Kenwood DP-720
The Kenwood DP-720 is a compact disc player from the late 1980s. The surviving record on it is thin. It was a CD player, period listings describe it as a classic, and it sat in a competitive price bracket in the Japanese market. One Japanese source recalls that the ¥89,800-¥99,800 range, where the DP-720 competed against the Victor XL-V300 and Aurex XR-Z50, was a "fierce battlefield" with some fifteen models vying for buyers, mini-component sizes included.
Past that, the documentation goes quiet. The archive has no confirmed specs for frequency response, THD or S/N ratio, and no dimensions or weight. A single listing references 1988 in connection with the model, but the phrasing is ambiguous, so a definitive production year can't be pinned down from it. One unit on the secondary market was described as fully functional and in good condition, and another sold for S$175. The service manual is available for download and occasionally appears on eBay.
What's genuinely known, in short:
- Compact disc player
- Sold in the late 1980s in a crowded ¥89,800–¥99,800 price segment in Japan
- Competed alongside the Victor XL-V300 and Aurex XR-Z50
- Listed as a "classic CD player" in vintage-market listings
- Power consumption noted as 12W (voltage adjustable) in one listing
If you own one and can fill in the blanks on the DAC chip, transport mechanism or sound character, the archive would like to hear from you.
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