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Stewart Pinkerton wrote:
On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:39:51 -0800,
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"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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"Arny Krueger" emitted :

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.

They were very well constructed - many survived.

http://i2.tinypic.com/oqlhuh.jpg

They were well-constructed in the same sense as the
AK-47.

Looks pretty much like the M-9 that's collecting dust
in my garage.

But is it as well-constructed as an M-14? :-)
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No clue. But it is heavier, I d hate to have to carry it
on a forced march.

It belonged to my stepfather who was inthe merchant
marine and brought it back from somewhere in Asia. I
don't know who much he used it but I suspect not much.
Whe I got it after he assumed room temprature, I tried to
play a tape and something broke. It's been collecting
dust ever since. I take it is not a tremendously well
respected bit of gear.

Let's put it this way: In the day of for about the same money at the PX, I
could have either the latest-greatest Akai Mxx de jour, or a Revox A77.

Fool that I am, I took the A77. Hey, it was smaller and easier to ship! ;-)