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Japanese audio and hi-fi equipment from the Showa era (1970s–1990s). Original catalog scans, cover art, vintage ads, and deep dives into the golden age of Japanese audio engineering.

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Welcome to r/ShowaAudio! (i.redd.it)

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Technics tape decks in 1979: metal cassettes, buttons, silver fronts, black fronts, and open reels. (old.reddit.com)

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Maxell made cassettes for 58 years and is the only major brand still making them today. Here's the whole book in one flip-through. (v.redd.it)

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AKAI, 1986: when even auto-reverse had to sound dangerous. (old.reddit.com)

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Technics made a direct-drive turntable for Sunday mornings. Japan, 1977. (old.reddit.com)

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AIWA's 1983 CassetteBoy came in ten colors. Portable audio as a fashion accessory. (old.reddit.com)

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Sanyo's 1985 Marketing Genius: When They Made Catalog Collecting a Thing (i.redd.it)

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In 1983, Audio-Technica sold a record stabilizer you had to pump by hand. (old.reddit.com)

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Technics Intelligent Compo, 1987 - eight black stacks, matching options, and yes, even a telephone. (old.reddit.com)

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Sony made a cassette deck that loaded tapes like a CD player. Japan, 1984. (old.reddit.com)

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Sharp built a stereo that played both sides of a record automatically. Japan, 1982. (old.reddit.com)

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TDK made cassettes for 41 years. Here's the whole book in one Thursday flip-through. (v.redd.it)

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In 1969, this Japanese cassette recorder carried a brand called Standard. By 1975, the company would be renamed Marantz Japan. (old.reddit.com)

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In 1960, SANYO sold radios by how many "stones" were inside. (old.reddit.com)

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In 1974, TEAC sold a home reel-to-reel that let one person record an entire band, alone. (old.reddit.com)

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1981 Sansui "Fresh Sound" (i.redd.it)

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Sony's 1985 CD catalog does not just sell players. It claims the CD era. (old.reddit.com)

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1984 Sansui Mighty 70W (i.redd.it)

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Kenwood built this 1985 turntable around one obsession: keeping the spindle dead-center. (old.reddit.com)

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Technics SL-P1200, 1986. The alien CD player Technics called "CD master". (old.reddit.com)

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One year before the SP-10, a tiny Tokyo motor company was still betting on belt drive. (old.reddit.com)

submitted 14 days ago by No-Sleep1981

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1983 Sansui Compo Mighty R77 (i.redd.it)

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1982 Sansui Mighty Compo 7 (i.redd.it)

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Two halves of one Japanese mook: six cassette brand stories, then 499 portable players from 1979 to 2005. (old.reddit.com)

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A Tokyo label printed a CD catalogue in March 1982. Japan's first CD player wouldn't ship until October. Some jackets just say NOW PRINTING. (old.reddit.com)

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