Aiwa ADWX220
Little is documented about the Aiwa ADWX220. What survives comes from period dealer advertising rather than a full review or service manual.
The deck shows up in a March 1985 comparison chart in HI-Fi-Stereo-Buyers (p.54), spelled "AD-WX220" and listed beside Hitachi, Realistic, and Sansui decks. The chart credits it with solenoid controls and a single tape counter, and gives an input sensitivity of 58 mV for a 0 dB reading at 1 kHz — though the chart's OCR columns are rough, so treat that figure as approximate.
A HI-Fi-Stereo-Buyers cassette-deck specials ad from October 1987 (p.149) still lists the ADWX220 at $329, paired with the TEAC V770 at $289. An asterisked line in that ad mentions three-head, two-motor, Dolby B+C, and HX Pro, but the layout doesn't make clear whether those belong to the Aiwa or the TEAC, so they can't be safely claimed.
Beyond those two listings, almost nothing is recorded: no confirmed production years, no manual, no measured performance data. If a brochure or a surviving unit turns up, the transport details and a proper spec sheet would be a real contribution.
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