Like the Akai 1730D-SS I picked this deck up in 2018 when I was on a streak, bidding on equipment on ShopGoodwill. One of my real workhorse decks is/was my Akai GX-260D which has stood by me through, literally, nearly 1,000 reels that I have gone through as part of the Paper Tape Archive and the 600 reels projects and I figured that this Akai GX-280D would be a reasonable upgrade and the price was right. Upon receiving it I quickly noticed that it had suffered a minor injury in that the spindle on the take reel table was bent. I devised a tool that slipped down over the spindle and slowly, and carefully, bent it back into position. Other than that the deck works just fine.
I did go through and do some basic maintenance on it but at some point I'll go through it and do the usual list of chores that these decks need:
For now it gets occassional use and adds to the ambience of the man cave.
The GX-280D during some minor maintenance |
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Updated November 2020.