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No, it doesn't. The turntable is a standard (for Aiwa) 330mm wide, this unit is only 270mm (by 280mm).

None of the pictures really show it, but the strange looking "Total System Remote Control Keyboard" (they did refrain from making this into an initialism) is the same width and is made to sit directly in front of the system to form a type of control chin like many of the Aiwa tape decks had in this era. You can see in the first pic that the remote sender (reflected off the front of the unit) lines up perfectly with the receiver.

The speakers include the Acoustic Feedback System (AFBS) that has small microphones in front of the woofers that send back the signal to the amp for comparison with the output. This produces a claimed 30Hz to 21kHz response (although no +/- db range is quoted) and means that speaker A terminals are, in Aiwa style, 5 pin DIN plugs. It is probably worth noting that although the speakers look like flat diaphragm units, the are actually standard cone speakers behind a foam cover.

 

They are pretty easy to tell. These are real ones where you can clearly see the speaker diaphragm and square(ish) surrounds.



These are the type your FH-100W has. They are often just a cone stuck to the back of the flat diaphragm like this:


Image courtesy of reverb.com

Some of the more expensive (particularly ES) Sony units had this style of woofer, which was supposed to reduce the overall weight improving response, and can usually be identified by the dust covers over the connection points on the front of the speaker (as in the last example above):


Image courtesy of soundoddity.com

If you are interested in more details on these speakers, I recommend reading https://soundoddity.com/blog/about-the-amazing-apm-66es/.

On fake ones you cannot see the speaker or surround at all, although they usually design the cover to give it a similar "look":



The advantage with these (apart from lower cost for the manufacturer of course) is that the cones can easily be repaired of replaced with standard units. The foam covering the front can disintegrate over time though, which leaves them looking like a standard speaker.

Personally I have found these speakers to be excellent on axis, but start to lose bass quite quickly off axis, although I don't have enough of them to make definitive judgement on that. I might just be used to newer and possibly better speakers.

 

Yes, a number of the Panasonic boomboxes (am I allowed to call the detachable speaker types that?) had them. A mate of mine had this beauty back in the day.



Seeing as I have got a bit off track, I will bring it back 'round with the full VX-C27 catalogue!

 

Wow, that led me down a rabbit hole to find out what the AC-C7 "Music Tape Accessory" was, looks like it is just a box to store cables and stuff in!

This has to be the most Japanese ad campaign ever, even though they seem to be going for the "western vibe" with the actors and music. They even have singles of the songs using the pictures from the catalogue, the second being by F.R. David who had the more famous song (at least outside the US) Words.

Note: Possibly NSFW!

 

Or her whole uniform mysteriously disappearing during the Yamato's (Argos') maiden warp! Don't mention the alcoholic doctor!

 

I would say "no", at least not for the studios big enough to ignore Netflix money.