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Sanyo Model M2100X Portable Cassette Recorder, with Carrying Case

Object/Artifact

Portable mono Compact Cassette recorder in an upright (portrait) cabinet of off-white/cream plastic with a black control panel and a perforated-metal speaker grille over the upper front. The face carries the "SANYO" logo, a cassette well behind a hinged window embossed "AUTOMATIC LEVEL RECORDING" / "AUTOMATIC SHUT-OFF SYSTEM," and a red RECORD button with an EJECT button on a silver lower fascia. One long side has a transport slider lever marked "PUSH REW · STOP · PLAY·REC · PUSH F.FWD"; the other side has "DC.6V" and "AC INPUT" jacks. The top end carries MIC and EAR jacks and a VOLUME (MAX–MIN) thumb wheel. The recorder rests in a black vinyl carrying case with snap flaps and a carry strap; the back bears the Sanyo specification label.

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Bought at an INIT shop for tourists (Diplotienda) in 1977, by a Costa Rican citizen (along with a Sanyo radio and a pair a leather shoes). Commissioned by a Cuban national. Price: $48.00. Belonged to Leopoldo Arús Gálvez.

Sanyo Electric (Osaka) was among the largest producers of portable cassette recorders by the early 1970s. This is a multi-voltage, English-marked export model. A prized household electronics in Cuba.

The Cabrera Arús family collection

Leopoldo Arús Gálvez collection

2025.1

Sanyo Electric Co., LTD

circa 1975

1970s

Japan

Asia

model M2100X

Inscription

case

Sanyo

English

Inscription

top

AUTOMATIC LEVEL RECORDING AUTOMATIC SHUT-OFF SYSTEM SANYO RECORD EJECT

English

Inscription

bottom

SANYO MODEL M2100x CASSETTE RECORDER DC 6 VOLTS {UM-2 x 4} AC 120/200/240V 50760Hz 5W SANYO ELECTRIC CO. LTD. JAPAN OPEN BATTERIES

English

Inscription

side

DC.6V AC INPUT

English

Inscription

side

PUSH REW PUSH F.FWD STOP PLAY-REC

English

(1) recorder (cabinet, transport, speaker, controls); (2) carrying case with carry strap and snap flaps.

sales receipt

Plastic

Molded plastic (cream and black cabinet); perforated metal (speaker grille); chrome/aluminum trim; vinyl (case); metal (snaps); strap.

Good

Sanyo Electric Co., LTD

producer

Leopoldo Arús Gálvez

owner

Havana

Cuba

Caribbean

Central America

acquisition

Japan

Asia

production

Entry in the Radio Museum


History of the Sanyo corporation


Sanyo Electric was founded in 1947 in Osaka, incorporated as Sanyo Electric Co. in 1950, and by the early 1970s was one of the largest producers of tape players/recorders, supporting the early-1970s dating. The multi-voltage AC rating marks an export unit.