Thrift Shop Find, Kenwood KD-5077 turntable with cartridge

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sanlanman

Here are two pics of my $20.00 Thrift Shop find, a Kenwood KD-5077 turntable:





It did not come with the AT record weight, or brush or other accessories in front of the table. It did come with the Kenwood logo phono cartridge and the Kenwood logo 45rpm single adapter. The metal Kenwood name plate is missing from the front of the pseudo wood base. I cleaned up the metal rim of the platter nicely using Turtle Wax automotive buffing compound, and I generally used a Windex type product to clean the rest of the table and dust cover. The old label glue was removed with Goo Gone.
The table works fine. I played three records on it tonight, but it could use a better cartridge and some damping tweaks.

This unit will serve as a back up to my Pioneer Series 20 PLC-590 & PA-1000 table and arm combo that is currently undergoing refurbishment.

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Re: Thrift Shop Find, Kenwood KD-5077 turntable with cartridge
« Reply #1 on: 17 Aug 2008, 06:14 am »
That's a nice looking player Great find :thumb: gonna have to start hanging out at the good will  :lol:


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