Akai 3000 D

Data

General

• Manufacturer: Akai
• Model: 3000 D
• Years of manufacture: 1967 - 1970
• Made in: Japan
• Color: silver, case wood
• Type: 3-head coil tape
• Remote control:
• Power consumption: 30 W
• Dimensions: 400 x 300 x 140 mm (WxHxD)
• Weight: 11.5 kg
• New price approx.: 110 US-$, corresponds to about 550 DM

Connections

• Number of inputs:
  • Microphone: 0.5 mV

Line: 50 mV

• • DIN:
• Number of outputs:
  • Line: 1.23 V
  • DIN:
  • Headphones: 30 - 40 mV at 8 Ohm

Technical Data

• Max. coil diameter: 18 cm
• Drive: 1 motor
• Heads: 3 (one head each for recording and playback, 1 ferrite erasing head)
• Tracks: 4
• Tape speed: 9.5 / 19 cm/sec
• Overall frequency response:
  • 30 Hz - 14 kHz ± 3 dB(9.5cm/sec).
  • 30 Hz - 22 kHz ± 3 dB(19cm/s)
• Synchronous frequency response:
  • 9.5 cm/sec: 0.25 %
  • 19 cm/sec: 0.15 %
• Signal-to-noise ratio: > 50 dB
• External signal-to-noise ratio:
• Distortion factor (1000Hz, "0" VU recording): < 2 %.
• Cancellation attenuation: < 70dB
• Premagnetization and extinction frequency: 100kHz
• Equalization: according to NARTB
• Crosstalk attenuation:
• Rewind time: 150 seconds for 360 m band

Special Features

• Tape rewind control
• Automatic limit stop
• Horizontal or vertical operation

Remarks

• Other models in the same series:
  • 3000 D
  • 4000
  • 4000 D

Pictures

• Excerpt from brochure: Akai 3000 D

Links

• External link to website "The Vintage Knob": [[1]]