Kenwood KX-7060 S

Data

General

• Manufacturer: Kenwood
• Model: KX-7060 S (with Dolby S)
• Type: CC cassette tape deck
• Years of manufacture: 1994 - 1996
• Made in: Japan
• Color: Black
• Power supply: 220 V / 50 Hz
• Power consumption: 30 W
• Dimensions (WxHxD): 440 x 127 x 276 mm
• Mass: 4.5 kg
• Original price: 799 DM (equivalent to about 409 EUR)

Technical Data

• HF premagnetization: 210 kHz
• Audio heads: 3 (A/W hard permalloy, erase head double gap ferrite)
• Motors: 3 electronically controlled DC rotors
• DC fluctuations: 0.055 % (WRMS) / 0.15 % (DIN) / 2-sigma weighting: 0.08 % (Stereoplay 10/95, p.68).
• Band types: IEC Type I (Fe), Type II (Cr), Type IV (Me).
• Frequency response:
  • Type I: 20 Hz - 19 kHz (+/-3 dB).

Type II: 20 Hz - 19 kHz (+/-3 dB) Type IV: 20 Hz - 20 kHz (+/-3 dB) Distortion factor: < 1.3 % (315 Hz)

• Signal-to-noise ratio (Type IV):
  • with Dolby S: 81 dB
  • with Dolby C: 76 dB
  • with Dolby B: 68 dB
  • without Dolby: 60 dB

Noise Reduction: Dolby B, C, S, Dynamic Expansion HX-Pro

• Input sensitivity/impedance:
  • Line RCA/RCA R/L = 100 mV / 47 kOhm.
• Output level/impedance:
  • Line RCA/RCA R/L = 775 mV / 1 kOhm
  • Headphones 6.35 mm jack = 0.9 mW / 32 Ohm

Special Features

• Dual-Capstan drive with closed loop tape drive
• Tape tension automatic
• Tape calibration with 400 Hz and 10 kHz test tones (ATCS automatic calibration)
• 3 storable calibration settings
• Multiplex filter (MPX)
• Rear tape control with monitor circuit (record/playback head)
• Motor-driven cassette compartment
• 4-digit electronic counter, numeric and real time
• Repeat playback
• "CD Peak Search" function (CDPS)
• Sequence repeat "A-B Repeat" function
• Title playback "Index Scan" function
• Title search (DPSS)
• Display can be switched off
• CD Synchro Recording
• Remote control optional (IR-FB Kenwood RC-X 090), standard via Kenwood system bus
• Timer switch for recording and playback

Remarks

Other models in the same series:

• KX-3060
• KX-5060 S
• KX-7060 S

Previous model: KX-7050 S

Successor model: none

Pictures

• Excerpt from Kenwood brochure Hifi '95

Reports

• Stereo 11/1994: 2 stars, very good. "With Dolby S and double-capstan drive - smooth sound at an economy price."
• Stereoplay 10/1995: top class II, price-performance: very good. Overall rating: "Comfortably equipped Dolby S recorder with excellent sound and very good price-performance ratio." (S.68)

Links

• image at audio-heritage.jp, accessed 25 November 2017.

• Dolby S cassette decks compared

• Leaflet in the Kenwood archive: [1]