Name: | Akai Electric Co., Ltd.; Tokyo (J) |
Abbreviation: | akai |
Products: | Others |
Summary: |
Akai Electric Co., Ltd Akai Electric Company Ltd. is mostly known as a manufacturer of tape recorders under the Akai and Roberts brands.
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Founded: | 1929 |
History: |
Akai was founded by Masukichi Akai and his son, Saburo Akai (who died in 1973) as Akai Electric Company Ltd. (赤井電機株式会社 Akai Denki Kabushiki-gaisha), a Japanese manufacturer in 1929 or 1946. At its peak in the late 1990s, Akai Holdings employed 100,000 workers and had annual sales of HK$40 billion (US$5.2 billion), but it collapsed in 2000 owing creditors US$1.1B. It emerged that ownership of Akai Holdings had somehow passed in 1999 to Grande Holdings, a company founded by Akai's chairman James Ting. The liquidators claimed that Ting had stolen over US$800m from the company with the assistance of accountants Ernst & Young who had tampered with audit documents going back to 1994. Ting was imprisoned for false accounting in 2005,and E&Y paid $200m to settle the negligence case out of court in September 2009. In a separate lawsuit, a former E&Y partner, Cristopher Ho, made a "substantial payment" to Akai creditors in his role as chairman of Grande Holdings. |
This manufacturer was suggested by Peter Böhm.
Country | Year | Name | 1st Tube | Notes |
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J | 86 | AP-A201C | Halbautomatischer Plattenspieler mit Direktantrieb und 2 Geschwindigkeiten (33 und 45 Upm)... | |
J | 73 | Stereo Tape Deck 4000DS | 4 Spuren, Bandgeschwindigkeiten 9,5 und 19 cm/sek., 3 Tonköpfe. 4 IC-s. 30-22 000 Hz +/- 3... | |
J | 73 | Stereo Tape Deck GX-260D | 4 Spuren, Bandgeschwindigkeiten 9,5 und 19 cm/sek., 3 Motoren, 6 Tonköpfe. Automatische La... | |
J | 73 | GX-210D | 4-Spur, Bandgeschwindigkeit 9,5 und 19 cm/s, 3 Motore, 3 Tonköpfe, Auto-Reverse. 29 Transi... | |
J | 73 | 8 Track-Stereo GXR-82D | 8 Spur Kassettenrecorder, 8 Track Cartridge Player Pausetaste, Programmwahlschalter mit Le... | |
J | 72 | Surround Stereo 1730D-SS | 4-Track, 4-Channel, Reel-to-Reel, 7.5/3.75 ips, up to 7" reels, 50/60cycle mains. Vierspu... | |
J | 70 | Multi-Purpose Tape Recorder X-1810 D | 4-Spur Tonbandgerät mit seitlich eingebautem 8-Spur Kassettenrecorder. Es kann von Band au... | |
J | 70 | Stereo Tape Deck 1731L | 4-Track Stereo Tape Recorder, 3-Head | |
J | 74 | Multi-Purpose Tape Recorder GX-1820D | 4 Spur Bandgerät mit seitlich eingebautem 8 Spur Kassettenrecorder. 3 Motoren, Bandgeschwi... | |
J | 73 | GX-285D | 4-Spur, 9,5 und 19 cm/s, 3 Motoren, 4 Tonköpfe, Spulen-Ø bis 18 cm, Autoreverse Maschine m... | |
J | 76 | Stereo Tape Deck GX-215D | 4-Spur, Bandgeschwindigkeit 9,5 und 19cm/sec, 3 Motoren, 2 Tonköpfe, Spulendurchmesser bis... | |
J | 72 | Stereo Tape Deck GX-230D | 4-Spur, Bandgeschwindigkeit 9,5 und 19 cm/sec, 3 Tonköpfe, 3 Motoren, Spulendurchmesser bi... |
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