Kenwood KD-4100 R
Data
General
- Manufacturer: Kenwood
- Model: KD-4100R
- Type: Direct-drive turntable with fully automatic tonearm guidance and repeat function
- Years of manufacture: 1979 - 1981
- Made in: Japan
- Colour: Metallic grey
- Dimensions (W/H/D): 44cm/13cm/37cm
- Weight: 7.9 kg
- Original price approx.: 650 DM
Connections
- Outputs: 2 x RCA (Cinch), ground wire
Technical Data
- Drive type: Direct drive
Motor: brushless DC servo motor for platter, 2-pole DC micromotor for automatics
- Turntable: 31cm diameter, die-cast aluminium, 1,15kg
- Speeds: 33 1/3 and 45U/min.
- Synchronisation fluctuations: less than 0.03% (WRMS), less than +/- 0.055% (DIN)
- Rumble noise voltage ratio: -71dB (DIN)
- Rumple-noise-voltage-distance: -48dB (DIN)
Tonearm Data
- Effective mass: 24,7g
- Construction: statically balanced S-shaped tube tonearm with EIA tone head connection
- Tonearm length: 225mm
- Overhang: 15mm
- Tracking angle: +/- 1,5 degrees
- Tracking force: 0-30mN, adjustable
Special Features
- Features advertised in a 1980 Kenwood catalog include:
- Solid frame made of ARCB special material (minerals, glass fiber, polyester resins).
- Turntable with high moment of inertia, newly developed brushless DC shaded-pole motor, "... both guarantee optimum synchronisation consistency even when playing the new ** direct-cut and digital records with their distinctive dynamics and strong groove modulation."
Notes
- The R in the model name stands for "Repeat." This means that the record player has a repeat function which, when activated, is limited to playing the record again after it has expired.
- Other models in the same series:
- Kenwood KD-2100
- Kenwood KD-3100
- Kenwood KD-4100
- Kenwood KD-5100
- Kenwood KD-4100 This unit is similar to the KD-4100R, but does not have a repeat function.
Pictures
- Picture: Kenwood KD-4100 R
Reviews
Links
- External link to website "Vinyl Engine": [[1]]