Kenwood TK-140 (1967–1968)

The record on the Kenwood TK-140 is thin. What survives is period advertising, not lab reviews. The ads are consistent enough to place it: a solid-state AM/FM stereo receiver sold around 1967-68, marketed on its Field Effect Transistor front end and a generous power claim.

Kenwood's own campaigns leaned on romance. The June 1968 Audio spread ("Kenwood is made for lovers") pitched the TK-140 as a "130 watt FET solid state" receiver. HiFI-Stereo (December 1967, p.157) advertised it at $339.95. A High Fidelity ad (August 1967, p.81) highlighted "Feather-Touch Control" as the flagship convenience. Chunk 5, an HiFI-Stereo ad from August 1968, again calls it a solid-state AM/FM automatic receiver with FET and 130 watts. These are advertising claims, not measured performance. The wattage is period marketing power, and no independent test data has surfaced.

Known specifications from period advertising:

- Solid-state AM/FM stereo receiver

- FET (field-effect transistor) circuitry

- 130-watt advertised power rating

- Advertised as "automatic" AM/FM

- Feather-touch controls

- $339.95 list price (December 1967)