Kenwood KX-50
Not much information on the Kenwood KX-50 survives. The record does place it as a budget cassette deck from around 1980. High Fidelity (July 1980, p.96) introduced it as a "budget metal deck," meaning it was one of the more affordable ways at the time to record on Type IV (metal) tape.
Past that listing, the archive's research turns up no original price, no production years, no dimensions, and no design or circuitry details. The KX-50 appears to have been a straightforward, no-frills deck for the metal-tape buyer on a budget. Its place in Kenwood's cassette lineup isn't documented in the sources we have.
Known specs, as reported in period press:
- Type: Cassette deck, with equalization for normal, CrO₂, and metal tapes
- Wow and flutter: 0.05% wrms
- Frequency response: ±3 dB, 40–14,000 Hz (normal), to 15 kHz (CrO₂)
- Fast forward / rewind: 85 sec (C-60)
- Features: soft-touch transport, full auto shutoff, three-digit counter with reset, timer standby
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