Sanyo M-26 (c. 1969)
Not much information survives on the Sanyo M-26. It appears to have been a portable, battery-powered monophonic tape recorder. The only period reference found is a roundup of battery tape recorders in Studio-Sound (July 1969, p.22). The survey's multi-column table is imperfectly preserved, but the entry that matches the M-26 records the following:
- Dimensions: 261 × 83 × 226 mm
- Weight: 3 kg
- Heads: single-track mono erase and record/play
- Sockets: miniature jack; no input specified
- Signal-to-noise ratio: not specified in the survey
- Loudspeaker output: 300 mW or 600 mW — the surviving copies of the table disagree, so it cannot be pinned down with confidence
- Price listed in the survey table: £23 18s
No service literature, advertising or owner reviews have turned up to back up the survey entry. Battery type, tape speeds and motor details remain unrecorded. If you own an M-26 and can fill in those blanks, the Archive would be glad to hear from you.
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