Akai Speakers?

[HomeBody]

I've always enjoyed Akai tape decks but I don't remember seeing or listening to an Akai speaker system. Did Akai get into the whole stereo gig at some point?

 

[blhagstrom]

I saw some monster Akai speakers at GW once.
Nice big furniture.
Nothing special for drivers though and not worth anywhere near what they were asking.

Somewhere in the mid to late 70s.

 

[roberttx]

I've seen Ampex speakers (speaking of tape companies) but I don't recall seeing any Akai.

 

[mhardy6647]

http://www.audio-heritage.jp/AKAI/speaker/index.html

Generally not often seen in the US - their little full-rangers are actually fairly well thought of in certain circles.
e.g., this one: http://www.audio-heritage.jp/AKAI/speaker/sw-30.html

 

[nexus]

all the major asian companies like akai had entire lines that never saw the light of day in the u.s

vietnam-era G.I.s would bring this stuff back home. my older brother had an entire akai system of separates and decent large speakers he came home with...nice until his little kids slowly tore the whole thing up (!)

 

[matthew_r]

sw t70

My pair of akai aren't the greatest performers, but they get the job done for a small room, especially for the $12 I paid for them.

 

[gongli]

These powered monitors got good reviews too: I want them.

http://www.amazon.com/Akai-RPM3-Pro...3158409&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=akai+speakers

 

[jazzmans]

I grew up with a pair of AKAI kabuki style speakers, loved them for a long time.

they were crazy, with one woofer, two whizzers, two tweeters and a super-tweeter.

And yes, my dad brought them back from one of his tours of VietNam

 

[roberttx]

all the major asian companies like akai had entire lines that never saw the light of day in the u.s

Not just the Asian companies, either. I have a pair of Marantz SX9 speakers that, as far as we can work out, were made in the USA but sold only in Europe.

vietnam-era G.I.s would bring this stuff back home.

Indeed. Some stuff was available only to G.I.s - I have a pair of Coral speakers that, as far as I know, were only ever sold in PXs in Japan.

 

[Teradacto58]

Akai SW-155's

I have 4 of these SW 155's.....4-way 12" woofers. They don't sound too bad... They are in my crawl space, in storage...with the other 120+ assorted pairs of speaker. I paid $30 for 1 pair and a friend gave me the second pair...cabinets need refinishing on both pairs...

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=143306&d=1238057124

 

[Daunia 70]

I was offered these AKAI SW-187's to buy a couple of weeks back when I purchased my AKAI AA-1200 monster receiver.They were originally used with it, and sounded excellent I was told.Sadly passed on them though,just don't have the space.They sure look good though,from 1979 I believe.

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[Starbender]

I have a pair of SW-156's. It's four way design with horn and super tweeter. I just recapped this pair last night. While i'm in there i removed old damping carpets and carefully put new foam sheets.

Results are way better than my expectations. It beats my Jamo floorstanders. I'm driving SW-156s with Akai AM69. Its a keeper for sure!

 

[avguytx]

I was offered these AKAI SW-187's to buy a couple of weeks back when I purchased my AKAI AA-1200 monster receiver.They were originally used with it, and sounded excellent I was told.Sadly passed on them though,just don't have the space.They sure look good though,from 1979 I believe.

If they were cheap enough, I would have bought them for the Realistic Super Tweeters alone and put the speakers by the curb.