Kenwood KX-5050

Data

General

  • Manufacturer: Kenwood
  • Model: KX-5050
  • Type: CC cassette tape deck
  • Years of manufacture: 1993 - 1994
  • Color: Black
  • Power supply: 220 V / 50 Hz
  • Power consumption: 22 W
  • Dimensions (WxHxD): 440 x 127 x 277 mm
  • Weight: 4,4 kg
  • Original price: 599 DM (equivalent to approx. 306 EUR)


Technical Data

  • HF premagnetization: 105 kHz
  • recording/playback head hard permalloy, erasing head double gap ferrite
  • 3 motors (electronically controlled DC rotors)
  • Synchronous fluctuations: 0.14% (DIN) / 0.05% (WRMS).
  • Belt types: IEC Type I / II / IV
  • Frequency response:
    • Type I: 20 Hz - 17 kHz, +/- 3 dB
    • Type II: 20 Hz - 18 kHz, +/- 3 dB
    • TYPE IV: 20 Hz - 19 kHz, +/- 3 dB
  • Noise voltage spacing (Type IV):
    • with Dolby C: 73 dB
    • with Dolby B: 67 dB
    • without Dolby: 58 dB
  • Distortion factor (Type IV): < 1.9% (315 Hz)
  • Input sensitivity/impedance:
    • LINE (RCA/Cinch R/L) = 100 mV / 47 kOhm.
  • Output level/impedance:
    • LINE (RCA(RCA R/L) = 775 mV / 1 kOhm
    • Headphones (6.35 mm jack) = 0.75 mV / 8 Ohm


Special Features

  • Fully logic controlled drive
  • Tape stabilizer
  • Motor-driven cassette compartment
  • Noise reduction Dolby B/C, dynamic extension HX-Pro
  • Storable pre-magnetisation setting
  • Music Search System (DPSS)
  • A-B Sequence Repeat
  • Multiplex Filter (MPX)
  • "Peak Search" function
  • "Index Scan" title playback function
  • Electronic tape counter
  • Display can be switched off
  • Remote control via Kenwood system bus

Remarks

Other models of the same series:

Previous model: KX-5030

Successor model: KX-5060 S (with Dolby S)

Pictures

  • Excerpt from Kenwood catalog Hifi '93/'94

Kenwood KX-5050 (Hifi 93-94).jpg

Reports

  • Test report in "FonoForum" 1 / 1993


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