Kenwood KX-9050 S

Data

General

  • Manufacturer: Kenwood
  • Model: KX-9050 S (with Dolby S)
  • Type: Cassette Tape Deck
  • Years of manufacture: 1992 - 1997
  • Made in: Japan
  • Color: Black
  • Remote control: Yes
  • Dimensions (WxHxD): 440 x 138 x 328 mm
  • Weight: 7.3 kg
  • Original price approx.: 1.300 DM (with remote control 1.350 DM)


Connections

  • Inputs 3

Stereo Cinch (RCA), gold-plated Stereo Cinch "CD Direct in Kenwood system bus (for Kenwood systems)

  • Outputs 3
    • Stereo Cinch (RCA), gold-plated

Kenwood system bus (for Kenwood systems) Headphone output


Technical Data

  • 3 "Amorphous Alloy PC-OCC" sound heads
  • 4 motors
  • Dolby B / C / S NR
  • Dolby HX-Pro
  • MPX filter
  • Signal-to-noise ratio: Dolby C: 75 dB, Dolby B: 67 dB, without Dolby: 59 dB (both with metal band)
  • Distortion: less than 0.7
  • Uniformity: 0.024 % (WRMS), 0.05 % (DIN unweighted), 0.13 % (DIN weighted= top grade, for details see Stereo 5/1992, p.56)

Frequency response:

    • 20 - 19,000 Hz (normal band),
    • 20 - 19,000 Hz (CrO2 band),
    • 20 - 22,000 Hz (metal band)


Special Features

  • dual-capstan drive with closed tape circuit (closed loop)
  • direct drive (one belt less, good synchronisation)
  • Dolby S in addition to the usual noise reduction systems Dolby B and C.
  • 2 individually switchable displays with many display options and real-time counter
  • Fast forward function
  • CD-Direct input (gold-plated) for optimum copying of a CD
  • Gold-plated Cinch sockets
  • ACTS = automatic cassette deck calibration system (calibration computer)
  • Title search (Index Scan)
  • DPSS (Direct Programme Search System) = music track search for up to 16 tracks
  • Block Repeat (A-B)
  • CD Edit Recording
  • Illuminated controls
  • Silent Mechanism / Power Loading System (Automatically Operated Cassette Eject)
  • Resettable digital real-time counter drive
  • Repeat playback of a track
  • Rewind with playback start
  • Fast forward playback with blank sections
  • System control jacks (remote control capability via matching amplifier)
  • Recording with peak level search (peak hold)
  • Remote control, remote control was optionally available for purchase
  • Solid metal cassette door with plastic viewing window, firmly screwed in place and low vibration.
  • Tone heads and tone shafts as well as pressure rollers sit on an iron die-cast block, low-vibration and stable over a long time.


Remarks

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Pictures

  • Extract from brochure: Kenwood KX-9050 S

Kenwood KX-9050 S-Prospekt-11.jpg


  • Excerpt from Kenwood brochure Hifi '95

Kenwood KX-9050(S) (Hifi 95).jpg

Reports

  • Audio 10/1992: Top class, 80 points, 4 ears
  • Stereo 5/1992, single test p.52-56: Absolute top class, Excellent, 3 stars: "Inexpensive S-class, excellent sound, sensible equipment, appealing appearance."
  • Stereoplay 5/1992: Top Class I, Reference (together with TEAC V-8000 S, Top Class I was added in 1991, previously only Top Class II)


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