Cassette Stereo Tape Recorder [Akai]
Maker and role
AKAI Electric Company Limited, Manufacturer
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Object detail
Accession number
2001.22.6
Production period
Description
Akai stereo cassette tape recorder, model GXC-46.
Flat rectangular device with wood body, face is black plastic with silver metal panel. Marked "GLASS & X'TAL FERRITE HEAD / GX / FOCUSED FIELD / DOLBY SYSTEM" "ADR SYSTEM" "AKAI GXC-46". Face features: 2 switches, 5 scale switches, 5 round buttons, 3 jacks, 2 lights, and 5 square buttons. Marked on bottom: "AKAI GXC-46 / GLASS & X'TAL FERRITE HEAD /... / AKAI ELECTRIC CO. LTD. / MADE IN JAPAN". Grey power cable with brown plug.
Original cardboard box, marked "AKAI / GX-HEAD CASSETTE STEREO TAPE RECORDER / DOLBY SYSTEM / GXC-46 / AKAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. MADE IN JAPAN", printed in red and blue.
Flat rectangular device with wood body, face is black plastic with silver metal panel. Marked "GLASS & X'TAL FERRITE HEAD / GX / FOCUSED FIELD / DOLBY SYSTEM" "ADR SYSTEM" "AKAI GXC-46". Face features: 2 switches, 5 scale switches, 5 round buttons, 3 jacks, 2 lights, and 5 square buttons. Marked on bottom: "AKAI GXC-46 / GLASS & X'TAL FERRITE HEAD /... / AKAI ELECTRIC CO. LTD. / MADE IN JAPAN". Grey power cable with brown plug.
Original cardboard box, marked "AKAI / GX-HEAD CASSETTE STEREO TAPE RECORDER / DOLBY SYSTEM / GXC-46 / AKAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. MADE IN JAPAN", printed in red and blue.
Brief History
Work on the recording of sound in stereo, allowing sound to be separated into two signals during recording and then played back from two speakers to provide a more natural listening experience, began in the 1930s with Alan Blumlein, a senior sound engineer at EMI’s Central Research Laboratories.
This 1970s Akai tape recorder recorded sound on two channels onto audio cassette tapes.
This 1970s Akai tape recorder recorded sound on two channels onto audio cassette tapes.
Marks
AKAI / GX-HEAD CASSETTE STEREO TAPE RECORDER / DOLBY SYSTEM / GXC-46 / AKAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. MADE IN JAPAN Printed
SERIAL NO. 71017 2995 Sticker
AKAI GXC-46 / GLASS & X'TAL FERRITE HEAD / SERIAL NO. P-71017-2995 / AKAI ELECTRIC CO. LTD. / MADE IN JAPAN
SERIAL NO. 71017 2995 Sticker
AKAI GXC-46 / GLASS & X'TAL FERRITE HEAD / SERIAL NO. P-71017-2995 / AKAI ELECTRIC CO. LTD. / MADE IN JAPAN
Credit Line
AKAI Electric Company Limited. Cassette Stereo Tape Recorder [Akai], 2001.22.6. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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