KENWOOD KP-07 Direct Drive Turntable w/ Cartridge

CONDITION

This unit is in very good condition and works properly. It comes with a Sony XL20 cartridge.

Note: there is some cracking on the dust cover.

ABOUT THIS ITEM

The Kenwood KP-07 is a direct-drive turntable made in Japan, released only in the Japanese market in 1988 during the golden era of Japanese audio. It is a quite rare and desirable turntable, as it was produced for Kenwood by the legendary Micro Seiki, one of the most respected names in analog playback, and carries Micro Seiki's high-fidelity heritage. It is driven by a quartz-lock direct-drive DC servo motor with a starting torque of 1.5 kg·cm for accurate, stable rotation, turning a 30 cm, 2.5 kg aluminum die-cast platter with a high moment of inertia of 400 kg·cm² for excellent speed stability, achieving an exceptionally low wow and flutter of 0.01% and a high signal-to-noise ratio of 80 dB. It supports 33 and 45 rpm and features a static-balanced straight tonearm with a 222 mm effective length, a detachable headshell, a contactless optical auto-up mechanism that automatically raises the tonearm at the end of a record, a static-type anti-skating mechanism, and a tonearm height (VTA) adjustment mechanism. Housed in a compact, solid aluminum base with adjustable spring-and-rubber damped feet, and stylistically reminiscent of the flagship L-07D, the KP-07 is a superbly engineered and highly sought-after vintage turntable with genuine Micro Seiki pedigree.

・Power Supply Voltage: AC 100V, 50/60 Hz (Japanese domestic model). Please use a suitable step-down transformer in 110–240V regions.

— Grape Japan