[Vintage-Audio] Kenwood KR 9600 found

[Salmons, Michael]

Coupla nice things about the 9600 Rick, other than the considerable
horsepower...

2 phono inputs- very convenient! And the phono stage of seventies
kenwoods can be very, very nice. Although not all that flexible. Is it
MM only?

Midrange control and tone defeat- personal favorites, especially on
transistor amps. As for tube integrateds or receivers, I perfer the
opposite, as few tone controls as possible.

Multipath indicator- very handy feature, especially if you have a
directional antenna.  It won't help owners of omnidirectional
antennas... If you have a beam box, for instance, you can adjust for
maximum results using the multipath meter as a guide.

Mic inputs- I'd never use it, but it is cool! You can tell it wasn't
meant for anything serious- it's always a 1/4" plug. A balanced input
would be nice, but you'd have to get something like a Nagra (and pay for
it too) to get that.

I really dig the styling of that vintage of receiver. They have some of
the nicest meters around. And I'm all about the backlit dials. My
Realistic has dual AM/FM dials with the green backlight and the needle
that lights up, like this Kenwood. It's all about presentation. Modern
equipment usually really sucks in this department, IMHO.

The last KR 9600 to sell on ebay sold for 343.50. Plus as you said, the
amp's not being made anymore. Therefore it would no doubt be a good
parts piece if you have to go that route.

Michael 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vintage-audio-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:vintage-audio-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of 
> Rick Larson
> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 9:39 AM
> To: 'Vintage home and professional audio equipment from 1975 back'
> Subject: [Vintage-Audio] Kenwood KR 9600 found
> 
> Just to keep the list going, over the weekend, I was helping 
> a friend with firewall/spam/browser/mail/... and happened to 
> see an old Kenwood KR 9600 receiver.  Searching the net found 
> some info (160w/c or 200 w/c), great FM, weighs 60+ pounds, 
> output transistors is a block not individual outputs (and no 
> longer available).  It seems like a great receiver but if the 
> outputs are blown, either use the pre/tuner or sell it on 
> ebay for parts.  I have many spare power amps so it isn't the 
> end of the world if the amp is bad but I've never owned one this big.
> 
> It was offered to me for free but SWMBO may not fully appreciate it.  
> Timing is critical when I bring the beast home.
> 
> Anyone have thoughts on the monster receiver?
> 
> Thanks,
> rick
> --
> Minneapolis
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