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From: "Williamson, Michael" <Michael.Williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: More Dribble from me.
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 16:06:25 +0100
Guys,
I own, and still use my GX-F91 3 head (4 motor - two for tape t/port, 1 for
cassette well, 1 for automatic facia folddown, closed loop (double capstan)
IR remote control, cassette deck. Heaps of other features. This was the best
(flagship) cassette deck AKAI made in 1985/6. I paid $700 AUD (the rrp was
799aud then). I have used the deck extremely heavily, and it still performs
fantastically. I reckon AKAI made extremely good quality stuff back then,
not so sure about there stuff now, seems to be heading Sanyo way if you know
what I mean. At the time I could'nt afford the Nakamichi, so I had to resort
to the AKAI. The other one I really wanted was the AIWA F990 which won the
Australian HiFi awards as the best cassette deck for that year. The GX
glass/Xtal heads have a lifetime warranty, I am trying to be the first one
to claim the replacement heads.
Not really OM content, except to say that I did photograph the unit for
insurance purposes with my OM !
One thing I have realised over the years - slowly - is if you buy the best,
it really does last years. If you buy state-of-the-art in optics or
electronics (whatever) for a given year, it will still be graded medium-high
in quality 10 years later, and it will probably last 15-20 years.
Somebody will work out a formula one day for this.... You only get what you
pay for, (but sometimes you get a bargain price).
>That, they were. My 198? Akai tape deck suffered little from a pull up
>done on the tape door by my two year old daughter. I thought for sure
>it would be toast.
>Gregg
John Hudson wrote:
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>
>
> My 1971 vintage Sansui and Akai audio equipment was built like a rock,
> sounds great, still looks stylish, and hasn't done so much as popped a
> light bulb!
>
P.S: John, Those top-loaders (AKAI) were very reliable with their
mains-powered motors for the tape transport. I am not sure I would call them
"stylish" anymore with all that woodgrain and Black / Alum top !!!!!!! Are
you one of these people with a lamenex table in the kitchen with silver
flecs and the spherical white TV !! Ha Hah!
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