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