Akai 4000-DS MK II
Data
General
- Manufacturer: Akai
- Model: 4000-DS MK II
- Type: Tape Deck
- Years of manufacture: 1976 - 1978
- Made in: Japan
- Color: Silver / Black, Case Wood Walnut
- Type: 3-head coil tape
- Remote control:
- Power Consumption:
- Dimensions: 400 x 300 x 140 mm (WxHxD).
- Weight: 11.5 kg
- Original price approx.: 648 DM
Connections
- Number of inputs:
- Microphone: 0.5 mV, 30 kOhm
Line: 50 mV, 330 kOhm
- DIN: 20 mV, 100 kOhm
- Number of outputs:
- Line: 1.23 V
- DIN: 250 mV
- 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:
- 9.5 cm/sec: 30 Hz - 15 kHz ± 3 dB.
- 19 cm/sec: 30 Hz - 22 kHz ± 3 dB
- Synchronous frequency response:
- 9.5 cm/sec: 0.2 %
- 19 cm/sec: 0.15 %
- Signal-to-noise ratio: > 50dB
- External signal-to-noise ratio:
- Distortion factor (1000Hz, "0" VU recording): < 2 %.
- Cancellation attenuation: < 70dB
- Premagnetization and extinction frequency: 60 kHz
- Equalization: according to NARTB
- Crosstalk attenuation at 1 kHz in stereo mode: < 40 dB
- Rewind time: 180 seconds for 350 m band
Special Features
- Mixable microphone/line inputs
- Multiplayback via S O S switch possible
- Band selector switch for low-noise and wide-range bands
- Switchable equalization related to tape speed
- Adjustment of the tape speed by means of an adapter
- Horizontal or vertical operation
Remarks
- Other models in the same series:
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