CORPORATE Akai Electric Company, Ltd. is a company with a long history of innovation and leadership in the fields of audio and video consumer electronics. Akai was established in 1929 in Tokyo, Japan. For the past eight decades, Akai has been a major factor in the electronics industry. From its early days of dominant marketshare in the reel-to-reel recording industry, to modern day state of the art home entertainment systems, Akai has been and will continue to be a leader in the consumer electronics industry. APH USA is the exclusive sales and marketing company for Akai home audio, home video, and home and portable consumer electronics products in the United States. APH USA is committed to creating the very best in home entertainment. We continue to strive to make products that are ahead of their time, products that will help consumers expand their creative horizons, products that will help facilitate the coming integration of sound, graphics and picture into new realms of home entertainment.