Akai GX-270 E

Data

General

• Manufacturer: AKAI
• Model: GX-270 D
• Years of manufacture: 1976 - 1979
• Made in: Japan
• Color: silver 3mm aluminum front panel / walnut funiert housing
• Remote control: Yes - with AKAI Remote Control Unit RC-17
• Power consumption: 90 watts
• Dimensions: Width = 441mm, Height = 404mm, Depth = 210mm (incl. adjustable feet & head cover).
• Weight: 15,6 kg
• New price approx.: around 1200,-DM

Connections

• Number of outputs: 3
  

DIN socket 5-pin 180° with 0.5 V at "0" VU (simultaneously Line-In)
2x cinch socket line-out (right and left channel) with 0.775 V at "0" VU
Jack socket 6.35mm for headphones with 30 mV / 8 Ohm

Number of inputs: 4 jack socket 6,35mm for microphone right channel (> 0,3 mV / 4,7 kOhm)
jack socket 6,35mm for microphone left channel (> 0,3 mV / 4,7 kOhm)
2x cinch socket line-in (right and left channel) for > 70 mV
DIN socket 5-pin 180° for > 3 mV (simultaneously line-out)

Technical Data

• max. coil diameter: 18cm
• drive: 3 motors
  

One 4-pole AC servo motor type SCM2-24KJ for the capstan drive
Two 6-pole eddy current motors type 24XO-MR for the tape plates

Heads: 4 but erasing and pick-up head structurally combined
One GX-combination head with erase and record head type RE4-6
Two GX playback heads type P4-202

• Tracks: 4
• Tape speeds: 9.5 and 19 cm/s
• Slip:
• Speed variations:
  

At 9.5 cm/s < 0.10%
At 19 sm/s < 0.07%

• Pitch fluctuations:
• Overall frequency response:
  

At 9.5 cm/s 30 - 19000 Hz +/- 3 dB
At 19 sm/s 30 - 23000 Hz +/- 3 dB

• Signal-to-noise ratio: > 54 dB
• External signal-to-noise ratio:
• Distortion factor: < 1% (1000Hz, "0" VU) here ratio of harmonic content signal to total signal U.
• Equalization:
• Crosstalk attenuation: > 40 dB (1000Hz, +3 VU recording).
• Cancellation attenuation: > 70 dB (1000Hz, +3 VU recording)
• Premagnetization and cancellation frequency: 100 kHz +/- 10 kHz

Special features<br /> Auto-reserve on playback<br /> One LED audio overload indicator (Peak Level Indicator) at +8 VU +/- 1 dB<br />.

Notes

• Other models of the same series (Here machines that have an almost identical equipment-technology-electrical components but are "only" all small coilers):
• Akai GX-230 D
• Akai GX-265 D
• Akai GX-270 D
• Akai GX-630 D Large spooler

Pictures

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