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The legendary seventy-seventh Akai

Fans of the group “Nautilus Pompilius” are well aware of the song “Just to Be” from the 1986 album “Separation”. It itself is very good, and I know this piece of text by heart: I have Riesling and Tokai at home New records Seventy-seventh Akai

And only quite recently I started thinking: what exactly is this 77th Akai? It turned out that the mention in the song is not the only advantage of the Akai GX-77 tape recorder. This model, although not the most advanced in technical terms (there were better ones), is incredibly good in appearance and certainly an order of magnitude better than its Soviet counterparts. Of course, I couldn’t miss the chance to get acquainted with a live copy of this tape recorder, and at the same time remember what another historical sound medium was, which successfully existed in parallel with vinyl and compact cassettes. In English it is called “reel-to-reel”, in our language it is called “reels”, “reels” or officially “magnetic tape”.

Perhaps in 2010, 15 years after vinyl, reels, and compact cassettes somehow ceased to be relevant, it is worth explaining how the reel-to-reel tape recorder differed from the other two common media of the twentieth century. Unlike vinyl, the tape recorder could be used both to record one’s own musical works and to rewrite branded records with foreign music. My parents, for example, did not have a single branded record, but on reels they had all the current music of the late 70s, carefully copied from vinyl. Unlike compact cassettes, the reel-to-reeler provided noticeably better recording quality. sounded like

The higher tape speed is 9.5 or 19 centimeters per second (it was also 38 cm/s, but not for home use), versus 4.76 centimeters per second for a compact cassette, and the fact that the tape itself was wider.

Released in 1981, the Akai GX-77 had the following technical characteristics:

Playback from reels up to 7 inches in diameter (tape length 525 meters) Two sets of three heads each: for erasing, recording and playback 3 motors: 1 for rollers, two for rotating reels Frequency range: 25-33000 Hz at a speed of 19 cm/ c, 25-26000 Hz at 9.5 cm/s Signal-to-noise ratio: >63 dB at 19 cm/s Line input and output, microphone input, optional wired control panel

Among the features of the tape recorder, it is worth noting the system of manual and automatic reverse, as well as the unusual arrangement of the heads, at an angle to each other. The tape is fed to the heads using a special roller, and this system is called the “lambda loading system”. This feature is unique to the GX-77; other models used the classic head layout. The tape recorder weighs 17 kilograms, but in reality it turned out to be quite compact. It depends on what you compare it with, of course, but I could only compare it with domestic models. For example, the Rostov-102 tape recorder, which I know well, weighs 25 kilograms.

I was interested to know how much such a “gadget” cost in 1981. On the Japanese market, the silver Akai GX-77 cost 128 thousand yen, the black model was more expensive - 132 thousand. At the exchange rate of January 1981 (29 years ago!) this is 632 American dollars with kopecks, taking into account inflation - one and a half thousand. Since a resident of the USSR could not simply exchange dollars for rubles at the official rate, the cost and, most importantly, the value of such equipment in our country was calculated completely differently. Considering that the price even for the mentioned “Rostov” was 850 rubles, you could buy yourself a “seventy-seventh Akai” for no less than a thousand, and at the same time you still had to “get it”. Sometimes “getting it” was an even more difficult task, although it was almost impossible to accumulate such a huge amount when 200 rubles is a good salary.

Despite its venerable age, the example of the “seventy-seventh” that I met looks very cheerful. The coils can be closed with a special lid that flips up. All kinds of switches and controls invariably make me wildly delighted, and here it’s all done with considerable taste. In a word - imported goods!

Basic control buttons. The tape recorder switches the “sides” of the tape almost instantly, and can do this automatically. In general, it is extremely easy to operate, if you compare it, again, with the not so advanced Soviet tape recorders of those times. There is no trace of any levers that need to be switched with pressing, force and grinding.

The electronic tape counter does not show “parrots”, but the normal playback time. Using the button on the right you can reset it to zero at any time.

Indicator of recording level or signal from line input. To be honest, I like dial indicators better, but this is a matter of taste.

I recorded a short video demonstrating the main operating modes of the tape recorder: playback, reverse and rewind. Nothing special, just a reason for nostalgia. The sight of spinning reels is still invariably mesmerizing. Modern audio devices, even high-quality CD players, do not have such a feeling of the process

, as in the case of the “bobbinnik”. Another video at this link shows in detail the process of bringing the tape to the heads. Both videos are best viewed in HD.

Well, many years have passed since the release of the Akai GX-77, and, unfortunately, the reels are more outdated than vinyl. Magnetic tape is a less durable medium. I still enjoy listening to records that are over 50 years old. But the collection of music on reels inherited from my parents is practically unusable: the Soviet tape instantly crumbles, and after every five minutes of listening you have to clean the heads. Foreign-made magnetic tape is more durable, and the tape recorder can now be used both for listening to old recordings and for transcribing music from vinyl: if you have a collectible record worth a thousand dollars, you are unlikely to want to saw it to holes. A tape recorder is now either a specialized studio device or a working tool for a music lover.

But tape recorders can often be found in films, TV series and even cartoons (and in songs, of course, in one for sure). In modern culture, the “bobbin man” most often appears in the frame together with intelligence officers, hinting that they use very serious equipment

In Francis Ford Coppola's masterpiece Apocalypse Now, the bobinnik appears in one of the most famous scenes. This is where Richard Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" is played. In 1969, during the Vietnam War, compact cassettes already existed, but the reel-to-reel tape recorder, of course, looks more impressive.

Apparently, Quentin Tarantino used a tape recorder in Pulp Fiction for the same reasons. If Mia, Marcellus Wallace's wife, had been playing music from a CD player, it would have looked very different.

I would like to thank Konstantin Diloyan for the opportunity to see the vintage Akai GX-77 in action. By the way, the tape recorder is up for sale on Molotok. The Akai GX-77 promotional posters shown here can be viewed in high resolution on this page.