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AKAI Memorabilia
Company: AKAI
Based: Tokyo, Japan (now in Singapore)
Founded: 1929 as Akai Electric Company Ltd.
Founders: Masukichi Akai & Saburo Akai
Specialty: Leading electronics manufacturer of Hi-FI stereo equipment including reel-to-reel tape recorders, audio tuners, cassette decks, amplifiers, receivers, turntables, video recorders, loud speakers and microphones. Home appliances and televisions,

AKAI audio equipment 1970s christmas
AKAI Audio products (Christmas 1971)


AKAI GX Glass and Ferrite magnetic tape head (1971)

AKAI GX ferrite glass tape head
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This Lucite paperweight from AKAI features their unique GX  glass and crystal ferrite head.

The GX head was used in their Reel-to-reel and cassette Stereo Tape Decks and were guaranteed to last a minimum of 150,000 hours.

​Combined with Dolby noise reduction, the GX head offered superior sound quality compared to typical tape decks of the time.

​Item measures 2" x 2" x 2".



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