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Friday, March 10, 2017

AIWA HS-PL10 / HS-PL101 / HS-PL700





HS-PL10 / HS-PL101 / HS-PL700
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AIWA HS-PL10 Stylish and Compact Headphone Stereo Player

Features
The elegant HS-PL10 has a look and feel of luxury all its own. The smartly rounded design with smooth, feather-touch push-button controls makes it both easy to carry and easy to operate.
"New Tech Headphone Stereo" for people who really love music. 1988 rare catalog 


RemoCon
Extra convenience is provided by the remote control module on the headphone cord, which also has feather-touch pushbutton controls for stop, play, and direction as well as a volume control.
AIWA HS-PL10 CassetteBoy White & Pink - Remote Control 


AIWA HS-PL10 1988 1st. Edition Japanese Catalog (note the DSL Logo)
AIWA HS-PL10 CassetteBoy Black & Army Beige

Though the HS-PL10 is a mere 208 grams (including battery) and only 24mm thick, the sound quality is superb thanks to AlWA’s DSL (dynamic super loudness) circuit which assures naturally sounding bass by automatically varying the amount of enhancement depending on signal input levels.

Audio Quality
The HS-PL10 has a High-Quality amplifier with a 30mW high Output level to enjoy any type of listening.  Dolby B noise reduction is also included to cut tape hiss for better sound. Metal, Cr02/Normal tape Capabilities. 

Tape playback features include 3-way auto reverse (continuous/one-cycle/manual) selector, with a bi-directional music sensor (1-selection), and full auto stop.
AIWA HS-PL10 CassetteBoy - Switches & Controls
AIWA HS-PL10 CassetteBoy Back & Forth

Power supply
The HS-PL10 is supplied with a QUICK HALF-HOUR recharge­able battery system to save time and money on batteries, delivering over 2.5 hours of playback from a 1-hour charge. The HS-PL10 can even be used while recharging.

Direct Servo Drive Brushless motor
The HS-PL10 employs a special one-phase full-wave servo motor.  With a Successful smaller spool it has far better servo motor performance and phase full-wave module 3" data. Which further stabilizes the tape speed, resulting in high output torque. Aiwa has improved its ability to rely on quality to achieve high output torque and speed stability.
Direct drive Increased efficiency. The power is not wasted in friction from the belt or gear. It Reduced noise. Being a simpler device, a direct-drive mechanism has fewer parts that could vibrate, and the overall noise emission of the system is lower. It has a longer lifetime. Having fewer moving parts also means having fewer parts prone to failure, High torque at low rpm - Faster, and more precise positioning. High torque and low inertia allow faster positioning times on permanent magnet synchronous servo drives. 


Catalogs and brochures

Right: 1988 English Catalog with HS-PX101. Left: Rare March 1988 Japanese Catalog

Package & Accessories
Right: CassetteBoy HS-PL10 Boxed, Left: HS-PL101 World Version

 Supplied Headphones - World Version
       Supplied Earphones - Japanese Version
Experience it for yourself - the elegant, stylish HS-PL10 is a joy to hear and hold. High-performance in-ear or headband-type stereo headphones are supplied.
AIWA  HEADPHONE  STEREO -
THE  BEST  YOU'VE  EVER  HEARD
MADE  IN  JAPAN

AIWA HS-PL10 - The Complete Series