound quality ( tape deck for those who dont know 😜 )
A shame their brand fell off tho
Oh wow, I didn’t know that. Pretty cool!
Cool.
Thanks!
Just got a pair or 3000.1 nikamichi for 80 bucks each
@@TheSigimunoz25 nice!
I bought the latest CD player they made, it had no sound too the speakers at all.. I went ahead and got a replacement and it lasted 3 days before the screen went blank, and died.. I would not recommend anything from Nakimichi currently.. as you can see they are FOS with ratings lol 3200 Watts.. there is a reason these are so cheap.. I almost bought this amp but got the PPI atom series 1200 watt , it will match this easy, the 1800 watt amp will eat this for lunch for less then 30$ more.
Aw dang!
Nice 1
Thanks Bee!
On the surface, it seems like an okay amp. The biggest issue I see is it's abysmal efficiency. 50% at 1 ohm. That's pretty bad. It explains the large fusing.
@@JasonWW2000 yeah it was pulling some were old man’s Balls
Thanks J-Dogg! Lol
2 hours later and it’s still in stock and still $99 on Amazon
@@superchile9640 nice!
Algorithm comment 👍
@@Stoneman1971 thanks Allen!
I got this amp hooked up to 4 12 and it pounds...
I think they licensed thier name to another company for this one
Yeah, the old high quality Nakamichi is long gone.
@@JasonWW2000 that sucks
Very possible
BRROOOOO!!! I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY MADE CAR AMPS!!!! I HAVE A PAIR OF THEIR HEADPHONES AND THEY PUT BEATS HEADPHONES TO SHAME!!!!
That’s cool!
Nakamichi used to be high end. Guess they opted for cheap garbage instead.
Like so many others. It really stinks
@@eversoul43 got bought out, the new company is relying on the prestigious name.
Buy these for 59.00 right now
Sounds more like Chinamichi lmfao.
lol, I’m sure
Nakamichi? wtf, lol oh boy.
The name has been around a long time
made in china tho...😕
My first car came with a nakamichi cassette head unit
They make serious well designed audio
Cool