Thread: AKAI tape recorders

You could try A.T.E.S. in Bennett's Road, Norman Park. They have been around since steam radio days.

Be good to know. I have an old Akai X200SD I bought in PNG in 69. Played Cassettes Reel to Reel and 8 track cartridge. No one will fix it for me.

depends on whats wrong with it....

I tend to pull them down find the broken module then get that repaired...

I have an AKAI 1800SD 7" reel to reel and 8 track that I got in Singapore back in 1970 It to needs some attention, mainly new pinch rollers they are worn down but can not find any where to purchase them. there was a bloke in Sydney about 20 yrs ago that had a stock of parts for akai recorders but I can not trace him. He did tell me never to let any one touch the heads on these machines as they are a special glass type head the will last for ever.

Hodgo

Originally Posted by blackbuttdisco

Does anyone know of anyone who repairs AKAI reel to reel tape recorders? I use mine as background music when working on the D1 (and all the other cars) in the shed. The silence is killing me.

Why don't you upgrade to a new and shiny 8 track player? I hear they're all the rage amongst the young people.

Your problem will be spare parts even if you found one of the guys who worked on these over 20 years back now.

I used to work in the service department of Akai here in Melbourne when it existed originally - I left there about 23 years back.

We still did the odd reel to reel when we could(parts permitting)back then.

I was just chatting to a colleage from those days who ran an authorised service centre & he agreed - we couldn't think of who still existed let alone any parts.

The glass head models were the best & the heads did generally last forever ...

Regards,

Les.

I upgraded to a new shiny 8 track player and it died years ago. Had one for the car too. The car is still going but the 8track isn't.

10 years ago there used to be a place in the Valley in Brisbane who had pinch rollers in almost every variety for reel to reels but for the life of me I can't remember what they were called.

If rollers are the problem, maybe try someone who does rubber vulcanising. They may be able to make something that will do the job.