Rare Find - Akai AP-D40 DD TT

[Anil kumar]

Found this beauty few months back here in Bengaluru, this TT was brought back to life ! dismantled, cleaned, moving parts lubricated, reassembled, it sounds surprisingly as good compared to Technics SL-D 20 which i had.

 

[avidyarthy]

Immaculate ....... looks better than the 'big' named ones. Daresay, might sound better too. Never expected Akai to have such a solid built!

 

[soundofmusic]

The TT looks like new Super work. There seems to be lot of hidden treasures in Bangalore. First Santhosh found one and now you.

 

[santhosh]

Congrat Anil. You have given the TT a new lease of life. The TT is lucky to have found you

Love all the pics, especially the one with the stroboscope. Sweet!!

 

[Chid]

Great find. Congrats

 

[denom]

Hi Anil,

:licklips: WOW looks brand new, great find. Your special touch shows its magic on the TT. Do give us a review of the listening experience.

Enjoy

 

[miroflex]

Found this beauty few months back here in Bengaluru, this TT was brought back to life ! It was dismantled, cleaned, lubricated, reassembled than tested, it sounds surprisingly as good compared to Technics SL-D 20 which i had.

Congratulations on a wonderful find and a superb job done!!!
It looks awesome!!!
Did you do all the work yourself?

Regards.

 

[stevieboy]

Great find and superb restoration job Anil!

Regards

 

[cmsajith]

How much these kinda TTs cost now?

 

[visvan1970]

Found this beauty few months back here in Bengaluru, this TT was brought back to life ! It was dismantled, cleaned, lubricated, reassembled than tested, it sounds surprisingly as good compared to Technics SL-D 20 which i had.

hi. I have the same model tt.it has a shure m55e cart with an n55 stylus. Didnt knew it is a rare find. Rgds.visu

 

[olly42]

Vintage equipments bring back sweet memories - Good job on the restoration Anil.

 

[santhosh]

Anil,
Looks really classy!!

Please share some "before restoration" pictures as well?
Where did you get the Dust cover buffed?
Is the cart an AT91?

hi. I have the same model tt.it has a shure m55e cart with an n55 stylus. Didnt knew it is a rare find. Rgds.visu

IMO, rare or not depends on how many other TTs you know off that exist in this condition today.

 

[Anil kumar]

Thanks soundofmusic, Chid, santhosh, denom,miroflex, stevie, cmsajith,visvan1970 & olly42

@miroflex: i did the servicing part myself. restoration took 3 sundays
@cmsajith: paid 2k, but it came without headshell & stylus
@santhosh: i have not not taken any pictures before restoration. But dust cover had lot of minute scratches, which i removed by polishing with cerium oxide. I used MINCREAM to clean plastic parts. Stylus is AT91, but it will be fitted with Shure 97XE soon.



Anil

 

[anilva]

Anil,

Superb restoration effort. Looks as good as new.

Cheers.

 

[Kittu]

Cant believe it was restored, you gave it complete life with factory finish look. You are master class ...Keep it going.:clapping:

 

[soundofmusic]

Anil , I could imagine how a 2k player will look like and the condition of that. But after the restoration it definitely looks much better then a 75k player. I hope it sounds like a hi end player too. Kindly share with us your listening experience with this TT.

regards

 

[ukjeyaraj]

Amazing -- is a simple word to describe the awesome work done by you. Salutes to you.

 

[yezdian]

hey i have one too .. dint know its a rare find ... :licklips:

 

[mrunalrane]

Hi Anil.
nice to c ur shining Akai tt.
was this tt in mint condtn, as seen in pict , or u cleaned it with some solution,
thanks for ur cosmic photos and brouchere on this forum.
how do u clean this tt looks brand new .
hope we can also manage to do the same to keep our tt chakkachak
thks bye

 

[miroflex]

Thanks soundofmusic, Chid, santhosh, denom,miroflex, stevie, cmsajith,visvan1970 & olly42
Stylus is AT91, but it will be fitted with Shure 97XE soon.
Anil

Have you installed the new stylus? Regards.