Personally, I wouldn't keep the KR-9600 simply for the following reason. It
uses TA-200W output IC's, long discontinued by Kenwood. When one fails,
which it will, you'll be left with a boat anchor. If you like vintage
receivers, stick with discrete output devices.

Mark Z.


"Fubar1000" wrote in message
...
I recently purchased a Kenwood KR 9600 to upgrade from a 7600 I had
previously purchased from the same shop,as I like vintage equipment. I was
impressed with it bit noticed that the loudness switch, even though it has
2
settings, does not boost the bass nearly as much,even on the highest
setting, as my 7600 or most other receivers I've listened to.Granted I
have
small speakers(Infinity RS9's, 6 1/2 inch woofer and small tweeter), but a
have to use the loudness #2 setting and turn the bass up to about 4 to get
adequate bass whereas with the 7600 loudness plus about 0 to 2 on the bass
knob was adequate.I tried a comparison with Grado headphones and the same
FM
station, and the 7600's loudness definitely has more pronounced boost. I
would like to find out if this is likely to be a defect or was it designed
that way for some reason. The shop offers 6 months warranty so I'm not too
worried, but it's just a hassle to lug it in to them if there's nothing
wrong.(weighs about 60 pounds !!)
Also, I havent' turned in the 7600 for my trade-up refund yet, but if I
do,
I will not be able to do the same with the 9600, should I desire to. So
I'm
kind of on the fence right now as to whether I should take the trade-in
refund or treat this as a seperate purchase so I would have the option to
trade the 9600 up within 6 months. I hear good things about the Pioneer
"Super-receivers" and might consider one of them later.
Thanks, Dave Arrabito

Thanks--I returned it--looking imto a Pioneer SX-1250


"Mark D. Zacharias" wrote in message
hlink.net...
Personally, I wouldn't keep the KR-9600 simply for the following reason.
It
uses TA-200W output IC's, long discontinued by Kenwood. When one fails,
which it will, you'll be left with a boat anchor. If you like vintage
receivers, stick with discrete output devices.

Mark Z.


"Fubar1000" wrote in message
...
I recently purchased a Kenwood KR 9600 to upgrade from a 7600 I had
previously purchased from the same shop,as I like vintage equipment. I
was
impressed with it bit noticed that the loudness switch, even though it
has
2
settings, does not boost the bass nearly as much,even on the highest
setting, as my 7600 or most other receivers I've listened to.Granted I
have
small speakers(Infinity RS9's, 6 1/2 inch woofer and small tweeter), but
a
have to use the loudness #2 setting and turn the bass up to about 4 to
get
adequate bass whereas with the 7600 loudness plus about 0 to 2 on the
bass
knob was adequate.I tried a comparison with Grado headphones and the
same
FM
station, and the 7600's loudness definitely has more pronounced boost. I
would like to find out if this is likely to be a defect or was it
designed
that way for some reason. The shop offers 6 months warranty so I'm not
too
worried, but it's just a hassle to lug it in to them if there's nothing
wrong.(weighs about 60 pounds !!)
Also, I havent' turned in the 7600 for my trade-up refund yet, but if I
do,
I will not be able to do the same with the 9600, should I desire to. So
I'm
kind of on the fence right now as to whether I should take the trade-in
refund or treat this as a seperate purchase so I would have the option
to
trade the 9600 up within 6 months. I hear good things about the Pioneer
"Super-receivers" and might consider one of them later.
Thanks, Dave Arrabito