Akai 82D

Almost nothing survives on the Akai 82D. The model number does not show up in any of the period equipment directories, advertising, or service literature kept in the standard research archives. No specifications, production years, original price, or dimensions have been traced.

The closest match in period sources is the Akai GXR-82D, an 8-track record/play deck with a frequency response of 40 - 17,000 Hz ±3 dB, a signal-plus-noise-to-noise ratio of 47 dB, and separate record/play and erase heads. But the "GXR-" prefix sets it apart from the plain "82D," and no source confirms the two are the same product. The 82D could be a variant sold in a different market, a simplified version, or a different machine altogether. Nobody knows.

Beyond that one ambiguous reference, nothing else is recorded. This page marks the gap, in case a reader can supply the missing details.