kenwood ka

Hello, I would sincerely appreciate some feedback from experienced technicians/hobbyists. I’m pretty new to servicing and recapping vintage equipment that I own. I recently purchased a Kenwood KA-8150 integrated amp from eBay (first time buying electronics through eBay)- fully recapped with the...

Hi guys, being a hi fi hamster, I couldn't pass Kenwood ka 770 ( dld ) this morning. It is sold as non working unit but what the hell, another project for the future. It looks mint and silver so I couldn't resist especially since it is considered to be rare speciment. I bought it upon good...

Hey! I was working on my Kenwood KA-701 recently, which had burned/dead output transistors. The unit is now fully recapped, has all new output transistors and a few other (list of transistors below). DC-offset was pretty easy to set up and is now idling between 0mV and 1mV on both channels...

Hi All, I've done as much legwork as I can to identify good replacement options for the driver and output transistors in the nice little Kenwood KA3700 amp. I would love opinions on selecting the best replacement options. I see that NTE - while convenient - is often maligned as being low or...

Just recapped a 9100 that I got off eBay and it sounds great. Every single electrolytic cap is new. I also did a good cleaning of all the controls. I then noticed that one of the meters was not playing as loud as the other. No big deal right just adjust it to match so just to make sure i...