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Kenwood KD-1033 Turntable

10 Mar

Kenwood KD-1033 Vintage Turntable

Kenwood KD-1033 Turntable

This Kenwood KD-1033 is a great, simple turntable.  It's a  manual table, meaning you pick up the stylus and place it on the start of the record.  Then, move the lever to play to set down the arm to start them music.  The table had a nice, weighty metal platter and a reasonable arm that accept a standard 1/2" mount head shell.

If you're looking for a less expensive, reliable turntable that still sounds good, you won't go wrong with this one.

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Kenwood KR-9600 Receiver

23 Aug

Kenwood KR-9600 Receiver

Kenwood KR-9600 Receiver (1978)

Perhaps not as well known as the Pioneer SX-1250 or the Marantz Model 2500 but those in the know recognize this monster Kenwood is firmly in the same league.  There's a 3-stage differential amp, Dual Power-Supply (but one transformer only), four large caps, sizeable side heatsinks, relay switching, DC and overcurrent protection for the amp section.

You can own this fine example (with original manual included) for just $450+ shipping.  Contact us for more details.

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Kenwood KT-900 Tuner ‘Audio Purist Series’

31 Dec

Kenwood KT-900 Tuner

 

Kenwood KT-900 Tuner (1981)

The KT-900 is a 4 gang tuner and part of Kenwood’s “Audio Purist” series, this little brother of the KT-1000 uses their pulse count detector circuitry also found in the 600T and KT-615/815/917 series. The KT-900 has analog tuning but has a digital LED frequency readout in addition to the analog dial.

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Kenwood L-05M Mono Amplifier

6 Dec

Kenwood L-05M Monoblock Amplifiers

Kenwood L-05M Monoblock Amplifiers (~1979)

A nice high-end effort from Kenwood (Trio).  Each monoblock puts out an effortless 100watts into 8 ohms.

Model DC Monaural
Transient Rise: 0.55μS (-1V ⇔ +1 V,-20V ⇔ +20 V,-40V ⇔ +40 V)
Slew rate: ± 170V/μS
Rated output 100W (10Hz ~ 100kHz, distortion 0.05%, 8Ω)
Total harmonic distortion 0.005% (20Hz ~ 20kHz, at rated power, 8Ω)
Damping Factor 200 (DC ~ 20kHz, 8Ω, by the load ON ⇔ OFF)
Frequency Characteristics DC ~ 600kHz +0 dB-3dB
Output Bandwidth 10Hz ~ 100kHz (IHF at 0.05% distortion, 8Ω)
External dimensions Height Width 200 × 155 × 397.5mm Depth
Weight 8.7kg

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