Kenwood KA-2600

Data

General

• Manufacturer: Kenwood
• Model: KA-2600
• Years of manufacture: 1968 - 1971
• Made in: Japan
• Color: Silver, wood side panels
• Type: Amplifier
• Power consumption: 110 W at full output, 15 W without signal
• Dimensions (WxHxD): 408 x 134 x 280 mm
• Weight: 7,5 Kg
• Original price approx.: 37500 Yen (Japan, 1969), 600 DM

Connections

• Inputs:
  • Input sensitivity:
  • Phono 1 MM: 2 mV, 50 kOhm, max. 180 mV.
  • Phono 2 MM: 2 mV, 50 kOhm, max. 180 mV
  • Microphone: 2 mV, 100 kOhm
  • Tuner: 200mV, 50 kOhm

AUX: 200mV, 50 kOhm

• • Tape Play: 200mV, 50 kOhm
    • Tape DIN:
  • Main In: 100 mV, 100 kOhm
• Outputs:
  • Tape Rec: 200 mV
    • DIN: 40 mV
    • Dubbing: 200 mV
  • Pre-Out:
  • Headphones:
  • Connectors for 2 pairs of speakers

Technical Data

• Continuous power (at THD)
  • 8 Ohm: 2x24 W (RMS, 20Hz...20Khz, 0.05% THD), 2x 18W (8 Ohm, 1Khz)
  • 4 Ohm: 2x33 W
• Dynamic power
  • 8 Ohm: 55 W IHF
  • 4 Ohm: 70 W IHF
• Total harmonic distortion: 0.5% THD at rated power from 20 - 20000 Hz
• Attenuation factor: 56 at 8 Ohm
• Frequency response: 15 - 70,000 Hz, ± 1 dB
• Power bandwidth: 15 - 70,000 Hz, - 3 dB
• Signal-to-noise ratio:
  • Phono: 65 dB
  • Microphone: 65 dB
  • Tuner: 80 dB
  • AUX: 80 dB
  • Tape Play: 80 dB
• Tone control

Bass: ± 10 dB at 100 Hz Treble: ± 10 dB at 10 Khz

• Loudness: + 10 dB at 100 Hz, + 5 dB at 10 kHz
• High Filter: 6dB/oct. at 8kHz
• Low Filter: 6dB/oct. at 80Hz

Muting: 0 dB, - 20 dB

Special Features

• Pre- and power amplifier separable
• Mono / Stereo switch
• Mono center channel output
• Tape dubbing 6.3mm jack connector on front panel

Remarks

• Other models in the same series:
  • Kenwood KA-2600:
    • KA-2600
  • Kenwood KA-4000:
    • KA-4000
  • Kenwood KA-6000:
    • KA-6000

• Predecessor model:
  • Predecessor model

• Successor model:
  • Trio KA-3002; Based on current sources, probably manufactured exclusively under Trio (for the Japanese possibly US market?):
    • KA-3002
  • Kenwood KA-4002 (New Designline):
    • KA-4002

• Corresponding tuners:
  • Kenwood KT-5000
    • KT-5000
  • Kenwood KT-7000
    • KT-7000

• [[Kenwood recommended:
  • Kenwood KF-8011 denoiser
    • KF-8011
  • Kenwood KC-6060 oscilloscope
    • KC-6060
  • Kenwood KC-6060 A oscilloscope (successor model available from 1971 onwards)
    • KC-6060 A

• The units were sold outside Japan under the "brand name" Kenwood. In Japan and partly in other markets the company name Trio was used. Renaming to Kenwood Corporation did not occur until 1986 (source Wikipedia).

Pictures

• Picture: Kenwood KA-2600

• Picture: Kenwood Combi KA-2600 / KT-5000

Links

• External link: Audio Heritage, Japan website: [1]