Kenwood KD-5077

Data

General

• Manufacturer: Kenwood
• Model: KD-5077, variant of the KD-5070, but with wooden base.
• Years of manufacture: 1978 - 1980
• Made in: Japan
• Color: Wood-colored
• Power consumption: 9 watts
• Dimensions (WxHxD): 480 x 156 x 367 mm
• Weight: 11.5 kg
• Original price approx.: 1'100 DM

Connections

• Outputs: Cinch cable

Technical data

• Drive: direct drive
• Motor: 20-pole brushless DC servo motor
• Speed: 33 1/3 rpm, 45 rpm
• Speed regulation: ± 3
• Synchronous speed variation: less than 0.025% WRMS
• Rumble noise ratio: - 73 dB (DIN weighted)
• Turntable: 310 mm aluminium alloy die-cast
  • Turntable weight: 1.5 kg
  • Moment of inertia: 330 kg/cm2
• Operating mode: Fully automatic
• Tonearm: J-shaped tube
  • Effective length: 225 mm
  • Overhang: 15 mm
  • Tracking force: 0 to 3 g
    • With additional weight: 3 - 10 g
• Pickup: without

Special Features

• Stoboscope for exact speed adjustment

Remarks

• Other models in the same series:
  • Kenwood KD-550
  • Kenwood KD-750
  • Kenwood KD-1033 B
  • Kenwood KD-1500
  • Kenwood KD-2070
  • Kenwood KD-3070
  • Kenwood KD-5070
  • Kenwood KD-5077

Pictures

• Image: KD-5077, variant of the KD-5070, but with wooden base.

• Press release for "Hifi '78" in Düsseldorf:
  • Kenwood KD-5070

Reports

• Review by "Hifi-Studio" on Kenwood KD-5070 / KD-5077:
• The two turntables Kenwood KD-5070 and Kenwood KD-5077 came on the market in 1978. Technically they are the same, the difference is in the design of the frame. The KD-5070 has a solid ARCB (Anti Resonance Compression Base) frame consisting of limestone particles, glass powder and unsaturated resin. The KD-5077 has a veneered wooden frame. It is driven by a servo-controlled 20-pole brushless DC motor. This guarantees minimal speed fluctuations and speed deviations. A variable speed control enables precise speed adjustment. The stroboscope helps with precise speed setting. Manual or fully automatic operation is possible. The precision tonearm is equipped with an anti skating correction and a headshell according to SME standard. The tonearm lift is viscose damped and lowers the arm gently. Both turntables belong to the top class.

Links

• External link to website "Hifi-Studio": [[1]]

• External link to website "Hifi Archive": [[2]]