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Kenwood KR-9600

I have been buying legendary vintage audio for the last 9 month's,  I came across this kenwood kr-9600, I named it Dino,  big, powerful,  and old,  To my astonishment,  it is in mint condition,  everything works except the power switch is stuck on,  to say the least,  I do not believe I've ever seen a tuner this good,  with a piece of two inche wire antenna this this picks up endless stations from abroad,  also,  this Dino is a whopping 160 watts RMS per channel,  I've studied everything about this unit,  I know exactly what I want to do to it,  from Etna simic two, nichicon kz and fg capacitors to modification's, my plan is to recap all 91 capacitor's,  put a relay with fuse on the power switch after it has the carbon cleaned out from in rush current,  change the op amp out on the tuner Board for audiophile grade new one for better sound , change out three resistors to aluminum finned new one's on the power Board,  the original one's are underrated and get to hot from factory, etc..., I need to find someone that know's this kenwood kr-9600 inside and out, that has reworked one of these,  competent,  to do all this work,  please help,  thankyou audiogon community. 
audiolabyrinth
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dlcockrum
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The KR-9600 is in my vintage system. I rotate between Pioneer HPM-100 and Watkins WS-1a (Watkins Dual-Drive woofers) speakers using either the tuner or one of three vintage TTs (good phono stage in the KR-9600) as the source with a Pioneer SG-9500 12-band EQ between the pre-out and main-on jacks.

Fantastic sound on Blues and Rock.

Dave
gregkohanmim
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Maybe also ping Benny at Modular Electronics Inc.?

He's quoted me reasonable prices in the past and seems to be willing and able to take on all kinds of projects to your specifications.

http://aminaaudio.com/service.html

-Greg

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audiolabyrinth OP
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Hi dlcockrum, you once said to me,  if it's not broken,  don't fix it,  this kenwood kr 9600 I have sound's impressive with good speaker's,  shockingly, I do not believe it needs recapped?  This thing has bass like a krell amplifier!, audiophile clarity that I do not get from most reciever's,  I also have a denon avr-5700 that was $2,800.00 new,  I believe I prefer the kr-9600, no wonder you said that this unit was good,  cheers 
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dlcockrum
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Glad you are happy with it,  Some things are right just the way they were made. ;>)

Dave
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tasar
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Old thread but wanted to ask “Audiolabyrinth” who it was that told him he could rebuild the 9600 power modules ? Been told this is a no go, but guess anything’s possible.
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