Kenwood V-127R (c. 1988)

Documentation on this model is thin, and the name is a wrinkle right away. The period press called it the KR-V127R and described it as Kenwood's top audio/video receiver of the time - HI-Fi-Stereo-Buyers (July 1988, p.57). The Archive's file lists it as V-127R. Both names appear in the 1988 record.

What survives of the test coverage shows a late-eighties A/V receiver loaded the way Kenwood usually loaded them. The tuner was digital-synthesis AM/FM with twenty presets. The front panel carried a spectrum analyzer with peak hold. Up to four station call letters could be stored and shown in the display. When you pressed the relative-gain control, the amplifier's level, adjustable in 2-dB steps from 0 to −76 dB, temporarily replaced the call letters or source name on the display (HI-Fi-Stereo-Buyers, September 1988, p.35).

The same September report rated the receiver for normal stereo operation into 8 ohms from 20 to 20,000 Hz at no more than 0.008% total harmonic distortion. It also had a four-channel surround mode (p.36). Beyond that, no further specs, pricing, or owner history has surfaced for this model.

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