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sag@lemm.eeM to Cassette Futurism@lemm.ee · 6 months ago

Aiwa AD-4200, 1976

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Aiwa AD-4200, 1976

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sag@lemm.eeM to Cassette Futurism@lemm.ee · 6 months ago
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  • astrsk@fedia.io
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    Omg it’s gorgeous!

  • felixwhynot@lemmy.world
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    I might need this

    … what is it?

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      Looks like an Aiwa AD-4200, from around 1976 or so.

    • Darohan@lemmy.zip
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      Looks like a particularly fancy cassette deck, I think the keyboard-looking thing on the front is the play control buttons, they look very similar to the buttons on one I own. Edit: it is

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    At first, I thought this was a cut-down four-track recorder (like a TASCAM with way fewer knobs) which would have been an amazing value for the time. It’s still a beauty though.

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    Now we’re talkin’

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