Not all "Kabuki" is all that bad! I picked up a stereo set which included 3 components.
Kenwood KA-5700 Amp.
Kenwood KT-5500 Tuner
Kenwood KL-555S Speaks
Reason I grabbed these was to gift forward (to a friend of my sons) for doing some PITA work on my car. Asked him what he wanted and he said that that was for me to decide "just as long as it was from the classic period".
Had in mind 2 other options with piecing together either an Onkyo 2500 MKII or Pioneer SX-750 with some small ADS or KLH speaks, but this set came across my path and felt this best because:
1. Came from the original owner who was US Military and brought this back in that whole "audio wave" that created the era.
2. Very Minty!
3. Boxes,manuals,bonnets,receipts dated 1977.
4. Ease of finding suitable matching components.
After pouring through quite a bit of info found here,a good detailing and listen, couldn't help liking everything well enough to accept my initial judgement as a good one. Tuner pulls in very well,plenty of true quality oomph from the amp......speaks rate a high OK only but controls on the amp and speaks gave plenty of adjustment to make them very decent rockers! (Grills off do that "looks thing" too and the sound stage is very strong and centered.)
How have you folks found Kenwood speaks in there relationship to other speaks of similar type and intent? I have all kinds of nice speaks but find these still totally fun and enjoyable. What Kenwood speaks are better from this era?
Kenwood KA-5700 Amp.
Kenwood KT-5500 Tuner
Kenwood KL-555S Speaks
Reason I grabbed these was to gift forward (to a friend of my sons) for doing some PITA work on my car. Asked him what he wanted and he said that that was for me to decide "just as long as it was from the classic period".
Had in mind 2 other options with piecing together either an Onkyo 2500 MKII or Pioneer SX-750 with some small ADS or KLH speaks, but this set came across my path and felt this best because:
1. Came from the original owner who was US Military and brought this back in that whole "audio wave" that created the era.
2. Very Minty!
3. Boxes,manuals,bonnets,receipts dated 1977.
4. Ease of finding suitable matching components.
After pouring through quite a bit of info found here,a good detailing and listen, couldn't help liking everything well enough to accept my initial judgement as a good one. Tuner pulls in very well,plenty of true quality oomph from the amp......speaks rate a high OK only but controls on the amp and speaks gave plenty of adjustment to make them very decent rockers! (Grills off do that "looks thing" too and the sound stage is very strong and centered.)
How have you folks found Kenwood speaks in there relationship to other speaks of similar type and intent? I have all kinds of nice speaks but find these still totally fun and enjoyable. What Kenwood speaks are better from this era?