Today the mail brought me my 2nd ELAC Nakamichi OEM deck! This time it's the ELAC CD-400 the little brother of the CD-500 I found recently. The main differences are that this one doesn't have Dolby B noise reduction and the headphones connector is missing. Another difference is size, it's a bit smaller then the CD-500. The previous owner also painted the nice wooden box of this vintage early 70's deck black! After a de-paint job the case now looks good again (see the picture). Technically it's ok, only some broken lights that can be fixed easily.

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