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Whatever happened to Aiwa?

Was driving in SSH this afternoon to go to church when I saw a billboard ad with the logo of Aowa. I’ve had bad experiences with their sales people years back but the name already reminded me of the electronics brand, Aiwa.


Many years back, they were a growing and popular brand of cassette players/recorders as well as home stereo system (boasting power outputs as high as 16,000 watts PMPO). They’re supposed to be cheaper too compared to the bigger brand names.

I’ve never heard of them for a long time now nor have seen any of their products in home appliance stores. A quick search online gave me the answers I was looking for:

The Aiwa Corporation slid towards bankruptcy until it was purchased by competitor Sony Corporation. As of October 1, 2002, Aiwa ceased to be a separate company and became a wholly owned division of Sony Corporation.

Sony tried to revive the image of Aiwa and even re-focused it to the younger segment of the market. That did not seem to pan out as well.

Since 2004 Sony has seemingly been rolling back its support for the Aiwa brand and in 2005 Aiwa products remain on sale in only selected territories around the globe. In 2006, Aiwa products were discontinued and no longer sold in the market. {via Wikipedia}

Anybody out there still has an Aiwa cassette player or stereo system? Maybe that’s where the other Aowa brand came to be?

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

58 Responses

  1. Avatar for Alfonso Wadeyua Alfonso Wadeyua says:

    Yes. I have an AIWA compact disc player XP-33 which I’m listening to right now.

  2. Avatar for Rex Rex says:

    I still have a aiwa tv , component , micro component, still in good condition….

  3. Avatar for Julian Robbins Julian Robbins says:

    Yes. I have an Aiwa Digital Audio System CX- ND77 that works quite well. The Tbass when i use the GEQ properly, rattles everything in my apartment. havent angered any neighbhors yet XD. Although, it is quite sensitive to power flickers.

  4. Avatar for jepuddy jepuddy says:

    thats great but i’m in south africa… anyway we can talk in time… i’d really luv to, as my cd gives problems. tx

  5. Avatar for sandinfo sandinfo says:

    Hey, very informative and interesting. Looks like you put a lot of effort and research into it. Keep up the good work!!

  6. Avatar for gary gary says:

    before i have 3 units of aiwa tv and 3 units of mini hi-fi but gave some units to my brother, mother and my xgf. i still have with me 2 tv and 1 mini hi-fi and a obsolete vhs player. all working well.
    i also have few pieces of cd lens for parts.
    anyone in need may contact me, send me e-mail.

  7. Avatar for J- Mack J- Mack says:

    from south africa… i own an aiwa xr h1000 (2*80w rms, t bass, bbe). its super but now i wanna use it for studio monitoring, where can i get some more technical specs especially around t bass and bbe?

  8. Avatar for karmesh karmesh says:

    I have a home AIWA digital dolby surround system of 5700W PMPO with 5cd changers. Still work great… and its playback is much much better then any other brand’s system even today.
    I still like AIWA above any other brand but its no longer available… so sad… :(

  9. Avatar for Louie Catamora Louie Catamora says:

    mayroon po kaming AIWA…since 1997 pa po… iamgine.. 2011 na ngayun… gumagana pa rin sya… music is superb! lupet ng bass, compared to other brands.. d na nga lang gumagana yung 5-disc changer nya… ska yung casette… so i have to connect a dvd player to play cd’s on it… just changing video/aux.. yun na…

  10. Avatar for cha cha says:

    i have an aiwa fm/am walkman (super liit lang kasi hindi sya casette) since 1995 pa sya, but still works well. one aa batt lang, sulit! an altetrnative to ipod kasi walang ako nung attachment. sayang naman ang brand na ito

  11. Avatar for dimsum dimsum says:

    i still own an aiwa mini compo, bought in 1994, malakas pa rin.

  12. Avatar for pdpla pdpla says:

    I remember my mom bought an AIWA VHS recorder back in 1997 as a 2nd player at home. She bought it for me to watch educational TV shows. I also remember that you can see a big AIWA logo on Home Alone 2 – Lost in New York.

  13. Avatar for Joshua M Joshua M says:

    AIWA-la na

  14. Avatar for golfgurl golfgurl says:

    Had an Aiwa portable cassette player before that can tune into TV waves. I can listen to whatever local channel right from my walkman! It came with a rechargeable battery and felt pretty solid unlike newer Sony ones.

  15. Avatar for sandinfo sandinfo says:

    my first Aiwa a 14inc colour TV..

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