AKAI GX-4000D GX4000D STEREO REEL-TO-REEL TAPE DECK Start Price USD 49.00 Current Price USD 49.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, November 20, 2008 End Time Thursday, November 27, 2008 Location Providence, Rhode Island See more about 'AKAI GX-4000D GX4000D STEREO REEL-TO-REEL TAPE DECK ' Description Up for your purchasing pleasure, a used AKAI model GX-4000D GX4000D REEL-TO-REEL OPEN REEL TAPE DECK. Fairly high-end consumer deck in its day. Works great - sounds great - thoroughly checked and tested - speeds checked with stroboscope. Cleaned, demagnetized, ready to go plug-and-play. Shows very little time, extremely clean machine. Excellent+ to near-mint overall cosmetics. One-motor mechanical transport 3-head no-pressure-pad design. Has Akai’s proprietary indestructible Glass and Xtal Ferrite heads. Two speeds - 3-3/4 IPS and 7-1/2 IPS - achieved via removable sleeve and thumbnut (both present) which stow under the head cover - Akai engineers felt that this design dramatically simplified the mechanism, and eliminated many parts which contribute to wow and flutter. Large illuminated VU meters. Record safety button, record mode LED. Track selector control (stereo, 1-4, 3-2) - yes, you can play/record quarter track mono. RCA and DIN input and output jacks. Microphone jacks (standard 1/4" phone) on front panel - CAN mix mic & line. Headphone jack on front panel, along with output level control. Mechanical pause control with release button. Auto transport off (shuts off motor, but does not disengage pinch roller etc.). Four-digit mechanical tape counter with reset button. Buttons for tape/source monitor, SOS, EQ 3-3/4 or 7-1/2, tape type wide-range/low-noise. Operable either horizontally or vertically. Integral reel locks - no rubber nonsense required. Please remember that this is a DECK, not a RECORDER - requires an outboard amplifier or receiver to drive speakers. Carefully packed weight 37 lbs.     come with real OWNER'S MANUAL, ----   .5 Reel to Reel Tapes - used and also, still with the box that it came in.   Please email me if you have any questions       Place a Bid!