Kenwood KA1400b amplifier (1975)
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Kenwood KA1400b amplifier (1975)
Spotted this last week in a thrift shop, looking lonely and unloved. Later, at home, I had a look on the web and saw that it is a highly-regarded little 15 wpc unit from the mid-70's, so I went back in today and discovered that the price tag which had read 65 euro on Saturday was now only 10 euro. Couldn't get my wallet out fast enough.
Having cleaned the dust off, hooked it up to a CD player and some Grado cans, it works like a charm. Some of the switches are a bit noisy and there is a faint, residual background hum but it has a pleasant, rich tone and is fairly dynamic with the 'tone defeat' activated. Going to leave it to warm through and will probably put it into use as a headphone amp for now.
Good start to the week!
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Re: Kenwood KA1400b amplifier (1975)
Result.
I think I might be in the HiFi trade.
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Re: Kenwood KA1400b amplifier (1975)
Some Trio/Kenwoods from this period were lovely as I remember. Well done
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Re: Kenwood KA1400b amplifier (1975)
Looks like you bought it the day before it went into the skip.Well done.Don't look inside,you will be horrified by how much stuff is in there..
Revox B795,,NVA PHONO 1,Teac PD-H500C,Squeezebox Touch,Bushmaster MKII,NVA AP70,LS5,Royd Minstrels i/c's SSC's. .
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Re: Kenwood KA1400b amplifier (1975)
Also, I forgot to add that I was one year old when this amp was made #oldfuckers
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Re: Kenwood KA1400b amplifier (1975)
Well. It has warmed up and is sounding quite reasonable with 'The Beast' (Kenwood DP4090 CD player). Going to try it later with the smoother and more civilised Cambridge DacMagic 100.
Great results with the new Meze headphones - even down to the same Walnut finish !
Maybe not very 'audiophile' but certainly up to 'enthusiast' standards.
Great results with the new Meze headphones - even down to the same Walnut finish !
Maybe not very 'audiophile' but certainly up to 'enthusiast' standards.
Upstairs:
VinylPro-Ject 1.2 + Grado Sig Jr + Cambridge Alva Duo
DigiVolumio PC + Kiss DP-500 + Sabaj A20d
NVA: Cube2 + LS6+ Sabaj A10a (2) + Little Bear MC2
Downstairs:
VinylLogic DM101 + Syrinx LE1 + Grado Sig MCX
DigiDenafrips Ares II + Volumio PC + Cambridge CXC
NVA: P50 (phono)Aiyima A07 MAX (2) + Arcam One
HP: Allo DigiOne + Sabaj A10d + AQ NightOwl
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Re: Kenwood KA1400b amplifier (1975)
41 isn't youngGeorge Hincapie wrote:Also, I forgot to add that I was one year old when this amp was made #oldfuckers