Kenwood

Kenwood KX-600 Stereo Cassette Deck

Kenwood KX-600
Dolby B NR Soft Touch Metal Tape

This Kenwood KX-600 is a stereo cassette deck with Dolby B noise reduction, it was first sold by Kenwood in 1980 with a manufacturer suggested retail price of USD $280 and discontinued 2 years later in 1982.

The main features of the Kenwood KX-600 cassette deck are: 2 heads, mechanical 3 digit tape counter, manual tape type selection and capable of handling normal, chrome, ferro-chrome and metal tapes, belt driven single-capstan transport.

Typical front loading cassette deck with the cassette compartiment located on the left side of the deck. Tape eject is operated mechanically and the cassette needs to be placed directly over the head block. Additionally the heads can be easilly accessed for cleaning.

Level meters used on the Kenwood KX-600 cassette deck are analog needle VU reading meters with peak indicator for easy adjustment of optimum recording level. Soft-touch controls for fast and easy transport function selection of the Kenwood KX-600 cassette deck.

The Dolby-B system reduces tape hiss on tapes recorded on the Kenwood KX-600 by as much as 10 dB at the highest frequencies.

To make live recordings this deck has 2 microphone inputs to connect microphones with a jack connector. For undisturbed listening a jack connector for a pair of stereo headphones is supplied. Connection to other audio components for plaback can be achieved by a RCA cable and recording from a source by a RCA cable.

Compact Cassette

Historic events

1980 Dolby C Noise Reduction introduced by Dolby Laboratories.
1981 Dave Smith proposes the Universal Synthesizer Interface that would become the MIDI standard in 1983.
1982 Seiko introduced the world’s first TV watch.

Features of Kenwood KX-600

Calibration
Calibration
Bias Fine Tune
Connectors
Connectivity
2 Mono Microphone Inputs RCA Input/Output Connectors DIN Input/Output Connector Headphones
Display
Display
3-Digıt Mechanical Counter Analog Needle Meters
Cassette Exterior
Exterior
Silver Finish Orientation Left Front Loading
Compact Cassette
General
Stereo
Head Configuration
Head Configuration
2 Head Desiǥn 4 Track / 2 Channel
Indicators
Indicators
Peak Indicator
Noise Resuction
Noise Reduction
Dolby-B Noise Reduction
Controls
Operation
Timer Recording/Playback Soft Touch Transport Control Record Mute
Preamplifier
Preamplifier
Individual Input Level Controls
Tape Speed
Speed
1⅞ ips - 4.76 cm/s
Tape
Tape
Manual Tape Type Selection Ferro-Chrome Tape Capabilıty Normal Tape Capabilıty Chrome Tape Capabilıty Metal Tape Capabilıty
Transport
Transport
Auto Stop Direct Loading Sìngle Capsŧan Transport Belt Drive (Capsŧan)

Similar to Kenwood KX-600 from the period 1980 - 1982

1978 kenwood KX-830

KX-830

dot Dolby-B NR dot Manual Control dot FeCr Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1982 Trio KX-51

KX-51

dot Dolby-B NR dot Full Logic Control dot Metal Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1981 Kenwood KX-55

KX-55

dot Dolby-B NR dot Metal Tape dot Stereo dot Digital Meters
1981 Kenwood KX-50

KX-50

dot Dolby-B NR dot Soft Touch Control dot Metal Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1981 Kenwood KX-40

KX-40

dot Dolby-B NR dot Manual Control dot Metal Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1981 Kenwood KX-77

KX-77

dot Dolby-B NR dot Metal Tape dot Stereo dot Digital Meters
1979 Victor KD-A3
Victor

KD-A3

dot Manual Control dot Metal Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo dot Analog Meters
1981 Loewe SR 3630
Loewe

SR 3630

dot Dolby-B NR dot Metal Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo dot Digital Meters
1982 Sharp RT-100
Sharp

RT-100

dot Dolby-B NR dot Manual Control dot Metal Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1979 Blaupunkt C-150
Blaupunkt

C-150

dot Dolby-B NR dot Full Logic Control dot FeCr Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1980 Sharp RT-10
Sharp

RT-10

dot Dolby-B NR dot Manual Control dot Metal Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1980 Technics RS-M04
Technics

RS-M04

dot Dolby-B NR dot Soft Touch Control dot Metal Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo