Aiwa AP-2500

Short description[edit]

The AP-2500 was the largest rotary arm player offered by Aiwa in Germany until 1979, it was built by AIWA from 1977 to 1979. After that came the LP-3000, a fully programmable tangent arm battleship .


Data[edit]

General

  • Manufacturer: Aiwa
  • Model: AP-2500
  • Year of manufacture: 1977 - 1979
  • Made in: Japan
  • Color: Silver
  • Dimensions (WxHxD): 480 x 152 x 404 mm
  • Weight: 10.5 kg
  • Original price approx.: 900 DM


Connections RCA cable pickup


Technical Data

  • Drive: direct drive
  • Speed: 33 1/3 and 45 UPM
  • Synchronous speed: 0,0045 DIN
  • Rumble-noise distance: 75 dB DIN
  • Rumble-noise distance:
  • Turntable: 31.4 mm die-cast aluminum
  • Operating mode: Semi-automatic
  • Pitch:
  • System used:
  • Recommended platter pressure: 0 - 3 p
  • Weight rec. Systems: 3 - 14 p
  • Attachment angle: 21.5
  • Overhang: 15 mm
  • Effective length tonearm: 237 mm
  • Motor: 3-phase, 24-pole FG servo-controlled
  • Pitch control: +/- 4%.


Special Features

  • Anti-skating adjustable


Remarks[edit]

  • The frame is made of a mineral-plastic mixture as with the large Sonys, exceptionally heavy and resonance uncritical.

The devices are to be gotten today only very rarely and are considered among connoisseurs as true collector's items, used prices 100, - to 400, - euro is not rare.


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Pictures[edit]

  • Image: Aiwa AP-2500

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