Kenwood DP-990D (1986)
The Kenwood DP-990D is a 1986 CD player from the company's mid-eighties lineup. The surviving documentation is thin. What the record does show is a straightforward single-box player: a 3-beam laser mechanism feeding a Sony 1-bit D/A converter with 44.1 kHz oversampling, in a 440 mm wide chassis that weighs 4.1 kg. It was made in Japan.
The published figures are respectable for the period. Dynamic range is 90 dB, channel separation is 90 dB, harmonic distortion is rated at 0.005%, and wow and flutter is ±0.001%. Frequency response is listed as 5 Hz to 20 kHz. The front panel carries play, pause, stop, previous, next, and eject. On the back there is a single line out and a 6.3 mm headphone jack. Power consumption is 12 W. The source lists no digital output, so this is an analog-output machine only.
A sibling model, the DP-990SG, was sold under the Trio-Kenwood brand as the silver version of the same player. The DP-990D itself was part of Kenwood's 1986 CD lineup alongside the DP-1100SG and DP-1100D. Beyond that, the record goes quiet. No original price, no production end date, no owner reviews and no service documentation have surfaced. An eBay listing described a unit as "rare," "vintage," and "working," which is about all there is on the market side. Audio (October 1987, p.174) covered the CD player category around this era, but no specific DP-990D review appears in the surviving record.
Known specs at a glance:
- Date: 1986, made in Japan
- D/A converter: Sony 1-bit, 44.1 kHz oversampling
- CD mechanism: 3-beam
- Frequency response: 5 Hz – 20 kHz
- Dynamic range: 90 dB
- S/N ratio: 90 dB
- THD: 0.005%
- Wow and flutter: ±0.001%
- Outputs: 1× line out, 1× headphone out (6.3 mm)
- Dimensions: 440 × 105 × 280 mm (W×H×D); weight 4.1 kg
- Power consumption: 12 W
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