Akai AA-R40 (c. 1980)
Little is documented about the Akai AA-R40. The clearest surviving record is a receiver roundup in High Fidelity (1980, p.82), which lists Akai America's address at 2139 E. Del Amo Blvd., P.O. Box 6010, with a spec column alongside the brand's entry. That column suggests the AA-R40 was rated for 20 Hz–20 kHz response within ±1 dB, phono sensitivity of 3/6 mV, high-level sensitivity of 120 mV, and phono overload of 75/150 mV. The page's OCR is fragmentary, though, so it isn't entirely certain those figures belong to the AA-R40 rather than the Advent receiver listed in the neighboring column — they're simply the only numbers the record attaches anywhere near this model.
Beyond that listing, almost nothing has surfaced: no power rating, no original price, no production dates, no manual or brochure images in the archive. It was evidently a real, sold receiver from Akai's late-1970s/early-1980s lineup, but the paper trail is thin. If you have a manual, an owner's memory, or a catalog page, the archive would genuinely like to see it.
- Listed under "Receivers" in High Fidelity (1980, p.82)
- Frequency response: 20 Hz – 20 kHz, ±1 dB (per period listing, attribution uncertain)
- Phono sensitivity: 3/6 mV; high-level sensitivity: 120 mV (per period listing)
- Phono overload: 75/150 mV (per period listing)
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