Kenwood Stereo Receiver Lacks Power

[rob_a]

I'm pretty much disappointed with the majority of the Vintage 1970's Kenwood Stereo Receivers most are only 40 to 80 wpc. All the good ones with 100 WPC or more are hard to find & way to exspensive.

It might just might be the combo of speaker and receiver not matching up as well as you hoped. My Dad has a similar Kenwood module he bought in the 70's and is still running it today. He is pushing a set of Optimus mock 2's just fine and they have 15'' woofers. If I remember correctly, those speakers are pretty easy to push.

[markw]

A large speaker in a comparatively small enclosure is not a good thing.

While lack of power may actually be an issue here to some degree, a lot of kabuki speakers I heard (and I heard a LOT in the service overseas) were remarkably deficient in real, deep bass for what one would expect from such a large woofer. They were overly heavy in the mid/upper bass (syrupy?) but down in the dungeons, they lacked big time.

FWIW, Kenwood made some pretty durn good receivers, assuming you use good speakers.

[Charlie04SiR]

A large speaker in a comparatively small enclosure is not a good thing.

While lack of power may actually be an issue here to some degree, a lot of kabuki speakers I heard (and I heard a LOT in the service overseas) were remarkably deficient in real, deep bass for what one would expect from such a large woofer. They were overly heavy in the mid/upper bass (syrupy?) but down in the dungeons, they lacked big time.

FWIW, Kenwood made some pretty durn good receivers, assuming you use good speakers.

Hey Mark, your signature you are missing rule #2 Go back & repeat Rule #1 lol!