Kenwood car cassette player KRC999 mark II
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- Here is my 1st youtube post - this is one of the most advanced car cassette players ever made. This is the 1988 mark II version with fluorescent graphic equalizer. I was lucky enough to aquire this in Hong Kong in 1992. It is a component unit which requires individual front and rear amps to drive the speakers. Hence why I had to wait this long to have it installed. Hope you enjoy watching !
This is giving me KenWOOD
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Very impressive....this definitely has to be one of the most advanced cassette players ever made. Most cassette players from even late 90's didnt have half of those functions!
Same goes for their Walkmans too.
If I owned this deck, I would convert all my cds and digital music to tape.
The beauty with recording onto tape is that you can change the graphic settings as you put it onto tape. The be able to play it back anywhere without the need for a graphic equalizer
Yes, if you really wish to downgrade the audio quality.
@@petermitchell6348 cassettes actually sound pretty good, it all depends from the deck you use to record/play them. Of course if you use a bad deck, it will sound bad. I have a Nakamichi CR-1E and it sounds better than any CD player I've ever used.
@@Ailgadem The Nakamichi is probably one of the best examples of a cassette recorder still out there and when used with good quality tapes (TDK Super Avalyn were my favourites), would take some beating yes. Of course the source of those recordings is of equal importance, I take it you recorded from a quality record deck as opposed to cd player?
it is with regards the graphic (sic) that I was referring, as I believe that altering the frequencies of a recording suggests that the original source was somehow lacking
P.S I have often wondered why they called it a 'graphic' equalizer and not an audio equalizer.
@@petermitchell6348 I collect cassette tapes, most of mine are ferro type 1 tapes.
Magic :) I love the pinnacle of Japanese electronics in the 80's. Sadly we won't ever see this level of detail and sophistication in consumer products ever again. Thank you very much for sharing. :)
This was my holy grail while I was in college in the late 80’s! I always loved Kenwood car stereos, and I lived down the road from a place called, “Main Street Stereo ” on Long Island NY. That was all they installed back then. They still exist today. Anyway, I did as much research to the best of my ability. Remember, no internet back then. And, I found the “Kenwood 999 Mark II. But, I was told I couldn’t buy it in America. I’ve been going to the island of Saint Martin a lot since I was a teenager. On the Dutch side, there is like 2 miles of shopping in a town called Phillipsburg that includes hundreds of electronic stores that sell stuff from all over the world. I went to every store and finally found one. I think I purchased it for about $800 and took it home wrapped up in dirty laundry in a suitcase. When I drove to Main St., Stereo to have them install it all the employees were holding it as if it were holding the golden tiki in the movie, “Raiders of the Last Ark.” I still have it tucked away safely in my closet. And the video fails to mention that that radio also came with a remote control, which I still have as well.
You should show this to Techmoan!
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This was the best unit I have ever owned (installed in my 1974 911 Porsche). I don't know which I miss more. The sound of the mechanism brings back memories! Another feature, if memory serves, is the automatic volume control, based on external motor noise. And this unit looks great at night! Even the EQ panel buttons light up (which is hard to see in the video). This makes me want to go back to cassette tapes again! Thanks for the upload Sathyan!
Anytime
I love how the 90's were overly ridiculous entertainment systems too. We had like 16 blocks just for the home stereo. Haha
This is a vintage gem man - love it! Some people just can't understand the level of engineering that goes into something like this.
And these radio's are now popular again. Cassette's are in again 2020-2021 : )
I just bought a new cassette deck for my 2006 mustang.
And its crystal clear and the bass is exactly the same as cd
Idk why people say it sucked back then cuz obviously it's amazing
I know with the cassettes coming back it's a bound that these machines will be in demand.
April 8 2019 , I scored this same exact tape deck in junkyard in Texas out of a terribly wrecked '90 Corrado , I've tested it out , it work nice but the down side is the sliding buttons are jammed so I had to pull them out carefully with some needle nose pliers!!!! Bought it for $6 dollars , *I WILL INSTALL IT IN MY '84 SCIROCCO*
Hey David, do you still have yours? I’d love to own one. Please let me know. I’d appreciate it.
let me know please
It was truly the BEST back in the day! I was a Kenwood rep years ago, and primarily went to work for them because of this piece. So cool!
Love it! Its like a piece coming from the Knight Rider car...
Those tray buttons remind me of that...
I would dare to replace my car stereo with, all the digital bells and whistles, to a wonder like this!
Really its a lovely machine!
We truly peaked in the late 90's. Great video
For a 1st RUclips post, yours is a really good one!
And only.
apexdna Haha, true!
DAVIDSDIEGO Not anymore! :P
Without a doubt one of the most amazing decks I ever seen
I'm not really sure how I got here but, yes, I enjoyed it. Thanks
That sound and process of inserting a tape never got old. No new tech does anything that awesome anymore.
Absolutely amazing! Love to see older tech still alive. I had my factory car phone working on a "grandfathered" (old) plan...... until they killed analog entirely
This was the coolest car stereo ever!
Jaw dropped at 2:18!
Yeah
Nostalgia, is that feeling not dissimilar to the non-feeling of numbness, and this is real, when we de-nostalgise our first non-impressions we are left with nothing that doesn't resemble anything but love, and for this we can be truly, truly grateful and I commend this rare luxury to you and all the people you never de-nostalgised within any dissimilar situation that wasn't even heard of until now that is where of course it most certainly is, and that's a relief.
We need to see more of this in our modern cars :D
I remember this one car my parents had, which was from the mid 1990s, and could play both cassettes and CDs. What’s funny is that before they brought it into the dealership and got a new car, the CD player had broke, but the cassette player still worked perfectly.
I want this cassette player for Christmas
Love those retrofuturistic beeps and boops! Truly a remarkable piece of technology
Sequel coming soon !
I'm looking forward to this.
Where’s the sequel??
Back when stereo equipment was AWESOME. SO boring today. That visualizer is Awesome 👌
Car stereos in general kind of peaked somewhere between 1995 and 2005. Before that too many buttons (and like this video, extra panels that may be prone to breakage) as they didn't think of having a mode selector, after that not enough buttons to do anything by feel alone. (Sorry car designers, but touchscreens suck when driving.)
Ideally a car stereo only needs two jog-wheels/dials that double as buttons, and about 8 more buttons for accessing functions and presets. All of which can be told apart by position and feeling the shape or surface without looking. So yeah, late 1990's - early 2000's had it just right.
One true give away that it’s a high end deck, is the support of DBX technology. You can see the logo next to the Dolby logo. DBX was a high end noise reduction system, and also a dynamic sound profiler for high end sound recreation. Techmoan did a video on this technology.
If I ever get my dream car (Rx7) I'm getting this for it.... If I can afford it.
Why would anyone dislike this presentation? Best Car Stereo ever made! Great video.
Thanks for rubbing it in our face you have one and we don't! Long live the Cassette!
You forgot to mention that the tape deck has Dolby B/C and if it wasn't enough even dbx as noise reductors. Metal tape capability. How many tracks can the music search sensor skip? Fantastic car deck!
It can forward and backward scan 7 tracks. Dolby is not something I use with higher quality cassettes.
it can skip up to 7 tracks.
Tape remain indication is something very useless in a car deck. More useless in a tape recorder to know how many minutes are left recording. But in a car? In a playing walkman??? Nevertheless very rare features (track skip >7, Dolby B/C, dbx, Broad equalization) and therefore very awesome car deck
carlosds Tape remaining comes in handy as alot of cassette albums had extra tape remaining on either side...
Awesome to know folks who appreciate good engineering regardless of its age. Keep up the good work!
Amazing piece of machinery from one of my favorite decades, the 1980s! Which BMW model did you mount this in, sathyan?
The tape mechanisms are so cool to watch, one of the perks of having a high end deck and sound quality.
R.I.P. to the singer on this classic!
He's not dead -_-
Al B. SURE IS NOT DEAD
All in one small box- genius piece of work and absolutely beauuutiful. I really really love to own one of these.
I'm gonna go make a video about my 8 track now
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Woah! Didn't expect you here!
I'm not high am I? OmarGosh AND maxmoefoe on a random car stereo video from 2012. Tf is going on
Amazing radio!!! I never saw a carradio like this befor, absolutely fantastic.
Since it's a "dead head", with no internal amp, what kind of external amps and speakers are you running with this beautiful head unit? Nice car by the way sir
I'm running this unit with two amps. One for the front speakers and one for the rear. Finding these vintage amps and din cabling was difficult. But they worked without a hitch. The stereo shop that fitted them said that the head unit was dead for a few seconds when powered up for the first time before kicking in all lights and drama. It's been fine for 2 years now.
Sathyan Thambirajah would you ever want to sell your 999mkii? i had one in the early 90s and regret selling it. i am a big collector of oldschool alpine and kenwood. jim
Flashpoint922 i deserve challenjour per say, gg
I bought 2 - 2 channel kenwood amps to power the main unit. it was a pain trying to source the original cables to get it all fit together properly
Sathyan T Yup, Kenwood had some nice amps in the 80's with din cable plugs...
Wow, this is one heck of a car cassette player. It's actually the most advanced cassette players I've ever seen.
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1988 omg:P this was way way ahead of that time:) amazing!
That's Bitchin'!!!
Wow that's a blast from the past, gotta appreciate old stuff sometimes it works better.
I also have a 1988 bmw. Mines an e30 msport
I think its great you have installed and are using this fantastic deck that almost all of us will never see in person. But you should start a museum with that. Even if its the only deck, people will still come to see it!
what song is that?
Al B. Sure! - Night and Day
As You said. That is quite, the most remarkable piece of tape deck I've ever seen.
How's the finger. Is that a big toe?
Obligor Shut the fuck up.
Saw this vid on dumpert. Awesome casette player. Can't believe how little we progressed in 25 years...
I want this so so so bad.
+Mike Stevens I have a Pioneer 8 track player mint
You should be wearing white laboratory gloves when frolicking over all those buttons! Amazing tape deck. The special heads on these super high end decks really brought cassette tapes to new incredible sound qualities. I still have a $400 Aiwa Walkman type Dolby B and C. Dolby C, it's astounding how almost no background noise and superb high frequency extension.
Especially their HS-PX series like 10/20/30/50, these had dolby nr b and c.
That's great and all but you put a tape deck in your car
1lapmagic Fuck you're stupid.
TheOblivionGate Because I don't romanticize the awful inherent sound quality of cassette tapes? I actually remember using them, they aren't some cool "retro" thing to me. this isn't vinyl, kiddo.
You'd be an even bigger fuckwit if you thought they were cool just because they're old. But o, you're an idiot because you think older products are somehow considered naught because they're old.
TheOblivionGate The only thing a cassette player has going for it is the novelty factor. It's cool for the first couple days, but then you realize you're stuck listening to 20 y/o music because virtually all modern music has no cassette version. That's not to mention how cruddy the quality is compared to other media players. I'll give you that cassette payers -- especially this one -- are pretty interesting, but they're so impractical in this day and age.
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1) Buy mp3 player - cassette player adapter.
2) Listen to any music you like on your cassette player.
3)???
4)Profit.
Truly remarkable piece of electronic equipment. An excellent alternative to cd or bluetooth-players for those lucky enough to get hold of one. Thx for upload , bro!
Only possible explanation for something this awesome in the 80s... Aliens!
That is by far the coolest tape deck I have seen!
A car cassette deck that not only offered Dolby System types B and C, but also dbx?
That's kind of impressive.
Amazing technology still working like clockwork. If I had blank audio cassettes and a perfect full logic mechanism like this Kenwood, I would also install it in my car and enjoying 🎵 it was intended to. Awesome piece of engineering this Kenwood.
Nice music to match the era of the stereo
That is the baddest ass head unit I've ever seen!!! Love those 80s electronics.
What an awesome unit. Dolby B, C, AND dbx noise reduction capability. All around the dawn of the digital age. This was a top of line unit indeed. dbx was the most advanced, but extremely rare for retail use, except for certain high end brand names. Kenwood and Yamaha being two of them. Back in the in 80’s, those of us young and single in the military, bought high end equipment like this from the Army Air Force Exchange Service catalog (AAFES). There was virtually no retail mark up. We knew this stuff was cheap, and took full advantage.
honestly, yes this appears to incredibly ahead of its time!!
i respect KenWood this WAY ahead of time
Awesome classic unit...my first system (in high school) has a 959 deck, along with a Sony 10-disc changer...Awesome memories.
hey sir do you still have yours by any chance?
For a cassette deck,thats pretty sophisticated. ....thanks for posting this....good ol tapes!
Love your video. I had a sweet kenwood tape player in my celica hatchback and then in my 300 zx . Best time to be in high school in the history of mankind. Long live the 80's.
Thank you for reviewing something I did not even suspected to have existed. Really great find!
Putting up this video was a great idea. This tape deck represents the quest for high quality sound and useful features. We have now reached the point where sound quality does not matter as much as access to content. Folks have become used to listening to music using the speakers on the smart device and painful ear buds. I still have my turntable working. I just dusted off my reel to reel ! Great video.
Man, does this bring back the memories. I always wanted something like that in my car back in the day but could never afford it. All I had was the lousy deck that came with the car.
Awesome. I would have killed to have this in my first car. Thanks for sharing!
sound quality is out of this world
insertcoolname Ah, yes, because a RUclips video of car speakers made with a camera's integral microphone is going to have any quality to it.
I remember the old KRC999. And Mr. Toads back in the day. Although on my budget I was doing good to get a Road Master! Even had the Road Master 200watt 15 band EQ and kick ass Jenson 6x9s. It was in a 1977 Olds 442 with the 350 Rocket. I miss those days...But cool post that is the best cassette player for a car on the planet!
Awesome dude this back in the day is a gold mine.the best even netter than some off the modern technology.thumbs up
The thing about a lot of the older electronics is they are of a quality which we don't see today. Most things back then were made in Japan and cost a fortune. I had a Sony tape deck in my car that I spent over $400 on in the early 90's but it was very well built and had awesome sound. This tape deck would be sweet in my friend's '87 Mitsubishi Starion ESI-r.:)
I have ALWAYS ALWAYS been a fan of graphic EQ's in car stereos! That tape deck is AWESOME!
I have never seen i car cassette player so cool! Thats simply awesome
Great video and a great car stereo. Certainly very advanced and so rare. And you got it as an NOS. I'd be changing the belts if there are belts in there. Rubber has lifetime even not used. I'm into cassette tapes myself. Have 6 Nakamichi decks at home and a Nakamichi TD500E in the car. The ones at home are CR7, ZX9, 505, 680zx and two 480s. Fyi the most sonically advanced and expensive car stereo was the Nakamichi TD1200. But l am sure your Kenwood is one of the top decks back then. Enjoy it and congratulations for finding one.
absolutely fantastic! I didnt even know the existence of this masterpiece
Sometimes the old ways are the BEST ways. The old school vinyl LP and tape cassette beat the hell out of CDs for true audio quality and a full sound range. CDs cut most of that out as it is a sampling technology.
Nostalgic !
I was used this for NISSAN PULSAR MILANO X-1, in 1998-'90.
Dat Japanese engineering! 😍
Greets from Switzerland!
Very cool Cassette deck. My brother had this back in 1987ish. He took first in a car stereo competition with it.
This looks truly sweet. The three track skip feature didn't come to Walkmans until the mid to late 90s...I remember being amazed by that feature lol
the nak dragon of car headunits!! . my aunt and uncle has this in a town car with a fantastic kenwood amp and seperates system. I think I was 12. What an awesome memory.
Very cool!
hey sir do they still have it? i’d love to own one so bad... i’ve been looking for a long time. please let me know. thank you a lot
impressive Kenny...best car audio from Kenwood ever made...perhaps not the best sounding but the most complex one. Thanks for showing this secret.
That is the dopest cassette head unit I've ever seen.
beautiful piece of electronic engineering. thanks for sharing!
The track you had on was about as old as the deck itself, 1988 or 1989 I believe...which is perfect!!
That's my jam.!! Bet that bimmer is rocking pots and pans and mirror tints!!
I was a keenwood car stereo dealer at that time (1984-1990) , It was just fantastic
Awesome ! Thanks for taking me back in time, just a few years before, that nobody had amplifiers in the Cars, so those kenwoods along Alpine, dennon and a few other brands ruled the World, the partner was the equalizer Clarion EQB 300, I had a mini equalizer kenwood 4042 pury cool I still miss it, somebody remembers those ?
I think the way the video is made itself is worth of all the views.
very nicely planned and narrated.
Nice unit and typical Kenwood brilliant! They always make good car systems especially cassette players, I never have anything else in the car, for features kenwood always delivers, so much stuff you can link up to them through the din socket at the back which makes them future proof, I got a krc-ps979r absolutely love it and had it for years, tapes sound no different to cds on it, it's linked up to a kenwood minidisc changer and kenwood dab radio tuner, with a kenwood amp and a 12 speaker system in my Toyota mr2 sounds flipping awesome, sometimes a take the long route home after work just to absorbe the sound.
This is why I love car audio.
Wow.. never seen anything this good.
What caught my attention about this deck is the fact that it not only has Dolby System types B *and* C, but it also has freakin' *dbx!*
It looks cool with all those lights and it sounds really nice
Cool video. 80's radio stuff had some of the best designs.