Kenwood KP-3022
The Kenwood KP-3022 is a fully automatic turntable from the mid-1970s. It sat alongside the KP-1022 and KP-5022A in Kenwood's turntable line. A 1975 ad in High Fidelity (May 1975, p.29) grouped the three models together and pushed their low-resonance tone arms, anti-skate mechanisms and cue control. The KP-3022 was the one singled out for auto indexing. The same ad campaign ran in HiFI-Stereo (May 1975, p.53), aimed at audiophiles who had learned to depend on the brand's quality.
Beyond the advertising, the documented record on the KP-3022 is thin. What's confirmed: it uses a DC-servo motor and runs at 33 and 45 rpm. The tonearm is a static-balance S-shape with a stylus pressure range of 1.0-3.0 g and an overhang of 15 mm. It takes cartridges weighing 4-8 g (or 15-22 g including the head shell). The platter is die-cast aluminum, and the deck came with a Kenwood PC-9 magnetic cartridge as standard. Pitch control is ±3%, and wow and flutter is rated at 0.08%. The supplied cartridge puts out 2.2 mV at 1 kHz, with channel separation greater than 20 dB and a signal-to-noise ratio above 45 dB.
The sources disagree a little on drive type. The hifi-wiki listing gives only the DC-servo motor and doesn't say belt or direct drive. A LencoHeaven forum owner calls it a belt-drive table. Given the era and the motor type, belt drive is the more plausible reading, but only the forum source says so outright. Owners on that same thread speak well of it. One called it "a heavy, well-built deck" with a quiet belt drive and a decent arm, and said it sounds good with a Shure M97xE. Another found the auto-return smooth and gentle on records.
Power consumption is 10 W, and the unit accepts AC 110/220/240 V. Dimensions are 430 x 142 x 360 mm, and it weighs about 6.8 kg. No production years, original retail price or detailed market positioning have surfaced in the available documentation.
Known Specs
- Type: Fully automatic turntable
- Motor: DC-servo
- Speeds: 33 and 45 rpm
- Wow and flutter: 0.08%
- Tonearm: Static-balance, S-shaped
- Stylus pressure range: 1.0–3.0 g
- Overhang: 15 mm
- Cartridge weight range: 4–8 g (15–22 g with head shell)
- Pitch control: ±3%
- Supplied cartridge: Kenwood PC-9 (MM, 2.2 mV output)
- Dimensions: 430 x 142 x 360 mm
- Weight: 6.8 kg
- Power: AC 110/220/240 V, 10 W
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