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For sale rare Kenwood CD player based on the famous Philips’ TDA 1547 DAC chip,
also known as DAC 7.
Very well built CD player from the era when Kenwood was in the same league
of audio manufacturer’s as Sony, Marantz, Technics, Denon – a far cry from
today’s leadership in a kitchen appliances department – shame…
It’s heavy, feels substantial, has big, clear display and,
true aluminum front fascia. The laser in a very good condition, plays even CD-R’s.
Whole analog output stage originally based on op-amp has been bypassed
and replaced with a valve output stage.
From a current output of a DAC chip (after passive I/U conversion using paired
metal oxide resistors) the signal feeds two Tesla EF86 tubes –
these can be easily replaced/upgraded with the other tubes of the same type
(identical to EF86 = 6CF8 = 632 = 6267 = 6BK8 = Z729 = 6F22 = CV2901 )
Additionally, all important capacitors in the digital section has been upgraded
to a quality brand new units, the analog section has received a similar treatment:
OS-CONS, Nichicon MUSE, and Audyn caps QS4 after tubes.
Plus, the IEC power inlet has been fitted.
Sorry, no remote controller.
(Shouldn’t be a problem to find it on ebay…)
I am happy to demo if collected in person from AL1.
Will ship worldwide – please email me for shipping cost to your country.Due to nature of my work I can post only twice a week – thanks for understanding.
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Category: Sound and Vision:Home Audio and HiFi Separates:CD Players and Recorders
Location: St. Albans