Kenwood KX-500 cassette deck

Kenwood's KX-500 cassette deck offers metal tape capability along with flourescent peak meter convenience. This "popular-priced" deck was designed for operating ease through use of a new, exclusive "soft touch" mechanism which actually feels like the more expensive solenoid switches. Also featured is Kenwood's dual-belt design drive system which is claimed to provide wow and flutter below 0,05% WRMS. A stabilized tape path ensures accurate and smooth tape flow during the life of the deck, and sendust-coated tape heads minimize wer. The tape selector in the KX-500 is combined with a variable bias-adjust control to optimize the performance of each individual tape. With metal tape and Dolby, Frequency Response is 30 to 16,000 Hz, and Signal-to-Noise ratio is 62 dB.

Adittional features include:

Two microphone jacks with built-in preamps to record in stereo from wide-band dynamic microphones; a single record button instead of a conventional-often awkward to use-two-lever system.

Specifications

Type:  Single compact cassette deck

Track System:  4-track, 2-channel stereo

Tape Speed:  4,76 cm/s

Heads: 

1 for record/playback head

1 for erase head

Motor:  Electronically controlled DC motor

Tape Type:  Normal, FeCr, CrO2, Metal

Noise Reduction:  Dolby B

Frequency Response:

Metal tape :  30 Hz to 16,000 Hz

Signal to Noise Ratio:

With Dolby B :  64 db

Wow and Flutter:  0.05%

Total Harmonic Distortion:  1,3%

Input:

Line :  77,5 mV

Mic :  0,19 mV

Output Level:

Line :  0,39 V

Dimensions (W x H x D):  400 x 139 x 281 mm

Weight:  4,3 kg