Kenwood KX-880 E
Data
General
- Manufacturer: Kenwood
- Model: KX-880 D
- Type: Compact Cassette Tape Deck
- Type: Front loader
- Years of manufacture: 1986 - 1987
- Made in: Japan
- Color: Black
- Remote control: No
- Power consumption: 35 W
- Dimensions (WxHxD): 440 x 111x 322 mm
- Mass: 5.9 kg
- Original price approx.: 850 DM
Connections
- Number of inputs:
- Line (RCA cinch R+L)
- Microphone (6.35 mm jack R+L, front).
- Number of outputs:
- Line (RCA R+L)
- Headphone (6.35 mm jack) with level control
Technical Data
- Tone heads: 2 (A/W-combination head: Amorphous-Alloy, erase head: double-slit-ferrite)
- Motors: 3 (1 tone shaft direct drive, 1 DC rotor each for winding plate and mechanics)
- Belt speed: 4.75 cm/s
- Variation in synchronism: 0.054 (EIAJ) / 0.027 % (evaluated)
- Tape types: IEC Type I / II / IV
- Frequency response (-20db level):
- 20 - 18,000 Hz (I).
- 20 - 19.000 Hz (II)
20 - 22.000 Hz (IV)
- Distortion factor: 0.8% (0 dB VU, 1 kHz)
- Signal-to-noise ratio:
- 59 dB (without Dolby)
67 dB (Dolby B)
- 74 dB (Dolby C)
- Auto Reverse: No
- Title Scan: Blank Scan, Title Play (Index Scan)
- Noise Reduction: Dolby B / C
- MPX Filter: Yes, switchable
(when recording via timer, the MPX filter is automatically switched on)
- Fader: No
- Pitch control: No
- CD synchro recording: No
Special Features
- 3 motor direct drive
- Programmable DPSS search functions: Blank Search, Re-Rec Standby, Title Auto Index Scan, and more.
- Linear real-time counter with DPSS function display
- S-TLLE constant current recording control
- High-resolution fluorescent display with peak hold function, two-color, calibrated from -36 dB to + 12 dB
- Rec Calibration - Bias and Level controls
- Dynamic Bias System
- Significantly improved treble response
- Headphone output with level control
Remarks
Previous model: KX-880 G (without dynamic bias system)
Successor model: KX-880 HX (with Dolby wp: Dolby HX Pro)
Other models in the same series:
Pictures
- [[Kenwood KX-880 D image
Reports
- Audio 06/1987 Comparative test with eight records from 450 - 1,100 DM: " ...lowest noise plumes.... in filigree high frequency passages airy, ... exact, precise, vivid ...; ... excellent sound and excellent workmanship ...": four (out of five possible) "ears".
Links
- Prospectus in the "Kenwood Archive": [1]