| Price: |
$195.00 |
| Days/Views: |
6484 / 475 (Posted 2007-10-15) |
|
|
Kenwood KT-8300 Classic Stereo FM / AM tuner.
This unit is working well and is one of the best sounding Japanese tuners from the late 1970s.
When I acquired the unit, it had a dent in the top cover plate, which I straighten a bit, and wound up repainting. Since there were abrasions along both of the side panels, I also repained them so they were more presentable.
However, I never got around to touching the bottom plate of the tuner at all.
If you would like to see more images of the KT-8300, please contact me and I will furnish them.
There is one large scratch on the front panel itself, also evident in the image of the front and minor nicks here or there.
Basically, if you know the history of this fine FM / AM tuner, you know that it is among a select group of highly recommended vintage pieces.
There is a good write up located at the following URL:
http://www.fmtunerinfo.com/kenwood.html
The following is the text from their profile:
The KT-8300 is a great tuner, very sensitive and selective even when unmodified. It has the classic Kenwood silver-faced styling, a powerful front end with a 6-gang tuning capacitor, and fantastic sound. It was one of Don Scott's "reference" tuners and, in a 1989 Stereophile issue, he said it had the best sound of any tuner made since 1977! The KT-8300's front-panel features include a button to switch the combination multipath/deviation meter, a wide/narrow IF bandwidth button, MPX filter switch, variable output knob and two levels of muting (or muting off). On the back panel, there are fixed and variable RCA outputs, scope outputs, an FM de-emphasis switch and a dimmer on/off switch. Inside, you'll find two independent filter paths, very much like a 600T (which it somewhat resembles) but without the "middle" path. The KT-8300 uses two 4-pole linear phase LC filters for the wide IF bandwidth setting and three 4-element ceramic filters for narrow mode. The KT-8300 is tricky to modify for DXing because the ceramic filters are the older 4-pin type, rather than the common 3-pin type. See how one stock KT-8300 sounded compared to other top tuners on our Shootouts page. See the 600T vs. KT-917 page for Bob's quick comparison between the 600T and the KT-8300, and see our Kenwood brochures page for more about the KT-8300. In our FMtuners group, our contributor Ryan C. tells how audiophile mods transformed his KT-8300. A description and great interior photos of extensive mods to a KT-8300 can be seen on our contributor Mike B.'s website. The KT-8300 usually sells for $220-380 on eBay, but up to $470-510 is possible for a nice one, and the all-time high was a stunning $610 in 4/04 for a mint one with manuals.
This tuner will be very carefuly packed for shipment within the domestic USA only. Please refer to my feedback on AUDIOGON under "Marantzguy", if you are in doubt.
My asking price reflects the going rate for such tuners in working condition.
Thanks
|
|
|
|
|
|
