KD550

[Reidstpaul]

I’m searching for a reliable knowledgeable pro to recondition my bought new KD550. I have not used since early/mid 80’s and would love to spin some vintage vynel from way back and know I’m not ruining a great piece of equipment.
I’m in the Minneapolis/St Paul area and would appreciate any suggestions.
Thanks for your help!

 

[Blue Shadow]

Welcome to ak.

Not much to do to these, lube the motor, clean the fine speed adjust pots and then set up the cartridge on the arm properly. Don't know if you want to handle this or not. If you have the owner's manual you can follow that for the tonearm set up. Some might want to recap the unit as there are a few electrolytic caps in it. The motor lube is here:

Kenwood KD-500/KD-550 Turntable Review | LiQUiD AUDiO

A review of the classic Kenwood KD-500/KD-550 direct-drive turntable, with detailed analysis of its features and specifications

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and cleaning the speed pots should be covered in the first page or two of this thread:

The Idiot's Guide to Using DeOxit (revisited)

Moderator’s note: we have an updated and condensed version of the following here: https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/tldr-deoxit-guide.850968/ I was asked to re-post this semi-ancient post that has been long buried in the archives and I was reluctant to re-post anything already in...

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Maybe there is a friendly aker in your area that might be able to get this done as most shops have fairly long backlogs of work.

A worthy table. Hope you get it up and running right soon.

(I would set up the tonearm and see what happens, might work just fine)