Nakamichi TD-400
The TD-400 was a car stereo tuner/cassette deck from Nakamichi, part of a small line of mobile audio components the company made in the mid-1980s. It came out alongside the more affordable TD-300. Both models used a single-capstan transport with twin counter-rotating elements (HiFI-Stereo, December 1985, p.23). A 1988 dealer price list has the TD-400 at $399, between the TD-300 at $329 and the TD-500 at $609 (HiFI-Stereo, March 1988, p.112).
Positioning is about all the record preserves with confidence. A dealer price list from early 1988 puts the TD-400 at $399, between the TD-300 at $329 and the TD-500 at $609. It sits well below Nakamichi's flagship TD-1200II at $1,199.
Beyond its listing in period directories and retailer ads, almost nothing is documented about the TD-400. No service manual, no measured performance data and no owner literature have surfaced in the archive. This is what the record shows:
- Automotive tuner/cassette player
- Single-capstan drive with twin counter-rotating elements (per the December 1985 product announcement in HiFI-Stereo, p.23)
- Listed at $399 in a March 1988 dealer advertisement (HiFI-Stereo, p.112)
- Sold alongside the TD-300 as Nakamichi's more affordable mobile decks
If you own a TD-400 or have paperwork on it, the archive would welcome the details.
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