Kenwood 700C
Almost nothing specific is documented about the Kenwood 700C preamplifier. What little survives comes from Kenwood's own advertising for the 700 Series, which also included the 700T frequency-synthesizing tuner and the 700M power amplifier. The ads ran in Audio and High Fidelity from early 1975 through mid-1976. They call the 700C a "Preamplifier-Control" with "exceptional control flexibility" (Audio, February 1975, p.29). No detailed specifications, circuit design notes, or measured performance figures for the 700C itself appear to have been published in the period audio press.
Kenwood positioned the 700 Series as its state-of-the-art lineup at the time. The same ads tout the 700T for its 0.0024% tuning accuracy and the 700M for 170 watts per channel (20-20,000 Hz, 0.1% THD) (see High Fidelity, February 1975, p.55). The 700C was the control center of that trio. Beyond its listing as part of the three-component family in these ads (see HiFi/Stereo, November 1975, p.67, and Audio, July 1976, p.49), no independent review, service manual excerpt, or pricing information for the 700C has surfaced in the sources currently available to the Archive.
- Part of the Kenwood 700 Series (with 700T tuner and 700M amplifier)
- Type: Preamplifier / control unit
- Advertised: February 1975 through at least July 1976
- No published specifications, original price, or production run confirmed
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