Jay Pemberton Serious Tapehead Funny thing..I also have an Akai GX 630 D and a Teac 2300S, and the playback quality of the Akai from other tapes is quite good but its recording amps can't seem to get enough current into the record head for good quality recording. Akai GX Head Technology The GX Head was a high-performance head composed of glass and crystal ferrite. It was manufactured from single-crystal ferrite, and had glass support that was five times harder than conventional heads. On this page you learn about the technologies employed in the head design and their advantages. Akai Hi-Fi Range 1977 Donate
AKAI GX220D Reel to Reel R2R *3 Glass Ferrite Heads 3 motors* GX220D
#1 Scored a nice Akai GX-M50 cassette deck today. Blends perfectly with my Akai integrated. Nice cosmetics. Gotta love those flourescent meters. Well, this deck was TOTL back in 1980 or so. It has three crystal GX heads, double Dolby for instantaneous tape/line comparisons. Metal tape compatibility with bias adjust, among other niceties. AKAI GX-650D - GX Head and Dual Capstan The AKAI GX-650D was introduced in 1976. It's a 3 Head, 3 Motor stereo tape deck featuring an efficient Closed Loop Double Capstan AC Servo Motor system. The recording and playback heads of this model are AKAI's famous GX (glass and crystal ferrite) heads. Akai GX-230D GX Head Stereo Tape Deck (1976-77) add a review Description The new Akai AC servo motor employed in the GX-230D for direct capstan drive is equipped with 114 gears on bot the rotor and stator sides and a detector coil and magnet are built in on the stator side for a completely new pulse detection system. AKAI GX-93. This cassette deck was developed with the aim of becoming a master deck compatible with digital sources, with a special emphasis on low-frequency recording and reproduction capabilities. Newly developed New Super GX head is adopted for the head. This head uses LC-OFC for the winding to reduce transmission distortion, which greatly.
AKAI GX260D AUTO REVERSE GX HEADS REEL TO REEL TAPE DECK RECORDER
#1 Were the Akai Super GX 3 head cassette decks any good? My school is throwing some stuff out, and I spied that and some other stuff, and looked, and found a $995 price tag. Were these any good? I am probably getting it, but I just wanted to know. DENNYDOG Addicted Member Nov 12, 2007 #2 The Akai GX-F80 is stereo cassette deck featuring the new super GX heads designed especially to be compatible with high performance metal tape. The three head system allows tape monitoring while recording. Specifications. Type: 3-head, single compact cassette deck. Track System: 4-track, 2-channel stereo. Tape Speed: 4.76 cm/s The GX-260D had 4 physical heads. Two playback heads and two each GX record and erase combo heads. The 'Tape selector switch has two positions, Normal or SRT. SRT (super range tapes) were just entering the market at this time so if you are using more modern tapes this is the desired position. Akai would later change the naming of this switch. This together with many other outstanding features, including a 3-head system featuring Akai's wear free GX-heads, combine to bring you the finest in cassette recording and playback. Specifications. Type: 3-head, single compact cassette deck. Track System: 4-track, 2-channel stereo. Tape Speed: 4.76 cm/s. Heads: 1 x combination record/playback.
AKAI GX210D REEL TO REEL TAPE DECK SERVICED GLASS XTAL HEADS SRT EQ
We are the most immersive and organized marketplace for everything reel to reel. WHETHER SERVICE OR RESTORATION FOR YOUR TAPE DECK, THE LATEST PRODUCTS, CAPTIVATING STORIES, INTERVIEWS AND KNOW-HOW. The "GX" stands for "glass crystal" - crystal being pressure molded ferrite rather than conventional metal material, which allows a much smaller gap than normal - a reason for Akai's better high end response. If you look at the head with a strong light, you should be able to see if the material behind the glass is intact.
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#1 johns82 Boy's bright, but he don't allways listen! A while back I contacted JRF about lapping GX heads, they said yes we do that. FF to today, I being cheep, also a constant tinkerer have been wanting to figure out how on the hell this is done!*hypnot* I have an Akai 270D I have fully recapped. Aug 1, 2022. #1. Ok, I just got an Akai GX-4000D reel-to-reel. It's pretty immaculate, clean as a whistle inside and out (except for some dust on the bottom circuit board). Old grease wasn't bad, I cleaned that up and put new lithium grease on where needed. The heads look unmarred, all wiring looks untouched and clean.
