Kenwood M-92 (1988)
The Kenwood M-92 is a midi system from 1988, sold as a complete stack rather than as individual separates. It has five components - the A-92 integrated amplifier, T-92L tuner, X-92 cassette deck, P-92 preamp, and DP-920 CD player - paired with the S-92 loudspeakers. An infrared remote was included. Kenwood also listed M-92CDS and M-92S as separate designations for spares and accessories, though the differences between those variants aren't documented.
Period references sometimes call the A-92 a "surround integrated amplifier." One Polish forum user reported a quirk: sound is very quiet when you connect aux, DAT, or tape inputs to the phone stage without the Direct function engaged. Owners talk about it a lot, but no official fix is recorded. A user on a Naim Audio forum recalls buying one in the mid-80s for £900 and running it until it finally gave up the ghost a few years ago.
A surviving unit on the French classifieds site leboncoin, in very good condition, was priced at €320. A period manual (Bedienungsanleitung) has appeared on eBay for around €12. A seller in a Facebook group post used the phrase "absolutely perfect mint condition. Not a single scratch," though no sale price was confirmed.
Not much is known for sure about the M-92. No power output, THD, frequency response, dimensions, or weight figures turned up in any source. The only dimension anywhere - 360 x 119 x 355 mm - is listed under the X-92 cassette deck entry on hifi-wiki, not explicitly for the M-92 itself. There is no corroborated production history beyond the 1988 date from a Facebook post, no original retail price, and no independent reviews from the period.
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