Vintage Kenwood
OK, so I bought two boxes from a garage that had been in there 20 years according to the owner. Actually, the owner's wife told me that since the owner passed away in 1986. Everything was boxed up when the old house was sold and put in the garage at her new location, never to be set up.
So I looked into the boxes, and lo and behold, excellent, minty, vintage components.
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The Integrated Amp A
The KA-801 face plate is pristine. The controls are smooth and the detents firm. The power meters and lights work as new.
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The Integrated Amp B
Dual DC power supplies and a direct DC coupling option are a couple of this amp's nice features.
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The Integrated Amp C
The back panel is simple in the traditional stereo sense. It almost makes me want to buy a reel-to-reel deck again. Sorry for the glare.
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The Tuner A
The KT-815 analog tuner is simple, yet elegant.
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The Tuner B
The pulse count detector and high sensitivity make this the best analog tuner I've owned.
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Nice find... I'm gettin' reel (?) hot for a Pioneer RT-909 myself right about now.. don't know why, just am.. love the look, feel and history of some of that vintage stuff... they will probably never again make gear like that again, except for maybe a laboratory..Originally Posted by Titanium Dome
Have fun !
Bernard
FWIW, I still use a set of Kenwood L-07MIIs, CII, and TII. THey are better built than the Yamaha C-2a and M series power amps, and even are more reliable than my McIntosh 2300. Granted they only produce 150W of power, they were the bottom of the high end Japanese audio gear made by Kenwood, right before they introduced Accuphase.
I picked up mine new at a PX for less than $350 total for all four when nobody knew what they were. Preamp retailed for about $1k, power amps about $650ea and the tuner $350.
Interestingly, the units you show here have very similar font and type and controls as the early monoral Mitsubishi units DA-C20 series.
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