Kenwood A-M70. Ever see one of these?

redcoates7

still learning...
I saw this little guy on Hifido a while back and managed to track one down.

VERY cool little integrated amplifier for a minimalist desktop rig. Two line ins, one analog fixed output, and a pair of speaker outputs. Since I don't need the Tape Out, they're perfect for driving the analog input of a headphone amplifier...

It also has a very useful (defeat able) bass boost to help fill out smaller mini speakers. Either +4.5 or +9 dB at 70Hz. If you use the smaller boost and keep the volume reasonable, it can make some great music with a little speaker like Kenwood's single-driver CM-5ES (which I love) or something like an NHT SuperZero XU...even better!

The manual doesn't do me much good (in Japanese) but I can read the specs:

25W + 25W (40 Hz- 20kHz 8 ohms)
0.1% THD @ 25 W, 8 Ohms, 1 kHz

Not a super high fidelity component, but it sounds sweet in the right application and is really nicely built (HUGE power transformer, and a very solid chassis) kind of reminds me of the "Darlington Power Pack amplifier" in the compact KA-80

One negative- it's a 100V unit, so you'll need a 120V-100V step down transformer to run it safely in North America. (If your experience is like mine, you'll pay as much for the darn transformer as the amp itself!)
 

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I saw the title and thought "some newbie mistook an Akai for a Kenwood". Not so...

Akai AM-A70:
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Kenwood A-M70:
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I learned something new! :D
 
Here's a shot of the inside- didn't pull it all the way apart- would have been a pain to get the main amplifier board out. It's one of the Kenwood Power pack with a pair of nice-sized power supply caps on the board.

Really a fun little rig!
 

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