Kenwood KA-8300

Data

General

• Manufacturer: Kenwood
• Model: KA-8300 (in color bronze: KA-9900)
• Type: Stereo integrated amplifier
• Years of manufacture: 1975 - 1977
• Made in: Japan
• Colour: Silver
• Power consumption: 550 W at full power
• Dimensions (WxHxD): 430 x 149 x 376 mm
• Weight: 16 kg
• Original price approx.: 450 US-$, 1'600 DM
• New price rack handles D-7: 60 DM / pair

Connections

• Number of inputs:
  • Input sensitivity:
  • Phone 1 MM: 2.5mV, 50 kOhm, max. 260 mV
  • Phone 2 MM: 2.5mV, 50 kOhm, max. 260 mV

Tuner: 150mV, 50 kOhm AUX: 150mV, 50 kOhm

• • Tape Play A, B: 150mV, 50 kOhm
  • Main In:
• Number of Outputs:
  • Outputs:
  • Tape Rec: 150mV, 100 Ohm
  • DIN: 30mV, 80 kOhm
  • Pre-Out:
  • Headphones:
  • Connectors for 3 pairs of speakers

Technical Data

• Continuous power (at THD)
  • 8 Ohm: 2x 80W (RMS, 20Hz...20Khz, 0.08% THD), 2x 85W (8 Ohm, 1Khz)
  • 4 Ohm: 2x 100W (4 Ohm, 1Khz)
• Dynamic power
  • 8 Ohm:
  • 4 Ohm: 380 W
• Total harmonic distortion: 0.1% THD at 8 Ohm
• Attenuation factor: 50 at 8 Ohm
• Frequency response: 20 - 40000 Hz
• Power bandwidth: 5 - 40000 Hz
• Signal to noise ratio:
  • Phono 1,2: 72dB (MM)
  • Tuner: 90dB

AUX: 90dB Tape Play: 90dB

• Tone control
  • Bass:
    • 150Hz : ± 5dB at 100Hz
    • 400Hz : ± 7.5dB at 100Hz
  • Treble:
    • 3Khz : ± 7.5dB at 10Khz
    • 6Khz : ± 5dB at 20Khz
• Loudness : + 7.5 dB at 100Hz, + 3.5 dB at 10 kHz
• High Filter: 8Khz, 12dB/octave
• Low Filter: 40Hz, 12dB/octave
• Presence :
  • +6dB at 800Hz
  • +6dB at 3Khz

Special Features

• Illuminated VU meters L + R
• Loudness 2-stage
• Pre- and power amplifier separable

Notes

• Other models in the same series:
  • Kenwood KA-1500
  • Kenwood KA-3300
  • Kenwood KA-3500
  • Kenwood KA-5500
  • Kenwood KA-7300
  • Kenwood KA-8300
  • [[Kenwood Model 500 Amplifier
  • Kenwood Model 500
• [[Kenwood Model 600 Amplifier
  • Kenwood Model 600

• Corresponding tuner of the same series:
  • Kenwood KT-3300
  • Kenwood KT-5300
  • Kenwood KT-7300
  • Kenwood KT-8300

Pictures

• Image: Kenwood KA-8300 Front

• Picture: Kenwood KA-8300 back

• Excerpt from brochure: Kenwood Combi KA-8300 / KT-8300

Reports

• Review from "Hifi Studio": [[1]]

Links

• External link: Hifi Archive datasheet: [2]