Stereo Components In AKAI Hi Fi Tower

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  • Stereo Components In AKAI Hi Fi Tower
    Just a short demo of the components in action. Full rack of AKAI stereo components including speakers, everything works!
    I'm a vintage hi-fi restoration enthusiast. I've fixed and restored many older stereos. I am happy that these devices have a second chance to make people happy.
    My site: www.reVintages.com
    Restored and Repaired Vintage Audio.
    Visit my online store revintages.com/shop/
    Receivers, Cassette Decks, Open Reel Decks, Tuners, Vinyl Record Players, Turntables, Media, accessories and manuals.
    Thanks for watching. Stay tuned!
    MUSIC USED:
    1. SND - Distant Planet, Tunguska Electronic Music Society, Siberian Jungle Vol.5
    Many thanks for nice music, Tunguska Grooves!
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  • @andrewazur8629
    @andrewazur8629 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I'm 59 and sometimes I feel like crying when I think about how beautiful and interesting hifi used to be I haven't had a turntable for 30+ years and I will be getting a good one when I get a flat

  • @Leo-gu5ml
    @Leo-gu5ml 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Perfect, timeless system. Amazing sound...

  • @HansJazz
    @HansJazz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Great set! Nice to see my first turntable. Broken down now after 35 years of hard labour. Never replaced the belt, kept working fine. At the moment I'm using a Akai AA 1020, over 40 yrars olf and still going steady. Paid €10 for it and €6 for new lights. Great stuff!!

    • @mohammadmoiz1220
      @mohammadmoiz1220 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Akia component stereo dack ki price bhathai please contact number

  • @opexwells435
    @opexwells435 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Really wish today's audio manufacturers can make these kind audio products again.

  • @rajag3049
    @rajag3049 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Missing those days, when music system like this was dream of life. Love this one .

    • @1960syoung
      @1960syoung 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Obsoletely bro

  • @sayantanghosh3847
    @sayantanghosh3847 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Love these systems...they sounded near perfect with any given track..and do miss those styled 3 Way speaker system with duct, wish such similar systems with newer connectivity options comes again in the market place.

  • @hatu5798
    @hatu5798 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Remember back then they're sale a whole matching system with the same name speakers plus the matching audio rack too 👍

  • @rajakannanrajakannan605
    @rajakannanrajakannan605 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow fantastic. Old is GOLD

  • @talibe801
    @talibe801 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My first audio equipment was an akay system,in 1978,turntable,tape deck,loudspeakers and a receiver that i still have and is working fine.

  • @The_Music_Sanctuary
    @The_Music_Sanctuary 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My first system in 82 was a package setup from “The Brick” of AKAI turntable, integrated amp, cassette and tuner with of all things Hitachi speakers, which were quickly sold and replaced with Marantz Imperial 7G’s. My brother still uses the tuner today. AKAI in the day was a great product line.....😎

  • @SPbKlad
    @SPbKlad ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Был когда-то и я владельцем этого счастья, привёз из Австрии в 1980 году. Служил верой и правдой более 30 лет. Спасибо за ностальгические воспоминания!
    P.S. Только вертушка в комплекте была другая и стойка не деревянная, а с какими-то дерматиновыми боковинами.

  • @georgebalzer8008
    @georgebalzer8008 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    had the same components except for the equalizer and those monster speakers. Was a bullet proof stereo and considered hi fi for it's time in the early eighties. Wish I still had this system...

    • @duboweek
      @duboweek  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you. Yes, bullet proof, exactly.

    • @RUfromthe40s
      @RUfromthe40s 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      and still is,(considered high- fidelity) no new components have the quality in high-fidelity that akai had in the early 80´s and for the price today you can buy a very cheap system with almost flat sound ,at the time a system like this could cost around 1000 dollars ,today with this quality you have to spend around 4000 or more dollars,try to buy the same components from other brand ,and you´ll see, i personally have an hi-fi system from pioneer bought in 74 ,today what i have would cost around a 1.000 dollars and that´s high-fidelity ,i bought in the mid 80´s a akai deck just because i was amazed by it´s quality

  • @loonylinn8824
    @loonylinn8824 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love the sound of stereos and components of the 80’s and 90’s compared of today’s compo most of them are more of bass sound

  • @stanthrasher4815
    @stanthrasher4815 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love to see the old units in this great shape! Sweet sweet sweet!

  • @hugeshows
    @hugeshows 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Believe it or not, I have a pair of those SW-187 speakers in my living room right now. I have them on a vintage Sherwood tube amp, and they're quite good. The build quality of those speakers is insane, it's super high-grade plywood, internally braced, they even used the cutout from the woofer hole to stiffen the back panel. The drivers have nice aluminum baskets, the super-tweeter is a tad dated. The crossovers have very high quality components, nice big coils, quality pad pots, and what appear to be polypropylene caps. No electrolytics if I remember correctly. Nice tight bass, can be squaky in the mids, but if you carefully tweak the pads to your room they're awesome. Anyway, thanks for uploading this video it's really cool to see what the rest of the system looked like.

  • @80s_Boombox_Collector
    @80s_Boombox_Collector 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Beautiful system! Akai never got the respect it deserved. Fools always assumed that anything put out by Pioneer and Kenwood was automatically the best.

    • @duboweek
      @duboweek  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks! AKAI had great gear, but obviously not everything.

    • @thevintagehifiambassador8524
      @thevintagehifiambassador8524 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      small midi Akai is equal to small Mitsubishi midi gear and was not made in Japan but in Taiwan....let's say that your Akai gear and top of the line Akai hifi from the 80ies and beginning of 90ies was great. I must admit that my midi Akai and Mitsubishi are crap, costed 700 USD in 1988 but sound too bright, quite dynamic, but nothing compared to a Kenwood A-83. sad but true.

    • @mikeymcmikeface5599
      @mikeymcmikeface5599 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have an Akai deck, but it has always had a connection issue, and they didn't fix it at the repair shop...

  • @FaBianrecord
    @FaBianrecord ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i'm a lucky to found a fully working state that G-40 eq from scrap!

  • @rickmunn6305
    @rickmunn6305 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is very cool - had the same AKAI system since the early 80s' minus the equalizer and with different speakers. Still using the amp and tuner in my workshop area. My tape player stopped working several years ago and gave away my turntable about 8-10 years ago to a co-worker. I remember it was offered in either a Black or Silver finish - I went with Silver finish and so many fond-memories - capturing the 80's Billboard year-end top 100 songs with its tuner and tape player. Today, I own primarily Denon and Polk hardware.

    • @duboweek
      @duboweek  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you, great story

  • @ishratkaleem1739
    @ishratkaleem1739 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Golden days of my childhood when these kinds of music systems were dreams.

  • @Izztana666
    @Izztana666 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I used to have this exact systems in the 80s...but sold it away...:(..... this is a great hifi sets. Thanks for sharing this.

  • @belgoroden2001
    @belgoroden2001 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Very nice equipments hi-fi!

  • @helionobre1970
    @helionobre1970 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Lindo demais esse seu equipamento de som da AKAI. Parabéns!👏👏👏😎

  • @bobskie321
    @bobskie321 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I remember back then in the 1980s that that kind of stereo system was prohibitively expensive for most of us here in the Philippines and was considered a status symbol.

    • @shellyannesantos701
      @shellyannesantos701 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tama ka kabayan mayaman lang nakakabil nito noog araw o kaya yung mga nagtatrabaho sa abroad.

  • @SuperKui87
    @SuperKui87 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Old school music sounded great on these. In Africa, only a few from the elite community owned these. Some of us stuck to our dads gramaphone!

    • @duboweek
      @duboweek  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for your interest

  • @Izztana666
    @Izztana666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Omg...i used to have this same Akai hifi components years back but gave them to someone. This visual brings back those sad memory...:(.....

  • @norbertrivera
    @norbertrivera ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow! that's late 70's early 80's

  • @TheophilusEmmanuel
    @TheophilusEmmanuel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Awwww.... Would so love to have one of these. Good ol' days.... Sigh.

  • @yochoychoy8157
    @yochoychoy8157 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    30 years old
    still working is amazing

  • @epi2045
    @epi2045 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I miss those rack systems of the 80s with mandatory equalizer.

  • @charepallirkmusicchannel0905
    @charepallirkmusicchannel0905 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    majestic! Enjoyed in 80's & 90's missing now.

  • @lsundar7
    @lsundar7 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Had this system with analog tuner. Used it for a decade+ in the 80s and later sold it in good working condition. Very Good System !
    Did not have the equaliser.

  • @emersonschmidt-infobytenet8537
    @emersonschmidt-infobytenet8537 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I'm sure if the manufacturers of these sets could re-engage the production of Mini-Disk, DCC, Cd-Recorders, Equalizers and even tape decks, little by little the manufacturers would sell again. There are a lot of people worldwide that missing these audio hi-fi sets and would buy them again. Why? Because just look at this astonishing AKAI modular sound system. It's much better than any smartphone connected to a bluetooth box. And could be even better, just add to all this and do a built-in connection to bluetooth, wi-fi and so on. This will allow any smartphone be connected to modular set. We don't need to drop out the nowadays technologies (of course not!), but there's nothing as listen to the music on a modular set like this one. Please manufactures, action now! I pray everyday for this day!

    • @kampfmeersau
      @kampfmeersau 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Emerson Schmidt - Flight Deck Builder There ARE a lot of up to date analogue components! Yamaha, Denon, Onkyo, NAD for example in the affordable price range. And a lot of others above.

    • @firsteerr
      @firsteerr 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      i agree my sound system is still firmly based on my arcam receiver it can connect almost anything and its output sound is astonishing with my rogers speakers i spent a lot of time research and hard work to afford these things and they have never let me down a tiny box and some plastic speakers or sound bar cant compete with real HIFI

  • @bobkeller8383
    @bobkeller8383 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very nice system. I am currently putting an akai system together. Thank you

  • @raticussays3238
    @raticussays3238 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I sold my similar system last year. It was called the Pro504. I bought it new in 1982 from Grace Brothers in Parramatta. The system was still in mint condition and everything worked.

  • @AdiMaco
    @AdiMaco 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing system!

  • @RM-mm9sr
    @RM-mm9sr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I want one of those!! Music all day long!!

  • @FelinaBoy
    @FelinaBoy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My first stereo set, more than 35 years ago.....

  • @kazuyoshisakamoto4096
    @kazuyoshisakamoto4096 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you uploading a valuable video! I remember this high-class AKAI stereo set.

  • @autofox1744
    @autofox1744 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I LOVE these old hi-fi stack systems. Never had Akai, but my first amp/receiver was a JVC RX-3, with a bunch of other mismatched components; currently I'm trying to build another, but with all JVC components using CompuLink synchro. One remote for the whole stack!

    • @duboweek
      @duboweek  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right on

    • @thomsinxnuxan3824
      @thomsinxnuxan3824 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Way be I'm nothing

    • @autofox1744
      @autofox1744 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thomsinxnuxan3824 Huh?

    • @Deeky76
      @Deeky76 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      JVC Stuff is ok, but you'd be much better off probably buying Akai, Sony, Pioneer, Technics, Denon. These are all good systems

  • @EnochLight
    @EnochLight ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Speaking from experience - Akai's vintage units from this era are an absolute *PAIN* to work on (I'm struggling replacing the belts on my cassette deck just because it's impossible to replace them all without physically moving the power supply!), but I'll admit - their design aesthetic knocks it out of the park, time and time again. Just some beautiful components in that system.

  • @nipipuri
    @nipipuri 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the best music system I had about 25 years back during cassette days and it was dream and status to have this complete tower when these were imported in India . Still using its equalizer to enhance the music of my CDs .as per taste .... Really those were the golden days of the music and our generation ......

  • @andrewhavice8841
    @andrewhavice8841 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    just seems that with hole system with speekers would go for so much more' It's a beautiful piece in beautiful shape' thank you for the reply I love your channel.

  • @rnbwrc4469
    @rnbwrc4469 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If I could have one of this hifi system...I would have new lease of life. My dream come through.80's and 90's we not going to come again...the best years of my especially 90's!

  • @juanmigueldegleue2992
    @juanmigueldegleue2992 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Akai !!!! I got one yet !!!! 35 years ....amazing AKAI UC5 mini components

  • @fredlui3900
    @fredlui3900 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Excellent Sound system. I have one

  • @anthonyanderson77
    @anthonyanderson77 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's a beautiful setup.

  • @segamauriceaucanadamaurice9871
    @segamauriceaucanadamaurice9871 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    very nice Akai vintage stereos

  • @vingof
    @vingof 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful Stereo

  • @danyz4197
    @danyz4197 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    AMAZING HI-FI SOUND SYSTEM AKAI LEGEND

  •  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gorgeous analog machine.

  • @JohnJohnson-Aotearoa
    @JohnJohnson-Aotearoa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nothing but the best sound came from these units, and i recon they still sound better then the crap they sell today.....wish i still had mine dammmmmmmmmmmmmmm !

  • @guillermosanchez1238
    @guillermosanchez1238 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    AKAI hermoso,que tiempos jugábamos con el sonido, tenía su escualizador gráfico, grabamos unos cassettes última generación, quitándole brilló dándole más bajo,cuadramos el volumen de sonido a un solo nivel.hoy las memorias USB con muchas más canciones pero sonido disparejo que hay que correr cuando se sube el sonido. esos sí eran mountruos de la tecnología análoga. yo tube los equipos y grabadoras a mi antojo, la mejor que tuve fue una pioner doblé cassette ya con lector de cds, reloj con encendido y apagado automático. aún la tengo de recuerdo aún que no funcione.att Guillermo Sánchez Gómez desde Cali Colombia Suramérica

  • @anthonyalvear6599
    @anthonyalvear6599 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    very nice system Hi-fi..and very nice cat.....

  • @clarrix1237
    @clarrix1237 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful device.

  • @miguelnoriega8191
    @miguelnoriega8191 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Omg this one of the nice awsome looking stereo i ever seen i wish there back again thank god i got my jvc the old in good shape

  • @joanpreciouskisakye3171
    @joanpreciouskisakye3171 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Akai ; the rare and signature performer !

  • @user-ps1nu8im2y
    @user-ps1nu8im2y 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ни разу в жизни не слышал музыки в таком качестве!!! Спасибо огромное! )

    • @alexanderp9492
      @alexanderp9492 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Поколение 80 х все таки повидало что то!!!

  • @michaellomax2
    @michaellomax2 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sounds good especially the turntable. Liking the size of the speakers..

  • @Sreeramuluvudathavenkata
    @Sreeramuluvudathavenkata 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Beautiful system & very neatly shooed 👍

  • @superman1789
    @superman1789 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful system my favorite

  • @almasshardwaretradingcollc7741
    @almasshardwaretradingcollc7741 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    NICE SETUP I LIKE AKAI

  • @apengcarlon3564
    @apengcarlon3564 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ang ganda talaga ng vintage matibay maganda pa tunog bigyan kita ng 5 STAR

  • @azmike1956
    @azmike1956 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The tweeters look exactly like the Realistic "Supertweeters" from Radio Shack years ago. Used them on a few different custom builds.
    One set had 2 x 12" poly woofers, 2 x 4" mids & the supertweeter in each box. Had to use heavy bracing to hold them together, individual enclosures for the mids (inside of the baffle boards) to keep the woofers from blowing them out.
    Crossovers obviously & level controls on the mids & tweets. Powered by a Kenwood 125wpc power amp.
    They hit hard!
    Redoing a Kenwood Spectrum 88 rack system right now. The KM-208 power amp is merciless on speakers. 155wpc. Ouch!
    Thanks for letting me ramble.✌

  • @jimavagianos
    @jimavagianos 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic system!

  • @blc6794
    @blc6794 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    very nice.

  • @grenzhochspannungshindernis
    @grenzhochspannungshindernis 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice setup

  • @spyridon1971
    @spyridon1971 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Really exquisite!

  • @Ashivlogzz
    @Ashivlogzz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    At the time when Akai was a king..

  • @yabdlya
    @yabdlya ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Жаль, что мне не по карману испытать такое изящество. По-доброму завидую!

  • @adamus000
    @adamus000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Looks great.

  • @Chaoticmass
    @Chaoticmass 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    sweet setup

  • @hermanmunster3358
    @hermanmunster3358 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Akai used to make some quite decent kit back in the day. But they started to go downhill from the early 90's on, producing generic plastic box midi systems, not many of which survive today. But from the late 70's to the second half of the 80's, they brought out some really decent separates, such as what we see here.

    • @marcocabal
      @marcocabal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      totalmente de acuerdo

  • @yannis92preloude
    @yannis92preloude 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful system! Akai. Old is Gold. I used to get this amplifier for service . I Had an Akai CS-MO2 Deck it was well built.

  • @Tamilcinemas
    @Tamilcinemas 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Super

    • @rajwankhede4518
      @rajwankhede4518 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Please write Price of hi-fi tower

    • @rajwankhede4518
      @rajwankhede4518 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wish to purchase. Because I have lots of cassette collection

  • @srinub5979
    @srinub5979 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Old is gold

  • @user-di6xo3mu6k
    @user-di6xo3mu6k 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Beautiful

  • @hernanzerda6760
    @hernanzerda6760 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Hermoso Sistema de audio...vacía🍻

  • @christianwurzer3882
    @christianwurzer3882 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful!

  • @maximilianofiola9918
    @maximilianofiola9918 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The cat is everything!!

  • @petervarga1635
    @petervarga1635 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gratulálok nagyon szép😊

  • @joanpreciouskisakye3171
    @joanpreciouskisakye3171 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Akai is elegant ; world class repute !

  • @missionxxx9841
    @missionxxx9841 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    natural sound👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @alexeymagov7291
    @alexeymagov7291 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Спасибо! Очень нравятся системы "AKAI": деки, катушечные магнитофоны, проигрыватели, ресиверы, усилители. Супер!

    • @duboweek
      @duboweek  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Спасибо и вам!

  • @vintageelectronic4929
    @vintageelectronic4929 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very good system

  • @spartanalways6549
    @spartanalways6549 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I also had one Akai music system.. It had very clear sound.. Far better than Sony..

  • @dilippoco7740
    @dilippoco7740 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great feeling ...nice unit ...

    • @duboweek
      @duboweek  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes indeed

  • @raksh9
    @raksh9 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Old school is the best school. Look at this beauty!

  • @user-mv9ji4dk9r
    @user-mv9ji4dk9r 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    мужики не травите душу это лучшее что было в это время.

  • @rodrigo84001
    @rodrigo84001 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    FANTÁSTIC!!!

  • @cassettesensation1000
    @cassettesensation1000 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love akai so much ❤️🙏🏻

  • @martinvrba8532
    @martinvrba8532 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very nice machine and reliable brand.

  • @sreemano
    @sreemano 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is Japanese work of art beautifully crafted

  • @fabiodvideos
    @fabiodvideos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nossa! que conjunto mais lindo e conservadíssimo! meu sonho é ter um conjunto exatamente assim! sou a moda antiga! apaixonado por conjuntos assim! minha nota pra essa aparelho é 1000!

  • @cougar365
    @cougar365 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    *Wonderful ! ! !*

  • @kontakteinheit
    @kontakteinheit 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Ya no hay de esos? los recuerdo en los 80's, esos si que tenían un buen sonido, nada que ver con los de hoy

  • @josephjoseph9327
    @josephjoseph9327 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    i remember radioweath "clear de lune" with center channel. one of the best so far on those years

  • @paulzenco6182
    @paulzenco6182 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What a beauty. My father bought a deck similar to this one in 1980, only smaller, from AKAI. It was super quailty !!

    • @duboweek
      @duboweek  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks, i wish you still have this deck

  • @user-pp3xd5iq7e
    @user-pp3xd5iq7e 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very nice system.

  • @user-ek2wz3jy1w
    @user-ek2wz3jy1w 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Как же греют душу аппараты того времени, в отличие от современных плоских на одно лицо...

    • @valeriiboiko5819
      @valeriiboiko5819 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Василий, конкретно кто и на какое лицо!?...

  • @hansolo444
    @hansolo444 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    love it mate