This is giving me KenWOOD

@Cernenco

9 жыл бұрын

max high class joke, lol love your vids

@betterrobots

9 жыл бұрын

***** boooooom!

@stankyfish2891

9 жыл бұрын

***** I've seen so many of your comments recently get back to making videos lol.

@thezestypatriot8513

9 жыл бұрын

Go home max Your drunk.

@gavin6666

7 жыл бұрын

hey max

Magic :) I love the pinnacle of Japanese electronics in the 80's. Sadly we won't ever see this level of detail and sophistication in consumer products ever again. Thank you very much for sharing. :)

If I owned this deck, I would convert all my cds and digital music to tape.

@sathyan497

7 жыл бұрын

The beauty with recording onto tape is that you can change the graphic settings as you put it onto tape. The be able to play it back anywhere without the need for a graphic equalizer

@petermitchell6348

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, if you really wish to downgrade the audio quality.

@Ailgadem

4 жыл бұрын

@@petermitchell6348 cassettes actually sound pretty good, it all depends from the deck you use to record/play them. Of course if you use a bad deck, it will sound bad. I have a Nakamichi CR-1E and it sounds better than any CD player I've ever used.

@petermitchell6348

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ailgadem The Nakamichi is probably one of the best examples of a cassette recorder still out there and when used with good quality tapes (TDK Super Avalyn were my favourites), would take some beating yes. Of course the source of those recordings is of equal importance, I take it you recorded from a quality record deck as opposed to cd player? it is with regards the graphic (sic) that I was referring, as I believe that altering the frequencies of a recording suggests that the original source was somehow lacking P.S I have often wondered why they called it a 'graphic' equalizer and not an audio equalizer.

@jefferyclark2340

4 жыл бұрын

@@petermitchell6348 I collect cassette tapes, most of mine are ferro type 1 tapes.

Very impressive....this definitely has to be one of the most advanced cassette players ever made. Most cassette players from even late 90's didnt have half of those functions!

@HamtaroEL

5 жыл бұрын

Same goes for their Walkmans too.

You should show this to Techmoan!

@HamtaroEL

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z2SfucmklZCfmMo.html

This was the best unit I have ever owned (installed in my 1974 911 Porsche). I don't know which I miss more. The sound of the mechanism brings back memories! Another feature, if memory serves, is the automatic volume control, based on external motor noise. And this unit looks great at night! Even the EQ panel buttons light up (which is hard to see in the video). This makes me want to go back to cassette tapes again! Thanks for the upload Sathyan!

@sathyan497

7 жыл бұрын

Anytime

This was my holy grail while I was in college in the late 80’s! I always loved Kenwood car stereos, and I lived down the road from a place called, “Main Street Stereo ” on Long Island NY. That was all they installed back then. They still exist today. Anyway, I did as much research to the best of my ability. Remember, no internet back then. And, I found the “Kenwood 999 Mark II. But, I was told I couldn’t buy it in America. I’ve been going to the island of Saint Martin a lot since I was a teenager. On the Dutch side, there is like 2 miles of shopping in a town called Phillipsburg that includes hundreds of electronic stores that sell stuff from all over the world. I went to every store and finally found one. I think I purchased it for about $800 and took it home wrapped up in dirty laundry in a suitcase. When I drove to Main St., Stereo to have them install it all the employees were holding it as if it were holding the golden tiki in the movie, “Raiders of the Last Ark.” I still have it tucked away safely in my closet. And the video fails to mention that that radio also came with a remote control, which I still have as well.

I love how the 90's were overly ridiculous entertainment systems too. We had like 16 blocks just for the home stereo. Haha

For a 1st KZread post, yours is a really good one!

@apexdna

10 жыл бұрын

And only.

@DAVIDSDIEGO

10 жыл бұрын

apexdna Haha, true!

@Flashpoint922

9 жыл бұрын

DAVIDSDIEGO Not anymore! :P

This is a vintage gem man - love it! Some people just can't understand the level of engineering that goes into something like this.

We truly peaked in the late 90's. Great video

This was the coolest car stereo ever!

April 8 2019 , I scored this same exact tape deck in junkyard in Texas out of a terribly wrecked '90 Corrado , I've tested it out , it work nice but the down side is the sliding buttons are jammed so I had to pull them out carefully with some needle nose pliers!!!! Bought it for $6 dollars , *I WILL INSTALL IT IN MY '84 SCIROCCO*

@etets444

2 жыл бұрын

Hey David, do you still have yours? I’d love to own one. Please let me know. I’d appreciate it.

@etets444

2 жыл бұрын

let me know please

Love it! Its like a piece coming from the Knight Rider car... Those tray buttons remind me of that... I would dare to replace my car stereo with, all the digital bells and whistles, to a wonder like this! Really its a lovely machine!

I remember this one car my parents had, which was from the mid 1990s, and could play both cassettes and CDs. What’s funny is that before they brought it into the dealership and got a new car, the CD player had broke, but the cassette player still worked perfectly.

Back when stereo equipment was AWESOME. SO boring today. That visualizer is Awesome 👌

Absolutely amazing! Love to see older tech still alive. I had my factory car phone working on a "grandfathered" (old) plan...... until they killed analog entirely

I'm not really sure how I got here but, yes, I enjoyed it. Thanks

One true give away that it’s a high end deck, is the support of DBX technology. You can see the logo next to the Dolby logo. DBX was a high end noise reduction system, and also a dynamic sound profiler for high end sound recreation. Techmoan did a video on this technology.

Awesome to know folks who appreciate good engineering regardless of its age. Keep up the good work!

Sequel coming soon !

@multipurposepaperbox

10 жыл бұрын

I'm looking forward to this.

@thereluctanthipster9714

4 жыл бұрын

Where’s the sequel??

We need to see more of this in our modern cars :D

And these radio's are now popular again. Cassette's are in again 2020-2021 : ) I just bought a new cassette deck for my 2006 mustang. And its crystal clear and the bass is exactly the same as cd Idk why people say it sucked back then cuz obviously it's amazing

@kylereese5869

3 жыл бұрын

I know with the cassettes coming back it's a bound that these machines will be in demand.

That sound and process of inserting a tape never got old. No new tech does anything that awesome anymore.

Jaw dropped at 2:18!

@ivanpetrovsky.

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah

Car stereos in general kind of peaked somewhere between 1995 and 2005. Before that too many buttons (and like this video, extra panels that may be prone to breakage) as they didn't think of having a mode selector, after that not enough buttons to do anything by feel alone. (Sorry car designers, but touchscreens suck when driving.) Ideally a car stereo only needs two jog-wheels/dials that double as buttons, and about 8 more buttons for accessing functions and presets. All of which can be told apart by position and feeling the shape or surface without looking. So yeah, late 1990's - early 2000's had it just right.

It was truly the BEST back in the day! I was a Kenwood rep years ago, and primarily went to work for them because of this piece. So cool!

Love your video. I had a sweet kenwood tape player in my celica hatchback and then in my 300 zx . Best time to be in high school in the history of mankind. Long live the 80's.

I want this cassette player for Christmas

Amazing piece of machinery from one of my favorite decades, the 1980s! Which BMW model did you mount this in, sathyan?

Truly remarkable piece of electronic equipment. An excellent alternative to cd or bluetooth-players for those lucky enough to get hold of one. Thx for upload , bro!

Thank you for reviewing something I did not even suspected to have existed. Really great find!

If I ever get my dream car (Rx7) I'm getting this for it.... If I can afford it.

You forgot to mention that the tape deck has Dolby B/C and if it wasn't enough even dbx as noise reductors. Metal tape capability. How many tracks can the music search sensor skip? Fantastic car deck!

@sathyan497

8 жыл бұрын

It can forward and backward scan 7 tracks. Dolby is not something I use with higher quality cassettes.

@sathyan497

7 жыл бұрын

it can skip up to 7 tracks.

@nextsegment78

7 жыл бұрын

Tape remain indication is something very useless in a car deck. More useless in a tape recorder to know how many minutes are left recording. But in a car? In a playing walkman??? Nevertheless very rare features (track skip >7, Dolby B/C, dbx, Broad equalization) and therefore very awesome car deck

@rubendeaz

6 жыл бұрын

carlosds Tape remaining comes in handy as alot of cassette albums had extra tape remaining on either side...

Nostalgia, is that feeling not dissimilar to the non-feeling of numbness, and this is real, when we de-nostalgise our first non-impressions we are left with nothing that doesn't resemble anything but love, and for this we can be truly, truly grateful and I commend this rare luxury to you and all the people you never de-nostalgised within any dissimilar situation that wasn't even heard of until now that is where of course it most certainly is, and that's a relief.

1988 omg:P this was way way ahead of that time:) amazing!

Since it's a "dead head", with no internal amp, what kind of external amps and speakers are you running with this beautiful head unit? Nice car by the way sir

@sathyan497

9 жыл бұрын

I'm running this unit with two amps. One for the front speakers and one for the rear. Finding these vintage amps and din cabling was difficult. But they worked without a hitch. The stereo shop that fitted them said that the head unit was dead for a few seconds when powered up for the first time before kicking in all lights and drama. It's been fine for 2 years now.

@jimluckiii

9 жыл бұрын

Sathyan Thambirajah would you ever want to sell your 999mkii? i had one in the early 90s and regret selling it. i am a big collector of oldschool alpine and kenwood. jim

@vvvortic

9 жыл бұрын

Flashpoint922 i deserve challenjour per say, gg

@sathyan497

7 жыл бұрын

I bought 2 - 2 channel kenwood amps to power the main unit. it was a pain trying to source the original cables to get it all fit together properly

@rubendeaz

6 жыл бұрын

Sathyan T Yup, Kenwood had some nice amps in the 80's with din cable plugs...

what song is that?

@Troublesome2008

7 жыл бұрын

Al B. Sure! - Night and Day

Without a doubt one of the most amazing decks I ever seen

I think its great you have installed and are using this fantastic deck that almost all of us will never see in person. But you should start a museum with that. Even if its the only deck, people will still come to see it!

I'm gonna go make a video about my 8 track now

@podemosllegara790anti-tikt4

3 жыл бұрын

Is your Channel Dead

@TheVCRKing

3 жыл бұрын

Woah! Didn't expect you here!

@VosovioYTC

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not high am I? OmarGosh AND maxmoefoe on a random car stereo video from 2012. Tf is going on

reddit is a hell of a drug

@SuperPhexx

7 жыл бұрын

I am deleting all my accounts this year... and I won't return. Ever.

@EpicHotCheese

7 жыл бұрын

Liar, I just saw you on Reddit shitposting.

@koll

7 жыл бұрын

An addictive cesspit.

Amazing radio!!! I never saw a carradio like this befor, absolutely fantastic.

Wow, this is one heck of a car cassette player. It's actually the most advanced cassette players I've ever seen.

That's Bitchin'!!!

I also have a 1988 bmw. Mines an e30 msport

Why would anyone dislike this presentation? Best Car Stereo ever made! Great video. Thanks for rubbing it in our face you have one and we don't! Long live the Cassette!

Thank you for sharing this lovely bit of engineering! Such a great video :D

How's the finger. Is that a big toe?

@THEGlassIED

9 жыл бұрын

Obligor Shut the fuck up.

R.I.P. to the singer on this classic!

@Troublesome2008

7 жыл бұрын

He's not dead -_-

@PoloNius67

6 жыл бұрын

Al B. SURE IS NOT DEAD

A car cassette deck that not only offered Dolby System types B and C, but also dbx? That's kind of impressive.

All in one small box- genius piece of work and absolutely beauuutiful. I really really love to own one of these.

I want this so so so bad.

@Aaronhouston33

8 жыл бұрын

+Mike Stevens I have a Pioneer 8 track player mint

That's great and all but you put a tape deck in your car

@FreeSeoul

9 жыл бұрын

1lapmagic Fuck you're stupid.

@1lapmagic

9 жыл бұрын

TheOblivionGate Because I don't romanticize the awful inherent sound quality of cassette tapes? I actually remember using them, they aren't some cool "retro" thing to me. this isn't vinyl, kiddo.

@FreeSeoul

9 жыл бұрын

You'd be an even bigger fuckwit if you thought they were cool just because they're old. But o, you're an idiot because you think older products are somehow considered naught because they're old.

@MrStalker12345678901

9 жыл бұрын

TheOblivionGate The only thing a cassette player has going for it is the novelty factor. It's cool for the first couple days, but then you realize you're stuck listening to 20 y/o music because virtually all modern music has no cassette version. That's not to mention how cruddy the quality is compared to other media players. I'll give you that cassette payers -- especially this one -- are pretty interesting, but they're so impractical in this day and age.

@Necropulsar

9 жыл бұрын

Matthew Thompson 1) Buy mp3 player - cassette player adapter. 2) Listen to any music you like on your cassette player. 3)??? 4)Profit.

Awesome. I would have killed to have this in my first car. Thanks for sharing!

That is by far the coolest tape deck I have seen!

Nice! Definitely top of the line in it's day. It's nice to see it still working and being used.

I have ALWAYS ALWAYS been a fan of graphic EQ's in car stereos! That tape deck is AWESOME!

Love those retrofuturistic beeps and boops! Truly a remarkable piece of technology

For a cassette deck,thats pretty sophisticated. ....thanks for posting this....good ol tapes!

Wow! Great stuff! As a tape fan, I love this. There is still a cassette player in my dad's car which I still use to listen to old tapes but nothing like this. I should totally look to buy one! Great video :D

This was the stuff I couldn't afford in the 80's! Great video!! Very informative.

You should be wearing white laboratory gloves when frolicking over all those buttons! Amazing tape deck. The special heads on these super high end decks really brought cassette tapes to new incredible sound qualities. I still have a $400 Aiwa Walkman type Dolby B and C. Dolby C, it's astounding how almost no background noise and superb high frequency extension.

@HamtaroEL

5 жыл бұрын

Especially their HS-PX series like 10/20/30/50, these had dolby nr b and c.

That is seriously awesome. I love old school gear like that, and to have that in the 80s would have been wicked bad ass. Great vid.

Putting up this video was a great idea. This tape deck represents the quest for high quality sound and useful features. We have now reached the point where sound quality does not matter as much as access to content. Folks have become used to listening to music using the speakers on the smart device and painful ear buds. I still have my turntable working. I just dusted off my reel to reel ! Great video.

An absolute treat of a video. Remarkable. Cheers.

I think the way the video is made itself is worth of all the views. very nicely planned and narrated.

Wow that's a blast from the past, gotta appreciate old stuff sometimes it works better.

Great job on getting that up and running, keep it up can't wait for more.

impressive Kenny...best car audio from Kenwood ever made...perhaps not the best sounding but the most complex one. Thanks for showing this secret.

The tape mechanisms are so cool to watch, one of the perks of having a high end deck and sound quality.

beautiful piece of electronic engineering. thanks for sharing!

I have never seen i car cassette player so cool! Thats simply awesome

absolutely fantastic! I didnt even know the existence of this masterpiece

Great video and a great car stereo. Certainly very advanced and so rare. And you got it as an NOS. I'd be changing the belts if there are belts in there. Rubber has lifetime even not used. I'm into cassette tapes myself. Have 6 Nakamichi decks at home and a Nakamichi TD500E in the car. The ones at home are CR7, ZX9, 505, 680zx and two 480s. Fyi the most sonically advanced and expensive car stereo was the Nakamichi TD1200. But l am sure your Kenwood is one of the top decks back then. Enjoy it and congratulations for finding one.

That was awesome. I miss my cassettes, I have a few floating around but a my decks a long gone. If I had the chance to acquire one of these amazing decks, I would certainly install it into my truck. Sure hope this deck lasts for years!!

Amazing technology still working like clockwork. If I had blank audio cassettes and a perfect full logic mechanism like this Kenwood, I would also install it in my car and enjoying 🎵 it was intended to. Awesome piece of engineering this Kenwood.

Only possible explanation for something this awesome in the 80s... Aliens!

Takes me back...what a high-end piece of equipment. I sure wish I'd had one back in the day instead of the mid-level Pioneer deck that I was rockin'. Good clip mate!

That is the baddest ass head unit I've ever seen!!! Love those 80s electronics.

I love this video! Wish I had that tape deck! I have a yellow Sony Walkman cassette player, yellow sports version, thank you very much! I have boom box a couple of decades old with a dual cassette player and rainbow lights behind the equalizer! Both work!

This looks truly sweet. The three track skip feature didn't come to Walkmans until the mid to late 90s...I remember being amazed by that feature lol

Bloody lovely car cassette player, love the graphic equalizer

As You said. That is quite, the most remarkable piece of tape deck I've ever seen.

Nice haven't seen one in years ! Built to last ! Good vid

God I miss these days. Thanks for the upload.

The track you had on was about as old as the deck itself, 1988 or 1989 I believe...which is perfect!!

Awesome classic unit...my first system (in high school) has a 959 deck, along with a Sony 10-disc changer...Awesome memories.

@etets444

2 жыл бұрын

hey sir do you still have yours by any chance?

What an awesome unit. Dolby B, C, AND dbx noise reduction capability. All around the dawn of the digital age. This was a top of line unit indeed. dbx was the most advanced, but extremely rare for retail use, except for certain high end brand names. Kenwood and Yamaha being two of them. Back in the in 80’s, those of us young and single in the military, bought high end equipment like this from the Army Air Force Exchange Service catalog (AAFES). There was virtually no retail mark up. We knew this stuff was cheap, and took full advantage.

That is an amazing cassette player. Wow!!

Concord made some really cool and innovative car tape decks back in the day. love that kenwood bro!

THANK YOU! This has been driving me nuts man

Saw this vid on dumpert. Awesome casette player. Can't believe how little we progressed in 25 years...

this is amazing! really like this video, hope to see more like it very cool

Sometimes the old ways are the BEST ways. The old school vinyl LP and tape cassette beat the hell out of CDs for true audio quality and a full sound range. CDs cut most of that out as it is a sampling technology.

It looks cool with all those lights and it sounds really nice

Nice vid, cassettes are fun to play with, love the guitar solo

@sathyan thambirajah, I would LOVE this in my car! If this video weren't on the "trending" list, I wouldn't have seen it. Congrats!

Very very nice piece of tech. Wish I had one of these back in the days. Sounds like it has a very good amplifier too.

Nice unit and typical Kenwood brilliant! They always make good car systems especially cassette players, I never have anything else in the car, for features kenwood always delivers, so much stuff you can link up to them through the din socket at the back which makes them future proof, I got a krc-ps979r absolutely love it and had it for years, tapes sound no different to cds on it, it's linked up to a kenwood minidisc changer and kenwood dab radio tuner, with a kenwood amp and a 12 speaker system in my Toyota mr2 sounds flipping awesome, sometimes a take the long route home after work just to absorbe the sound.