VINTAGE 1963 AKAI JAPAN M-8 REEL TO REEL TAPE RECORDER WORKING WITH A BUNCH (11KG) OF MAGNETIC TAPES THE BEST TAPE RECORDER EVER MADE

RATED BY MANY AS PROBABLY THE BEST TAPE RECORDER EVER MADE. THE AKAI M-8 IS A REEL TO REEL 1963 TAPE RECORDER WITH CROSS-FIELD BIASING SYSTEM AND ALL VALVE AMPLIFICATION. MADE IN JAPAN IN 1963.

IT HAS BUILT IN AMPLIFIER & SPEAKERS. AND LARGE VU METERS.
MIC & HEAD PHONE FACILITY.  MACHINE CAN BE USE WITH EXTERNAL AMPLIFIER & SPEAKERS.

TESTED WITHOUT LOADING TAPES. SPEAKERS LIGHT UP SEE PHOTO. BOTH REELS TURNING. APPEARS TO BE IN WORKING CONDITION.

COMES WITH A WHOLE BUNCH (11KG) OF MAGNETIC TAPES OF VARIOUS SIZES AND BRAND NAMES. SOME ARE USED SOME ARE UNUSED.

SPECIFICATIONS:
TRACK SYSTEM: 4-TRACK, 2-CHANNEL, STEREO/MONAURAL SYSTEM
HEADS: 1 X RECORD/PLAYBACK, 1 X ERASE (CROSS-FIELD SYSTEM)
A CROSS-FIELD HEAD, IS AN ADDITIONAL RECORDING HEAD IN A TAPE RECORDER THAT IMPROVES THE ABILITY TO RECORD HIGH-FREQUENCY SOUNDS. IT WAS WIDELY USED BY AKAI. 
REEL SIZE: UP TO 7 INCH (17,78CM) REEL

SIZE:

HARD CASE WITH TAPE RECORDER: 51CM WIDE X 34CM DEEP X 23CM HIGH

WEIGHT: 21.5KG

MAGNETIC TAPES CRATE: 42CM LONG 33CM WIDE 30CM HIGH

WEIGHT 10,7KG

SHIPPING: ALTHOUGH VERY HEAVY I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER COURIER AS AN SHIPPING OPTION. PLEASE NOTE HOWEVER THE TAPE RECORDER AND EXTRA MAGNETIC TAPES WILL BE SHIPPED SEPARATELY BY COURIER. ESTIMATED TOTAL COURIER COST FOR TWO SHIPMENTS IS INDICATED UPON CHECKOUT. 

CONDITION: HARD CASE HAS TWO FEET MISSING. LID SLIDES OFF HINGES AT BACK BUT HINGES IN TACT. HARD CASE CAN STILL LOCK TIGHTLY. WAS TESTED WITHOUT LOADING TAPES. SPEAKER LIGHTS LIGHT UP SEE PHOTOS. BOTH REELS ARE TURNING. APPEARS TO BE IN WORKING CONDITION.

AKAI JAPAN: AKAI WAS FOUNDED BY MASUKICHI AKAI AND HIS SON, SABURO AKAI AS AKAI ELECTRIC COMPANY LTD. IN 1946.
THE COMPANY'S BUSINESS EVENTUALLY BECAME TROUBLED AND IT LEFT THE AUDIO INDUSTRY IN 1991. AT ITS PEAK IN THE LATE 1990S, AKAI HOLDINGS EMPLOYED 100,000 WORKERS AND HAD ANNUAL SALES OF HK$40 BILLION (US$5.2 BILLION). THE COMPANY FILED FOR INSOLVENCY IN NOVEMBER 2000, OWING CREDITORS US$1.1B.
 
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