Hi Mechanics, The kr-9600 was made in 76, it is duel monaural, direct coupled, yes, I am doing an expensive parts list, with the High end caps alone, I doubt this unit will even sound like vintage kenwood.
Kenwood KR-9600
I have been buying legendary vintage audio for the last 9 month's, I came across this kenwood kr-9600, I named it Dino, big, powerful, and old, To my astonishment, it is in mint condition, everything works except the power switch is stuck on, to say the least, I do not believe I've ever seen a tuner this good, with a piece of two inche wire antenna this this picks up endless stations from abroad, also, this Dino is a whopping 160 watts RMS per channel, I've studied everything about this unit, I know exactly what I want to do to it, from Etna simic two, nichicon kz and fg capacitors to modification's, my plan is to recap all 91 capacitor's, put a relay with fuse on the power switch after it has the carbon cleaned out from in rush current, change the op amp out on the tuner Board for audiophile grade new one for better sound , change out three resistors to aluminum finned new one's on the power Board, the original one's are underrated and get to hot from factory, etc..., I need to find someone that know's this kenwood kr-9600 inside and out, that has reworked one of these, competent, to do all this work, please help, thankyou audiogon community.
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I don't know any pure vintage Kenwood sites. But you might want to try the Audio Asylum vintage audio asylum. There must be a group Kenwood nuts. Kenwood engineers went on to form Accuphase via an intermediary ? Kensonic? etc My son wanted the gear I had when I was in high school but every time I bought another KA-7100 it had problems worse than my own and I gave up. If it turned on the Ebay people would say 'works' but they didn't. |
Short of finding a KR-9600 specialist, You may want to contact these and see if any gain your confidence: http://www.oaktreevintage.com/repair_links_outside.htm http://alexav.com/kenwood-stereo-receiver-repair/ http://stereoadvisor.com/ http://classicsoundrepair.com/ http://www.eliteaudiorepair.com/ http://www.repairaudio.com/service.html I have a KR-9600 and it is a great vintage receiver. Be careful with the power switch - it is not buffered so it takes the whole AC surge when switched on and is prone to failure. Replacements are unobtainium. Best to use an external device to power the receiver on and off instead of the switch. Another area of concern is the custom Kenwood Darlington power module. Also unobtainium. Dave |
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