Kenwood rumored to close home audio division

Danny Tse
Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
edited March 2005 in Electronics
Read about it in below link.....

http://www.avrev.com/news/0305/25.kenwood.html

I don't have any Kenwood gear, but when I was growing up, I always wanted one of those Kenwood cassette decks with the vertical LED meters. Not to mention Kenwood's Basic series of power amps and pre-amps.
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited March 2005
    Well, their Soverign line is actually really nice considering it hasn't been upgraded since 2001 when it was launched. The top of the line model even did Component video up convergience, again, for 2001! Optical and a coaxial digital input per source input... I was really impressed with their product and how it all intertwined with each other. Very impressive... for 2001. They were supposed to be releasing a new lineup but haven't heard anything since the rumor of that. But as for Kenwood other than that line, it's junk. Their HTiB's are absolutely horrible. I mean, sure they're using junk speakers and what-not but dear god... nothing works right or even sounds moderately good. I can't even say "For the money, it's good." To bad, Kenwood used to be a quality product.
    Never kick a fresh **** on a hot day.

    Home Setup: Sony VPL-VW85 Projo, 92" Stewart Firehawk, Pioneer Elite SC-65, PS3, RTi12 fronts, CSi5, FXi6 rears, RTi6 surround backs, RTi4 height, MFW-15 Subwoofer.

    Car Setup: OEM Radio, RF 360.2v2, Polk SR6500 quad amped off 4 Xtant 1.1 100w mono amps, Xtant 6.1 to run an eD 13av.2, all Stinger wiring and Raammat deadener.
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  • SDA SRS 1.2
    SDA SRS 1.2 Posts: 255
    edited March 2005
    Very warm feelings for good old Kenwood - bought a KR-9600 receiver back in 1978 that still performs flawlessly to this day in my excercise room. That was back in the days of the "monster" receivers (160 wpc and 53 lbs.!) :)

    Robbie
    Main System: Polk SDA SRS 1.2 Speakers, Sunfire Signature 600~two Amp, Carver C-16 Preamp, Carver TX-11b Tuner, Marantz 6350Q TT, Philips CDR-775 Recorder, Teac V-707RX Cassette Deck, Signal Cable Double Run Speaker Cable

    Upstairs Den: Marantz 2325 Receiver, Marantz 5220 Cassette Deck, Marantz HD-880 Speakers, Marantz 6370Q TT

    Exercise (Kabuki speaker) Room: Kenwood KR-9600 Receiver, Pioneer CS-99a Speakers, Sansui SP-X9000 Speakers (not pretty, but LOUD! :) )
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