"John Byrns" wrote in message
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In article , "Arny Krueger"
wrote:

I did a scan for a free online schematic of the M8 as well.

My recollection is that the later tubed Akai recorders with built-in mono
power amplifiers (which AFAIK included some models that were stereo up to
line level), had power amps that were indeed p-p. But, the ones with
stereo tubed power amps were single-ended. IOW, the decision to built
single-ended power amps was related to issues like packaging, not a
desire
to go backwards technologically.

I'm sure that just about every AKAI M8, which were sold in huge volumes
to
GIs through PXs and not to audiophiles through high end audio stores, has
been safely consigned to a landfill. Of course it takes an maniac like
this
Jute sockpuppet to try to globally abuse someone over a tiny nit like
this.

While I'm not certain who abused who, it is hardly a "tiny nit" to confuse
a push pull amplifier with a single ended tube amplifier, especially when
single ended amplifiers are what the thread is discussing.

Agreed that there are many big differences between p-p and se.

The nit aspect of this situation comes from considering how obscure the
reference is.

The Akai M8 was hardly a pace-setting product.

I was trying to remember how the mono power amp fitted with the rest of the
unit wh\ich was stereo. I then remembered that Akai might have sold a
matching powered speaker to serve as the other channel of a stereo pair.