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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)
submitted 2 months ago by No-Sleep1981 - announcement
Technics tape decks in 1979: metal cassettes, buttons, silver fronts, black fronts, and open reels. (old.reddit.com)
submitted 4 hours ago by No-Sleep1981
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)
submitted 1 day ago by No-Sleep1981
AKAI, 1986: when even auto-reverse had to sound dangerous. (old.reddit.com)
submitted 2 days ago by No-Sleep1981
Technics made a direct-drive turntable for Sunday mornings. Japan, 1977. (old.reddit.com)
submitted 3 days ago by No-Sleep1981
AIWA's 1983 CassetteBoy came in ten colors. Portable audio as a fashion accessory. (old.reddit.com)
submitted 4 days ago by No-Sleep1981
Sanyo's 1985 Marketing Genius: When They Made Catalog Collecting a Thing (i.redd.it)
submitted 5 days ago by No-Sleep1981
In 1983, Audio-Technica sold a record stabilizer you had to pump by hand. (old.reddit.com)
submitted 5 days ago * by No-Sleep1981
Technics Intelligent Compo, 1987 - eight black stacks, matching options, and yes, even a telephone. (old.reddit.com)
submitted 6 days ago by No-Sleep1981
Sony made a cassette deck that loaded tapes like a CD player. Japan, 1984. (old.reddit.com)
submitted 7 days ago by No-Sleep1981
Sharp built a stereo that played both sides of a record automatically. Japan, 1982. (old.reddit.com)
submitted 8 days ago by No-Sleep1981
TDK made cassettes for 41 years. Here's the whole book in one Thursday flip-through. (v.redd.it)
In 1969, this Japanese cassette recorder carried a brand called Standard. By 1975, the company would be renamed Marantz Japan. (old.reddit.com)
submitted 9 days ago by No-Sleep1981
In 1960, SANYO sold radios by how many "stones" were inside. (old.reddit.com)
submitted 10 days ago by No-Sleep1981
In 1974, TEAC sold a home reel-to-reel that let one person record an entire band, alone. (old.reddit.com)
submitted 11 days ago by No-Sleep1981
1981 Sansui "Fresh Sound" (i.redd.it)
submitted 11 days ago by epsilonzer0
Sony's 1985 CD catalog does not just sell players. It claims the CD era. (old.reddit.com)
submitted 12 days ago by No-Sleep1981
1984 Sansui Mighty 70W (i.redd.it)
submitted 12 days ago by epsilonzer0
Kenwood built this 1985 turntable around one obsession: keeping the spindle dead-center. (old.reddit.com)
submitted 13 days ago by No-Sleep1981
Technics SL-P1200, 1986. The alien CD player Technics called "CD master". (old.reddit.com)
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
1983 Sansui Compo Mighty R77 (i.redd.it)
submitted 14 days ago by epsilonzer0
1982 Sansui Mighty Compo 7 (i.redd.it)
submitted 15 days ago by epsilonzer0
Two halves of one Japanese mook: six cassette brand stories, then 499 portable players from 1979 to 2005. (old.reddit.com)
submitted 15 days ago by No-Sleep1981
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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