Jon Chandler
05-13-2007, 04:04 PM
I've been on the search for a decent (and cheap) turntable and came across a Kenwood KD-4100R at Goodwill. It's built like a tank, had a heavy platter and sounds awesome.
Well, for a couple days it sounded awesome. It's got an electronic control system...just push the button to correctly cue and start playing. After 2 days, the control system died. Grrrr. I was able to find a service manual on-line and get a schematic. It's a fairly complex circuit for digital (CMOS) logic and it going to take some patience to troubleshoot.
On the other hand, I know the photosensors are working properly, so designing a new micro-processor-based control system would be a piece of cake. I can't think of any additional features to add, except perhaps a feature to turn on the turntable drive motor without swinging in the tonearm to allow cleaning the record before playing.
Does anybody have any experience with this turntable? Reliable? Performance?
Thanks,
Jon
Well, for a couple days it sounded awesome. It's got an electronic control system...just push the button to correctly cue and start playing. After 2 days, the control system died. Grrrr. I was able to find a service manual on-line and get a schematic. It's a fairly complex circuit for digital (CMOS) logic and it going to take some patience to troubleshoot.
On the other hand, I know the photosensors are working properly, so designing a new micro-processor-based control system would be a piece of cake. I can't think of any additional features to add, except perhaps a feature to turn on the turntable drive motor without swinging in the tonearm to allow cleaning the record before playing.
Does anybody have any experience with this turntable? Reliable? Performance?
Thanks,
Jon