That is so interesting about the base! Very nice Anti-skating mechanism (springs do go out of adjustment). Super cool VTA adjustment as well! Also an ingenious overhang design! This table was engineered well!

Nice turntable. I picked up a Kenwood KD770d a few weeks ago and it has turned into our main table. When I saw it listed I remembered your video touting the 80s audiophile turntables and just had to buy it. Really glad I did. Thanks.

Looks like that Kenwood was well taken care of.I've enjoyed your TT videos,very informative.Thanks for the tips on maintenance and repairs.

Really nice table and the thicker, heavier platter is a real improvement over the Kenwood KD500 (which I own). I only wished this material was optionally made in black making it look like speckled dark granite. Contrasted by all the brushed aluminum it would be a real object of beauty.

Cool accessories also. Great table. Looks so clean...

Welcome back. Looking forward to seeing more of you here at the VC! This is a really cool turntable, too. Playing records is so much more fun than downloads, isn't it?

A cut above the Kenwood KD 550 because of the more inert and massive platter which offers superior resonance absorption. I own the KD 500 which has the same base and while the platter is okay this is the boss.

Cool welcome back!! :-)

Hey Mark, It is so great to see you back. I tried to post a new video today too and it got flagged in a few countries. So I got a bit annoyed because it took me eons to post it correctly and I deleted it. I know I am going to freak when I see this new turntable. I cannot believe you got another one and I have yet to order my new one. I held out looking for a nice classic but they are no where to be found around here. I will be back in a minute to comment on this video. Rob/Boston 1/2

Very very nice Table. I really enjoyed you speaking about the table .Kenwood made some beautiful Equipment back in the day.And that Turntable was so advanced for the 70's, They were sought after big time when vinyl made it's come Back. I don't like Direct Drive turntables as a rule but that one and the Denon Models above the DP 51 were also really nice.Again Thank you for sharing that fine piece of Audio Art. Peace My Friend, Steve @VT&A

Out of a bunch of turntable reviews your the only one that mentioned the Q lever for lowering it and the platter which is essential says my Dad from the day.

Interesting look at a turntable which really should be more well known and appreciated. It is a lot like my Technics SL 1000 (consists of a SP 10 Mk 2 motor unit paired with an EPA 100 arm mounted in an obsidian base).

Two of two: I am very impressed with the anti-skating, cueing and the whole tone arm. It is a really beautiful looking device. The vertical tracking angle adjustment is amazing too. Even the cork mat looks really nice. I have never heard that it took out any ringing sounds until now. Just to know that can make a difference in your bass sounds in huge. Old school tripod record clamp is very cool. That came with the TT? Outstanding presentation Mark. I am going to look for one. Talk 2 U soon~ Rob

Thanks for the info on the Tripod Mark. You must have had one before. Great comments!

Just Beautiful!

@beninski707

9 жыл бұрын

Bernardino Contreras Thanks and thanks for watching!

That vta adjustment is so easy. Very nice.

You can never have too many turntables~ My hello to Lisa. I will PM you very soon. I am sorry that I have not been in touch too much as of late. This was a fantastic video~ Rob

Man, that thing is SWEET! Gorgeous turntable. I have a nice KD-3055, but that 650 is way more rad! 😎 Cheers

Thanks Jeff. I really appreciate the positive feedback. Curious as to what your turntable is???

My pleasure. I really appreciate the positive feedback. Thanks!!

A true thing of beauty....

I bought in the 70's a KD2055 when they came out. Had it for some years. Used an ortofon vms20e. Nice one thanks Dave

Omg, what do I see but an EON Record Pod on your turntable... funny because I met this guy who was an official vinyl archivist in Spain for many years and he gave me his old Eon Pod he had since the 80s! so I recognized it instantly in that video 😉

Great demo of a great table! I've been looking for one in excellent condition for quite awhile. If you ever decide to let go of this one, I'd sure like to know. Thanks!

It certainly does. I kinda like the white too. Kind of a change as I've always been drawn to woodgrain tables. thanks for watching!

Cool shirt bro. Let it Be is a great album and cover.

I think it's the coolest feature of this particular table. Thanks for your comments.

I have that same turntable, which I bought in 1981 for $360 (list was $400). That $360 is $955 in 2016 dollars (but it still feels like that $955 now is more than $360 back then). I've used it with a Stanton 681EEE cartridge, but I can no longer get decent styli for it (the last ones I bought from Stanton sounded so horrible, I had to return them - I was really disappointed) so now I have to find a different cartridge (thinking of the Ortofon 2M Blue). But it's a great turntable and it's operated perfectly for over 35 years. I prefer a high-torque direct drive turntable as long as the motor is still isolated and I believe it is in the Kenwood. The only weakness is the anti-skating: it really doesn't do anything. Maybe it would work if one added weight to the end of it. Before the Kenwood, I owned the original AR turntable (around $88 in its day), which was very similar to many of the belt-driven turntables sold today.

Thanks for the info on this Kenwood. I wanted to ask you where you can buy replacement needles for this turntable? I want to keep the original cartridge. Thanks

Thanks Gerdie!! I agree totally with your comments!

35 lbs? It owns up to the name! That's sweet and I love the white

These turntables are cool. A friend of mine had the "granite" Optonica. I asked him a last year if he still had it (hoping I could bum it off of him), but no, he'd given it away.

They way that clamp works is you put it on the spindle over the LP, then you press down on that collet until it is snug, play the LP, the pull back up on that collet to release the clamp. Nice table, some people take these tables and set them into concrete. cheers

Thank You!!!

You got that right! Thanks for the kind comments!

Funny just purchased 2-Kenwoods: KD3055 & KD2055. 3055 is done and is incredible plays as solid as yours. Do you know the year of yours as mine is 1978? The 2055 is a work in progress but I have an old time stereo tech who can fix it. Are you still releasing videos? Not many good LP stores here but have some good leads out here. Advise, BOB, Denver, Co

@billdrummer1197

5 жыл бұрын

Bill Smit Hi, Bill. I had a Kenwood- KD xxx i bought it 1979, and put an Infinity “BlackWidow” carbon fibre tonearm, this model did not come w/ a tonearm. Any help? Please?

I've got the KD-750 that I restored 2 years ago. Sadly it died a month ago with no rotation which turned out to be a faulty TA-7179P voltage regulator ic which I bought off the net from two different suppliers in case I got a fake. It's back in action now and I wouldn't mind betting it shares the same electronics as the KD-650. I've fitted an Ortofon Blue cartridge and it performs really well!. The screws tend to loosen on the 33/45 and start/stop buttons but it's no big deal to tighten them up and it's worth replacing any suspect electrolytics whilst the main pcb is accessible.

@beninski707

6 жыл бұрын

swingmanic Hello and thanks for that input. Since making this video, my 650 has developed speed issues as well where it’s stable one moment and all over the place the next. Maybe same problem?

@leafyleafyleaf

2 жыл бұрын

@@beninski707 Did you ever resolve those speed problems? I have been eyeing one of these decks but keep hearing about speed reliability problems that are hard to fix…

What hinges did you adapt? I have the same table with the same hinge problem and have been trying to figure out how to fix it

@beninski707

6 жыл бұрын

mrbook hey thanks for watching. I once had a collection of old hinges from cheap thrift store turntables. I managed to find a set that would adapt to the Kenwood but for the life of me can’t remember which ones as I made this video 4 years ago. Sorry I couldn’t be of more help.

if i have to choose between a beautiful,sexy woman and this turntable... it will be this turntable. A masterpiece ! Love the big platter and everything behind it. Real goodlooking. Great buy Mark !

The reason for the VTA is not to make the tone arm level to the record. It is to get the stulus to be 94 degrees to the record. 94 degrees is the correct angle of the stylus inside the groove.

@beninski707

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, I get what you are saying but how do you get that degree of accuracy with the naked eye? We must trust the cart manufacture to have that angle already set when cart is 100% parallel to record surface. By making tone arm parallel with VTA adjustment, we can assure that this is so. Do you have a better method?

That's a really nice turntable. Am I the only person that thinks that record clamp is the ugliest bit of white plastic I've ever seen. I would stick to the aluminium one. But I guess that's just my opinion. Nice to see you back. Take care.

Hello how god is the arm is it as god or better then a sme 3009 s2 improved i have i kd500 whit sme 3009 arm

Ok, so I'm looking into these Kenwood turntables, and I'm trying to find out the differences sonic wise between KD-650, KP-770D, KD-750, KP-1100, KP-990, KP-9010, KD-7010, and KD-8030? Not sure which one to grab or search for. I have a pioneer and I'm ready to upgrade.

@benjamingold6987

3 жыл бұрын

Get a KD-600/KD-650 if you can

I really don't like the word "plastic" so in a way I agree with you. It does do the job however but if I had to give up this one or my aluminum one, the platic one would go first. For me it's more of a novelty.

Hi ! where do you bought the clamp ?

@treborsaldivar518

5 жыл бұрын

where DID

Not necessarily the case having the tonearm level with the platter or record should be. It is the stylish body that's got to be level. You do this by resting the little pimple of the stylus on the edge of the records and there's a gap use a card with a line drawn on it at the back and look through the gap line it with the cards. Better than that a microscope or webcam with a protractor getting 92° rake on a medium thick record.

Are you willing to sell this turntable.

Amazing player..but the music not so much :) Maybe some good jazz

Beefy solidly made turntables actually sound better. They have much lower resonant signatures to the parts. Flimsy resonant parts generate noise that interferes and modulates the stylus/groove interphase resulting in feedback, muddiness, blurring of transients, and reduction of detail and spatial information.

@beninski707

6 жыл бұрын

socksumi Very well put. Thanks for watching!!

crap music closely followed by the sound.

That is a terrible record