Kenwood KX-1030

Data

General

• Manufacturer: Kenwood
• Model: KX-1030
• Type: Compact Cassette Tape Deck
• Type: Front loader
• Years of manufacture: 1977 - 1979
• Made in: Japan
• Color: Silver
• Remote control: -
• Power consumption: 13 watts
• Dimensions: 430 x 167 x 325 mm (WxHxD)
• Weight: 7.5 kg
• Original price approx.: 1'198 DM

Connections:

• Number of inputs:
  • Line In: 77,5 mV, 56 kOhm

Line In DIN: 77.5 mV, 56 kOhm

• • Microphone 0.19 mV, 10 kOhm
• Number of outputs:
  • Line Out: 775 mV, 20 kOhm

Line Out DIN: 775 mV, 20 kOhm

• • Headphones: 48.9 mV, 8 Ohm - 16 Ohm

Technical Data

• Audio heads: 3 (one super ferrite head each for recording and playback, ferrite head for erasing)
• Motors: 1 (servo controlled DC motor)
• Synchronisation fluctuations: 0.06 %
• Tape types: Normal, Chrome, Ferrochrome
• Frequency response:
  • Normal: 25 - 17,000 Hz

Chrome: 25 - 20.000 Hz

• Distortion factor: < 1.0 %
• Signal-to-noise ratio: 57 dB chrome, with Dolby 67 dB
• Auto Reverse: -
• Title search:
• Dolby: B
• Premagnetization frequency: 85 kHz
• Rewind time: 82 seconds for C-60

Special Features

• Pre- and back tape control
• Fine adjustment of pre-magnetization - bias
• Measuring possibility by built-in oscillator
• Output level control
• Switchable bias
• Equalization switchable to band types
• Microphone mixer
• Programmable rewind

Notes

• Other models in the same series:
  • Kenwood KX-530
  • Kenwood KX-630
  • Kenwood KX-830
  • Kenwood KX-1030

• Corresponding Amplifier
  • Kenwood KA-7100
  • Kenwood KA-7300
  • Kenwood KA-8100
  • Kenwood KA-9100

Pictures

• Image: Kenwood KX-1030

• Excerpt from brochure: Kenwood KX-1030 (US version with wooden case)

Reports

• Review from "Hifi Studio": [[1]]