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Kyocera B-910 update...The Nudies

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Here are a few nudies of the monster Kyocera amp as promised. It has been so long since I looked inside this one I even surprised myself. This thing looks like they built it to send to the moon, or into battle! Looking at the construction of this particular example shows a good deal of hand work, all of the connectors are crimped by hand and some of the terminal strips etc. inside it seem to cry out "proto" or very close to it.
 

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SOTA said:
Here are a few nudies of the monster Kyocera amp as promised. It has been so long since I looked inside this one I even surprised myself. This thing looks like they built it to send to the moon, or into battle! Looking at the construction of this particular example shows a good deal of hand work, all of the connectors are crimped by hand and some of the terminal strips etc. inside it seem to cry out "proto" or very close to it.
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While I generally don't care for separates, I must admit that is a very impressive product. Kyocera certainly made an effort to produce top level gear and this is an example. I have a couple of their TOTL Receivers and have been favorably impressed with them. Too bad they withdrew from the US audio market after such a brief time. Thank you for posting the pics!
 
That amp is nice. There was (is?) a fellow selling his Kyocera setup on audiogon. It was nice, but a little much for everything. Actually, he's selling it for more now separated I believe. If you're looking for the matching pre-amp it's on audiogon still. He had the CDP and Tuner, but I believe those were sold already.
 
rhiohki said:
That amp is nice. There was (is?) a fellow selling his Kyocera setup on audiogon. It was nice, but a little much for everything. Actually, he's selling it for more now separated I believe. If you're looking for the matching pre-amp it's on audiogon still. He had the CDP and Tuner, but I believe those were sold already.
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Would have made an AWESOME set all together. Kyocera's seperates are TOP NOTCH, especially with those unique ceramic bases, and WAY UNDERRATED!

-- Chris
 
thedelihaus said:
Very nice amp. I dig the Kyocera gear.

What power does this beast have?
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Well, I don't have a manual or even a data sheet on this amp but I was told it is 200wpch but other reports have called it 150wpch or 35wpch class A. I would lean toward the 200 but I have yet to "press the issue" as it were. I like all of my speakers! The last time I used the amp was to drive monitors from the stereo outputs on my Yamaha mixing board and it definitely kicks the cones when you ask it to.:music: This thing must have huge filtering since every time I turn the amp on, the lights in the room dip for just an instant and then the soft start kicks in. Total excess but it was free so I can't help but love it!
 
Orion sez 1984-89, 150 wpc, $2000.
I am sold on great amps from the mid-80s. Kyocera was a true high quality brand. By the mid-80s transistor amps had matured, and little has changed since then. If it spec'd great and sounded great, they still will sound great today, that doesn't change.
 
bully said:
Orion sez 1984-89, 150 wpc, $2000.
I am sold on great amps from the mid-80s. Kyocera was a true high quality brand. By the mid-80s transistor amps had matured, and little has changed since then. If it spec'd great and sounded great, they still will sound great today, that doesn't change.
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I couldn't agree more. I've got several monster amps from the mid eighties. They look modern and yet have old school components with no DSP's, modules, or power packs. And, the remote control for the preamps and tuners are a god send. If I ever see a Kyocera, I'll not pass.
 
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