Practical Wireless
Practical Wireless, July 1968
Practical Wireless covered the same 1968 London Audio Fair as Studio Sound, filing its report from the Hotel Russell under "Tape Recorders and Decks." Akai's stand carried the 3000D, the X-150D, and the M9 — the magazine calls the X-150D "a cross-field stereo silicon transistor preamp type with four-track stereo/mono recording and playback" at £130 2s. 4d., pricing it against the 3000D at £105 11s. 4d. and the M9 (the M8's replacement) at £195 3s. 5d. The passage is transcribed below.
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Practical Wireless, July 1968 (scan p.24, printed p.174)
TAPE RECORDERS AND DECKS
Akai exhibited their four-track stereo tape deck model 3000D which utilises silicon transistor preamps, three head system and grained wood finish. The price is £105 11s. 4d. Also on the stand were tape deck model X-150D—a cross-field stereo silicon transistor preamp type with four-track stereo/mono recording and playback at £130 2s. 4d., and the M9 stereo tape recorder—a replacement for the company's M8 at the price of £195 3s. 5d.