Kenwood KA-8004

Data

General

• Manufacturer: Kenwood
• Model: KA-8004
• Type: Integrated amplifier
• Years of manufacture: 1973 - 1976
• Made in: Japan
• Color: Silver, wood side panels
• Type: Amplifier
• Power consumption: 375 W at full output, 22.5 W without signal
• Dimensions (WxHxD): 435 x 153 x 300 mm
• Weight: 12,9 Kg
• Original price approx.: 93000 Yen (Japan, 1973), 1'498 DM

Connections

• Number of inputs:
  • Input sensitivity:
  • Phono 1 MM: 2.5mV, 30 kOhm / 50 kOhm switchable, max. 200 mV.
  • Phono 2 MM: 2.5mV, 50 kOhm, max. 200 mV
  • Microphone: 2.5mV, 50 kOhm
  • Tuner: 150mV, 100 kOhm
  • AUX 1, 2: 150mV, 100 kOhm
  • Tape Play A, B: 150mV, 100 kOhm
  • Main In: 1 V, 50 kOhm
• Number of Outputs:
  • Outputs:
  • Tape Rec: 150mV, 100 Ohm

DIN: 30mV, 50 Ohm

• • Pre-Out: 1 V, 100 Ohm
  • Headphones: 4 - 16 Ohm
  • Connections for 3 speaker pairs

Technical Data

• Continuous power (at distortion)
  • 8 Ohm: 2x55W (RMS, 20Hz...20Khz, 0.08% THD), 2x 60W (8 Ohm, 1Khz)
  • 4 Ohm: 2x85W
• dynamic power
  • 8 Ohm: 180 W
  • 4 Ohm: 300 W
• Total harmonic distortion: 0.4% THD at 8 Ohm
• Attenuation factor: 30 at 8 Ohm
• Frequency response: 20 - 50000 Hz, - 2dB
• Power bandwidth: 10 - 50000 Hz
• Signal to noise ratio:
  • Phono 1,2: 65 dB
  • Microphone: 65 dB
  • Tuner: 75 dB
  • AUX 1, 2: 75 dB
  • Tape Play A, B: 75 dB
• Tone control
  • Bass:
    • 200Hz : ± 6dB at 100Hz
    • 400Hz : ± 10dB at 100Hz

Treble:

• • • 3Khz : ± 10dB at 10Khz
    • 6Khz : ± 6dB at 10Khz
• Loudness: +8dB at 100Hz, +3dB at 10kHz
• High Filter: +6dB/oct. at 7kHz
• Low Filter: +18dB/oct. at 40Hz
• Low Filter (Subsonic): +18dB/oct. at 20Hz

Attenuator: 0 dB, - 20 dB

Special Features

• Pre- and power amplifier separable
• Mono / Stereo switch

Remarks

• Other models in the same series:
  • Kenwood KA-3004
  • Kenwood KA-4004
  • Kenwood KA-6004
  • Kenwood KA-8004

• • [[Kenwood KT-8005 Corresponding Tuner
  • Kenwood KT-8005

Pictures

• Picture: Kenwood Combi KA-8004 / KT-8005

• Extract from brochure: Kenwood KA-8004

Reports

• Report from "Good Old Hifi": [[1]]

Links

• External link: Hifi Archive website: [2]

• External link: "Audio Heritage, Japan" website: [3]