Kenwood KT-800
Little is documented about the Kenwood KT-800. The record on this model is thin. No production years, specifications, or design details have survived in the sources available to the Archive.
What can be said with confidence is that it belongs to Kenwood's long line of separates. Period advertising touted Kenwood tuners and amplifiers as engineered for outstanding performance and exceptional dependability, with the most advanced audio concepts setting their performance parameters (Audio, February 1976, p.9). Kenwood's advertising claimed the KA-8004 amplifier delivered 60 watts RMS continuous power per channel with both channels driven at 8 ohms from 20-20k Hz (HiFI-Stereo, March 1973, p.25). The ads also said the finest workmanship and materials went into construction, and that stringent quality controls assured each unit operated at its optimum peak (HiFI-Stereo, February 1976, p.109). The KT-800 appears to have been part of that tradition, though its specific place in the lineup remains unclear. A period review noted FM signal-to-noise ratios of 81 dB in mono and 78 dB in stereo, with total harmonic distortion at 1000 Hz measured at 0.05% in wide mode and 0.17% in narrow mode for mono (HiFI-Stereo, 1982, p.78).
Beyond its existence as a Kenwood tuner, almost nothing else is recorded. The Archive welcomes any documentation, manuals, or owner recollections that could fill in the details.
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