Kenwood (Trio) JL-6700 (1979)
The JL-6700 is a model where the record starts thin and then fills in. For a long time, the only trace of this speaker was a single Russian classified ad - a seller in Chelyabinsk asking 55,000 ₽ for a pair described as rare in Russia, in excellent cosmetic and technical shape, and "universal for any genre, but especially good where bass should take the lead: jazz, rock." That's a seller's claim, not a review.
Digging further turns up the basics. The JL-6700 was a Japanese-market model sold under the Trio brand (Trio being Kenwood's domestic name), released in 1979 at ¥75,000 per pair. It's a 2-way, 2-speaker bass-reflex floor-standing design. A 30 cm cone woofer with a free-edge surround handles the low end, and a segmented horn-type driver handles the highs. Rated input is 60W, output sound pressure level is 93dB/W/m, and each cabinet measures 392 × 765 × 395 mm and weighs 20kg. The enclosure is wood.
That's about the extent of the documented record. No frequency response figures, no crossover point, no impedance rating, no production end date, and no independent owner reviews have surfaced. The Audio Database entry corroborates the core specs, and a pair of YouTube/Rutube videos (in Russian) repeat the same 1979 date and ¥75,000 price. What's known is consistent across sources: a sizable, bass-forward floorstander from the tail end of the 1970s.
If you're chasing one, the Avito listing suggests they do turn up in Russia, but the JL-6700 remains a genuinely obscure model — one where the spec sheet is solid but the story around it is still mostly unwritten.
- Type: 2-way, 2-speaker, bass-reflex, floor-standing
- Low-frequency driver: 30 cm cone (free-edge)
- High-frequency driver: Segmented horn
- Rated input: 60W
- Output SPL: 93dB/W/m
- Dimensions: 392 × 765 × 395 mm
- Weight: 20kg
- Original price: ¥75,000 per pair (1979)
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