Akai X-150D
An Akai X-150D reel-to-reel deck is on the bench. This site is where it gets documented — identified, dated, opened up, and put back together — with everything published here as it's confirmed, not assumed.
Around the site
Backstory
How this machine ended up on the bench.
Gallery
Photos of the machine as it arrives and as it's opened up.
Log
Dated restoration log entries as the work happens.
Library
Manuals and factory documents, transcribed and organized.
Service
Bench notes: test equipment, procedures, and repairs.
Specs
Factory figures, cited to source, as documents arrive.
History
Where the X-150D sits in Akai's line, traced from period sources.
Identify
Serial, badges, and how this machine identifies itself.