Akai A-35

Almost nothing survives on the Akai A-35. The model name appears in no period directories, no service manuals, and no published reviews in the available record. A High Fidelity advertisement (December 1982, p.5) gives headroom data for an Akai model: 60 dB below reference level plus 8 dB headroom. The OCR text is fragmentary, though, and the model number can't be confirmed as the A-35. Elsewhere, the name turns up only as an apparent OCR misreading of other Akai models in magazine ad pages from the late 1970s and 1980s.

Here is what can be said with certainty. The A-35 would have been made by Akai Electric Co., Ltd., a Japanese manufacturer founded in 1929 that entered the consumer audio market with tape recorders in the mid-1950s. No documentation confirms even its product category.

This entry is a placeholder. If you own an Akai A-35 or have seen one, the Archive would welcome a correction and any concrete details: a photograph, a specification label, a service manual, or a period advertisement.