VGC Boxed Vintage retro 's AKAI DS reel to reel tape recorder
Collection only please from Witham, Essex, CM8 area. I am also happy to look into delivery within Essex and surrounding areas - please send me a message to see if this will be possible. All in original boxes and original packing. DS in pristine condition, from the s, complete and fully working in all respects and including a rare plastic dust cover, modified to allow the 7 inch reels to be left in place and even run with the cover in situ. (The cover was originally of a poor design in that 7 inch reels had to be removed before it could be fitted in place.) The electronics of this particular machine have been modified to the same standard as the MkII, particularly the ever troublesome, unreliable input amplifier ICs originally used in the DS, being replaced by discrete components as in the MkII. Also twenty used-only-once 7 inch reel-to-reel tapes in good condition (of assorted brands including Ampex, EMI and Shamrock) are included in the price. (These are each selling elsewhere for between £3.50 and £12 so their inclusion is an added bonus.) 2 empty 7 inch reels are also included The users instructions and a service manual are also included. What a rare opportunity for such an excellent example of this outstanding vintage machine with all these additional goodies. Only selling due to moving abroad and we sadly cannot take everything with us. The DS MkII was a later improved version of the DS. They are 3-head machines, allowing direct monitoring of both channels of a stereo recording whilst it is being made. DS brief specifications: Track system: 4-track, 2 channel stereo system Tape speed: 3.75 ips and 7.5 ips (7.5 ips with an adapter provided) Total Wow and Flutter: Less than ips Frequency response: 30Hz to 23kHz +/- 3 dB @ 7.5 ips 30 to Hz +/- 3 dB @ 3.75 ips S/N ratio: Better than 50 dB @ 7.5 ips FFWD/RWD time: less than 3 minutes with a ft tape (@ 50 Hz mains frequency) Induction motor 3 heads: Erase, Recording, Playback, 1 micron gap for excellent HF response Dimensions: 314 (H) x 406(W) x 194 (D) mm Ad ID: Delivery Services Consumer Credit