[Vintage-Audio] Re: Kenwood KR 9600 found

[Rick Larson]

Michael,
Thanks for the reply.  I'll have to look at the receiver closer.  It was 
buried in the laundry room.  I didn't notice any of the features you 
listed but I'm getting excited to get it working.

I did fix a Pioneer SX-838 for a brother in law and started liking those 
big receivers.  The dial lights might be a nice change from the tube 
glow.  Plus I can always add a power amp (I'm assuming it has pre 
outs/amp ins).

I have an old Sony receiver and have used the mic input for an IPOD.  If 
you keep the gain low on the IPOD, it seems to work for the boys.  I do 
have an attic antenna that works great with my Fisher tuner.  I'm sure 
it will work with the Kenwood.

Thanks again for your reply.
rick

>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 
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