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


Pictures

  • Excerpt from brochure: Akai 3000 D

Akai 3000 D-Prospekt-2.jpg


Reports

Links

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