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Complex vintage stack connections

Scott Edison

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Sick friend in has the following components and dreams of them being connected properly, can anybody assist?
Several source/phono components, Bose 901 Equalizer, ADC Sound Shaper SS-412X Equalizer, TEAC AG-V4200 Receiver, Kenwood Control Amplifier #Basic C2, Kenwood Synthesizer Tuner #KT-880D, Kenwood Power Amplifier #Basic M2A.
 
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Welcome to AK! Long winded explanation here but it should do the trick.

First of all, the TEAC is a basic receiver. I don't know it at all but can see it has 2 tape loops which is handy. However it is not needed unless you are putting together a second system or need more speakers.

Second: Does he/she have Bose 901 speakers? If not then there is no need to think about the Bose 901 Equalizer either. But if so, read on.

The 3 Kenwoods together make up a powerful and versatile high performance matched set and don't need much else, except maybe more media sources.

If the system has Bose 901 speakers then just splice it in between the C2 and the M2A. (C2 OUTPUT to Bose EQ INPUT, Bose OUTPUT to M2A INPUT).

To include the ADC, 2 ways to connect:
1: Put it inline with the C2 to Bose to M2A chain
2: IMO better, run one of the C2 tape loops to control the ADC so it can be engaged/disengaged.
- Pick a tape loop (which doesn't matter - using TAPE A as an example here)
- Run cables from the RECORD jacks of that tape to the ADC INPUT, and the ADC OUTPUT to the PLAY jacks of TAPE A.
- To hear the ADC effect on the music, flip the tape switch on the front to A PLAY. To hear without the ADC effect, flip it back to SOURCE.

The KT-880D, somewhat obviously, should have its OUTPUT cabled to the TUNER jacks on the C2.

At this point (assuming there are speakers also!) you will be able to play the radio only.

A CD player can simply be connected to the CD inputs.

A tape deck can be connected the same way as the #2 method for the ADC above, using either tape loop.

A Bluetooth adapter might be the best first addition. It can be plugged into the AUX jacks.

If you want to add a turntable it is a little more involved - you have to know which impedence to set based on the cartridge. I suggest posting in the Turntables forum when you're ready.

Good luck!
 
Took me 2 days to hook up my wife's 5.1, seven component stack system. It was something else.

When it was all done, I drew up 'color blueprint' and wrote an operating manual of the whole thing. Never going through that mentally again.
 
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The OP has not been seen for 2 weeks so I suspect this thread is dead. Sort of grumpy now after writing all that above.

Hooking up the sound and video is a PITA always. I am not sure any amount of labeling will help with that.
 
HDMI was a blessing for HT stuff. The days of 3-5 cables per video source or TV connected to the receiver, 2 cables for each audio source, plus 5+ speakers were a mess.

Still a lot of stuff but one cable from the video and one out to the TV is a lot less to manage
 
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