Period Press
Every issue below survives only because worldradiohistory.com scanned and hosts it — the mirrors here are single- and two-page pulls from that archive, kept local in case the source ever goes away, always credited back to it. Where a sighting is more than a price row, the X-150D-relevant passage is transcribed as an excerpt; where it's a dealer price or a directory line, the whole thing is quoted below instead, in the entry's own description. The history page cites and links to every entry here as it builds the model's timeline.
Studio Sound, February 1968
A day inside Akai's Tokyo factory: Studio Sound's visit report catches the X-150D in production, already billed as the X-100D's successor.
Studio Sound, May 1968
Audio Fair '68 show report: the X-150D turns up in Akai's fifth-floor room at the Hotel Russell, billed as the X-100D's successor.
Studio Sound, June 1968
A post-Budget trade price table lists the X-150D as a "new model" at £130 2s. 4d., distributed by Pullin Photographic.
Practical Wireless, July 1968
An Audio Fair '68 show report puts the X-150D on Akai's stand at the Hotel Russell, describing it as "a cross-field stereo silicon transistor preamp type."
Hi-Fi News, December 1968
The earliest discount ad found for the X-150D: a mail-order "Cash Discount" listing prices it at £108/18/4, against a £130 list.
Hi-Fi Year Book 1970
The annual directory's Akai entry lists the X-150D at £103 19s. 7d. plus tax, on the same spread as the cheaper 4000D.
Hi-Fi News, February 1971
K.J. Enterprises' winter clearance sale prices the X-150D at £105 against a £130 list — one dealer's clearance, not a general street price.
Hi-Fi News & Record Review, March 1972
By March 1972 a dealer clearance list has the X-150D down to £89.95 from its £130 list — end-of-line pricing alongside the 4000D.