Kenwood KT-600T
Documentation on the Kenwood KT-600T is thin. It doesn't appear in the Kenwood period catalogs that have survived, and no original retail price, production years, or factory specifications have been confirmed. What we know comes largely from owner accounts and a single for-sale listing.
Here is what the record shows. The KT-600T is an FM tuner. One owner bought his unit new as a Kenwood employee in 1980 and described the rear panel in detail. It carries a 75-ohm "F" type connector, 75-ohm and 300-ohm antenna lugs, fixed and variable left/right outputs, multipath H and V detector outputs, and an unswitched AC outlet. That is a lot of connections for an analog tuner, which suggests it was aimed at the higher end of Kenwood's line.
Owner feedback is consistently positive. One Klipsch Community forum user calls it "very good sounding with excellent reception," and a Czech forum member describes it as the best analog tuner he's encountered. Another owner, who also had a Marantz 10B, speaks well of the KT-600T and says the Marantz was overpriced by comparison. That is an implied comparison, not a measured spec.
One unit surfaced for sale at $550. The listing described it as near mint with very few hours, and it came with the original F connector, foot pads, owner's manual, registration card, and packing. The seller's 1980 purchase date is the closest thing to a production-era anchor, but it's a purchase date, not a confirmed model year.
- Type: FM tuner
- Rear panel: 75Ω F-type connector, 75Ω lugs, 300Ω lugs, fixed and variable outputs, multipath H/V detector outputs, unswitched AC outlet
- Known asking price (one listing): $550, near mint
- Documented owner purchase: 1980 (employee sale)
If you have a KT-600T manual or know where it sat in Kenwood's tuner hierarchy, the archive would like to hear from you.
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