Kenwood KR-8050 / 8850

Data

General

• Manufacturer: Kenwood
• Model: KR-8050 / KR-8850 (Black aluminium front)
• Years of manufacture: 1979 - 1980
• Made in: Japan
• Color: silver (KR-8050) black (KR-8850)
• Remote control: no
• Power consumption:
• Dimensions: 571 x 172 x 411 mm (WxHxD).
• Weight: 18 kg
• Original price approx.: 820 US-$ (1979), 1900 DM

Connections

• Number of inputs:
  • 2x Phono MM (Cinch): 2.5/5.0 mV / 50 kOhm.

2x Tape In (Cinch/DIN): 200 mV / 50 kOhm

• • AUX (Cinch): 200 mV / 80 kOhm
  • Microphone: 2,2 mV / 50 kOhm
  • Antenna FM (75/300 Ohm), AM
• Number of outputs:
  • 2x Tape Out (Cinch/DIN): 200 mV / 100 Ohm (Cinch); 30 mV / 80 kOhm (DIN).

Pre Out: 1 V FM Quadradial

• • Headphones (6.3 mm jack, front)
  • 3 pairs of loudspeakers

Technical Specifications

Amplifier

• Continuous power

8 Ohm: 2x 120 W 4 Ohm: 2x 160 W

• dynamic power
  • 8 Ohm:
  • 4 Ohm:
• Total harmonic distortion: 0.02% (at nominal power)
• Attenuation factor: 85 (8 Ohm)
• Frequency response:
  • Preamplifier: 20 - 40,000 Hz (+0/-0.2 dB).
  • Power bandwidth: 5 - 50,000 Hz
• Signal-to-noise ratio:
  • Phono MM: 85 dB
  • AUX, Tape: 108 dB
  • Microphone: 74 dB
• Stereo channel separation:
• Tone control:
  • Bass: ±10 dB at 100 Hz
  • Mid: ±10 dB at 800 Hz

Treble: ±10 dB at 10 kHz

• Loudness: +5/+6 dB (100 Hz/10 kHz)
• High Filter: -9 dB at 10 kHz
• Low Filter (Subsonic): -9 dB at 100 Hz
• Mute: FM muting
• Direct/Line-Straight: yes (Tone Defeat)

Tuner

• Reception: FM, MW
• Frequencies:
  • FM: 87.5 - 108 MHz

MW: 525 - 1605 kHz

• Frequency response: 20 - 15,000 Hz (+0/-1.5 dB, FM)
• Input sensitivity:
  • FM: 1.5 µV (IHF)

MW: 10 µV Distortion factor:

• • FM: 0.15% (mono), 0.2% (stereo).
• Signal-to-noise ratio:
  • FM: 75 dB (mono), 70 dB (stereo)

MW: 50 dB

• Channel separation:
  • FM: 45 dB (at 1 kHz)
• Selectivity: (IHF)

FM: 83 dB

• • MW: 35 dB
• Equal wave selection:
  • FM: 1.3 dB
• Spurious wave selection:
  • FM: 115 dB
• Image frequency attenuation:
  • FM: 100 dB
  • MW: 70 dB
• IF attenuation:
  • FM: 115 dB
• AM suppression: 60 dB

Special Features

• Microphone mixable
• Also available in black

Remarks

• Other models in the same series:
  • Kenwood KR-2010
  • Kenwood KR-3010
  • Kenwood KR-4010
  • Kenwood KR-5010
  • Kenwood KR-7050 / 7750
  • Kenwood KR-8050 / 8850
  • Kenwood KR-9050

Pictures

• Image: Kenwood KR-8050

• Picture: Kenwood KR-8050

Reviews

• Review by "Good Old Hifi": [[1]]