Kenwood KR-55

Data

General

• Manufacturer: Kenwood
• Model: KR-55 (KR-55 L with long wave)
• Years of manufacture: 1980 - 1982
• Made in: Korea
• Color: Silver
• Remote control: no
• Power consumption: 120 W
• Dimensions (WxHxD): 440 x 109 x 250 mm
• Weight: 5.2 kg
• Original price approx.: 499 DM (KR-55 L with long wave approx. + 100 DM)

Connections

• Number of inputs:
  • Phono MM: 2.5 mV, 50 kOhm

AUX: 150 mV, 50 kOhm

• • Tape Play 1, 2: 150 mV, 50 kOhm

FM antenna: 75 Ohm, 300 Ohm

• • MW antenna: 300 Ohm
• Number of outputs:
  • Tape Rec 1, 2: 150 mV
  • Headphones (6,3mm jack):
  • 2 pairs of speakers

Technical Data

Amplifier

• Continuous power (at distortion)

8 Ohm: 2x 28 W

• • 4 Ohm:
• Dynamic power
  • 8 Ohm:
  • 4 Ohm:
• Total harmonic distortion: 0.09 %
• Attenuation factor: 30 at 8 Ohm
• Frequency response: 10 - 100'000 Hz, + 0 dB, - 3 dB
• Signal-to-noise ratio:
  • Phono MM: 78 dB
  • Line: 100 dB
• Tone control:
  • Bass: ± 8 dB at 100 Hz

Treble: ± 8 dB at 10 kHz

• Loudness: + 10 dB at 100 Hz
• High Filter:
• Low Filter (Subsonic):
• Mute: yes
• Direct/Line-Straight:

Tuner

• Reception: FM, MW
• Frequencies:
  • FM: 87.5 - 108 MHz

MW: 530 - 1610 kHz

• Frequency response: 30 - 15,000 Hz
• Input sensitivity:
  • FM: 1.9 µV

MW: 13 µV

• Distortion factor:
  • Mono: 0.15 %

Stereo: 0.3

• Signal-to-noise ratio:
  • FM:
    • Mono: 70 dB
    • Stereo: 65 dB
  • MW: 48 dB
• Channel separation: 40 dB
• selectivity: 70 dB
• Co-wave selection: 1.5 dB
• Spurious wave selection: 80 dB
• IF attenuation: 80 dB
• IF attenuation: 80 dB
• MW suppression: 65 dB
• RDS:
• Station memory:

Special Features

• Tape Dubbing

Remarks

• Other models in the same series:
• Kenwood KR-55
• Kenwood KR-80
• Kenwood KR-710
• Kenwood KR-720
• Kenwood KR-730
• Kenwood KR-750
• Kenwood KR-770

Pictures

• Image: Kenwood KR-55

• Excerpt from brochure: Kenwood KR-55

• Part of leaflet Kenwood KR-55