it's indeed a Akai GX-4000. not a -D since that is a deck (which means that it only has a line-out), this one has a built-in power amplifier. very nice!
you dont have to use the pause and start buttons, you can use the stop/play control directly.
the pause is only handy during recordings, so when you want to stop to get a diffrent track or something you don't have to put it into stop first and then back into record.
Nice. Love those schools that have nice equipment. Even nicer, when a student happens to be around in the right time and place, when the get rid of old equipment. You were lucky to be able to get that one,
hello I saw your video and the small black head on your left is the erase the middle one is record and the right head is play and the s.o.s means sound on sound if you want to add echo .
That looks like a fairly late model Califone reel to reel....all the ones I have seen have been the Califone/Roberts units from the 60's or so. The speakers are very like those use on califone record players. SOS is probably for sound on sound, for playing back on one channel while recording on the other.
You got a nice reel-to-reel there! Very nice you got it for free never been used! This is similar to I believe the Akai 4000DS model. The head order from left to right are erase-record-playback. Please take good care of this reel-to-reel! You got nice stuff!
que bonito aparato. felicidades
oso3470 7 months ago
Sure that it uses the sabe Akai GX-4000 series mechanism.
Perhaps some electronics difference.
I see 2 buttons on the left. My Akai GX-4000D have only one called "Tape Selector".
I believe that your reel-to-reel is a very rare machine.
chpicolo 7 months ago
That's a very nice machine you scored and sounds VG!
Vinylrecordsneverdie 7 months ago
it's indeed a Akai GX-4000. not a -D since that is a deck (which means that it only has a line-out), this one has a built-in power amplifier. very nice!
you dont have to use the pause and start buttons, you can use the stop/play control directly.
the pause is only handy during recordings, so when you want to stop to get a diffrent track or something you don't have to put it into stop first and then back into record.
djFadeOut122 1 year ago
@recordproducersrule Im pretty sure you can since sos means sound on sound I found out.
phantom3rdchannel 1 year ago
Nice. Love those schools that have nice equipment. Even nicer, when a student happens to be around in the right time and place, when the get rid of old equipment. You were lucky to be able to get that one,
blufx1963 1 year ago
sos is sound on sound
inbredagogo 2 years ago
You go to a really cool school! :D
aldiakaroofus 2 years ago
Very nice. I never have seen this brand, very interesting.
I have one but Akai brand, model GX4000DB (with dolby system) and S.O.S. also.
asalux 3 years ago
the song is called "Rocky Road". :)
jaredgetsacookie 3 years ago
hello I saw your video and the small black head on your left is the erase the middle one is record and the right head is play and the s.o.s means sound on sound if you want to add echo .
joshy1225 3 years ago
those are professional, im selling mine
colistro 3 years ago
That looks like a fairly late model Califone reel to reel....all the ones I have seen have been the Califone/Roberts units from the 60's or so. The speakers are very like those use on califone record players. SOS is probably for sound on sound, for playing back on one channel while recording on the other.
retrochad 3 years ago
yep it is found the manual online. i know what you mean about the speakers i thought it was a record player at first didn't know they even made r2rs.
phantom3rdchannel 3 years ago
You got a nice reel-to-reel there! Very nice you got it for free never been used! This is similar to I believe the Akai 4000DS model. The head order from left to right are erase-record-playback. Please take good care of this reel-to-reel! You got nice stuff!
CassetteMaster 3 years ago
its actually after looking inside a rebranded akai gx-4000d
phantom3rdchannel 3 years ago