Akai GX-F60R
Not much is documented about the Akai GX-F60R. The record shows a quick-reverse stereo cassette deck from Akai Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo. It is not a reel-to-reel machine, though it sometimes gets misidentified as one. It belongs to Akai's GX line, the series built around the company's glass-crystal head technology. The few owners who have written about it call it a well-specced deck that was not cheap in its day.
The era spec sheet is the fullest record we have. The GX-F60R offered 0.7-second quick reverse, Dolby NR, CrO₂ and metal tape bias, frequency response to 19 kHz, a tape counter, two motors, and fluorescent-tube VU meters. It consumed 35 W. Connections were DIN or RCA terminals, selectable, plus a headphone output and two mic inputs. A cable remote control, the RC-21, was offered as an option.
Past that, the information comes from one owner report. The deck has a Twin Field GX head alongside Super GX heads. The Twin Field head is Akai's compromise between a two-head and three-head deck. It is a combined record/play head with two gaps, one for recording and one for playback. The same owner noted that the GX-F60R had impressive specifications and was not a cheap deck when new.
The period press is nearly silent on this model. The closest trace our research turned up is a mail-order dealer's price-advertising page in High Fidelity (January 1982, p.93), which does not discuss the GX-F60R itself. Production years, original price, dimensions, and full performance measurements such as THD or signal-to-noise ratio are not documented in the sources available to us.
- Type: Quick Reverse Stereo Cassette Deck
- Dolby NR; CrO₂ and metal bias
- Frequency response up to 19 kHz
- Quick reverse: 0.7 seconds
- 2 motors; tape counter; fluorescent-tube VU meters
- DIN or RCA terminals (selectable); headphone and 2 × mic inputs
- Optional RC-21 cable remote; 35 W power consumption
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