Kenwood car cassette player KRC999 mark II

[@maxmoefoe]

This is giving me KenWOOD

[@Cernenco]

max high class joke, lol love your vids

[@betterrobots]

***** boooooom!

[@stankyfish2891]

***** I've seen so many of your comments recently get back to making videos lol.

[@thezestypatriot8513]

Go home max Your drunk.

[@gavin6666]

hey max

[@WarthDader74]

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!

[@HamtaroEL]

Same goes for their Walkmans too.

[@animaze86]

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. :)

[@YouTube4Rudy]

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!

[@sathyan497]

Anytime

[@Metal-Possum]

You should show this to Techmoan!

[@HamtaroEL]

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[@shannonhaworth2561]

If I owned this deck, I would convert all my cds and digital music to tape.

[@sathyan497]

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

[@petermitchell6348]

Yes, if you really wish to downgrade the audio quality.

[@Ailgadem]

@@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.

[@petermitchell6348]

@@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.

[@jefferyclark2340]

@@petermitchell6348 I collect cassette tapes, most of mine are ferro type 1 tapes.

[@DapperProf]

This is a vintage gem man - love it! Some people just can't understand the level of engineering that goes into something like this.

[@TrapMusicNow]

I love how the 90's were overly ridiculous entertainment systems too. We had like 16 blocks just for the home stereo. Haha

[@DAVIDSDIEGO]

For a 1st KZbin post, yours is a really good one!

[@apexdna]

And only.

[@DAVIDSDIEGO]

apexdna Haha, true!

[@Flashpoint922]

DAVIDSDIEGO Not anymore! :P

[@davidconde1521]

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*

[@etets444]

Hey David, do you still have yours? I’d love to own one. Please let me know. I’d appreciate it.

[@etets444]

let me know please

[@tapemaster8252]

Without a doubt one of the most amazing decks I ever seen

[@Joel-e3b]

We truly peaked in the late 90's. Great video

[@ScottThomson-s4e]

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.

[@etets444]

Hi Scott, i’m like you once were. All over the 999II. I really love this thing and I wish to find one.. Would you be interested in selling yours? I would pay handsomely for it I promise. Please let me know I would appreciate it a lot!

[@markdipietro3276]

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!

[@maclover945]

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

[@gavincurtis]

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.

[@HamtaroEL]

Especially their HS-PX series like 10/20/30/50, these had dolby nr b and c.

[@PaulJCost1]

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!

[@SushantAmin]

Awesome to know folks who appreciate good engineering regardless of its age. Keep up the good work!

[@drwatson32bit]

I'm not really sure how I got here but, yes, I enjoyed it. Thanks

[@spazzman90]

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!

[@CoolDudeClem]

Jaw dropped at 2:18!

[@ivanpetrovsky.]

Yeah

[@MatrixAlphaCWX]

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

[@kylereese5869]

I know with the cassettes coming back it's a bound that these machines will be in demand.

[@pauljs75]

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.

[@faithless8888]

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.

[@corduroycola]

We need to see more of this in our modern cars :D

[@boysangur]

That sound and process of inserting a tape never got old. No new tech does anything that awesome anymore.

[@sathyan497]

Sequel coming soon !

[@multipurposepaperbox]

I'm looking forward to this.

[@thereluctanthipster9714]

Where’s the sequel??

[@mariaheidt7306]

This was the coolest car stereo ever!

[@nextsegment78]

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!

[@sathyan497]

It can forward and backward scan 7 tracks. Dolby is not something I use with higher quality cassettes.

[@sathyan497]

it can skip up to 7 tracks.

[@nextsegment78]

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

[@rubendeaz]

carlosds Tape remaining comes in handy as alot of cassette albums had extra tape remaining on either side...

[@Aidan_B_Young]

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.

[@OmarGoshTV]

I want this cassette player for Christmas

[@life5161]

Back when stereo equipment was AWESOME. SO boring today. That visualizer is Awesome 👌

[@TwiceToldCinema]

Amazing piece of machinery from one of my favorite decades, the 1980s! Which BMW model did you mount this in, sathyan?

[@proeyebry]

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!

[@jr52990]

If I ever get my dream car (Rx7) I'm getting this for it.... If I can afford it.

[@raggeragnar]

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!

[@OmarGoshTV]

I'm gonna go make a video about my 8 track now

[@podemosllegara790anti-tikt4]

Is your Channel Dead

[@TheVCRKing]

Woah! Didn't expect you here!

[@VosovioYTC]

I'm not high am I? OmarGosh AND maxmoefoe on a random car stereo video from 2012. Tf is going on

[@jdrewes2001]

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.

[@Flashpoint922]

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

[@sathyan497]

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.

[@jimluckiii]

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

[@vvvortic]

Flashpoint922 i deserve challenjour per say, gg

[@sathyan497]

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

[@rubendeaz]

Sathyan T Yup, Kenwood had some nice amps in the 80's with din cable plugs...

[@canuck21]

Wow, this is one heck of a car cassette player. It's actually the most advanced cassette players I've ever seen.

[@MayonR]

R.I.P. to the singer on this classic!

[@Troublesome2008]

He's not dead -_-

[@PoloNius67]

Al B. SURE IS NOT DEAD

[@wanazami7667]

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.

[@adityaravishankar8344]

reddit is a hell of a drug

[@SuperPhexx]

I am deleting all my accounts this year... and I won't return. Ever.

[@EpicHotCheese]

Liar, I just saw you on Reddit shitposting.

[@koll]

An addictive cesspit.

[@MarkJacobify]

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.

[@timk123]

How's the finger. Is that a big toe?

[@THEGlassIED]

Obligor Shut the fuck up.

[@JuliusFawcett]

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.

[@the2adventurebros]

That's Bitchin'!!!

[@thevintagehifiambassador8524]

impressive Kenny...best car audio from Kenwood ever made...perhaps not the best sounding but the most complex one. Thanks for showing this secret.

[@dabombdigitty23]

I also have a 1988 bmw. Mines an e30 msport

[@MathewHesson-el2gw]

The tape mechanisms are so cool to watch, one of the perks of having a high end deck and sound quality.

[@jaydawg4065]

what song is that?

[@Troublesome2008]

Al B. Sure! - Night and Day

[@chimai001]

1988 omg:P this was way way ahead of that time:) amazing!

[@MikeStevens]

I want this so so so bad.

[@Aaronhouston33]

+Mike Stevens I have a Pioneer 8 track player mint

[@RajPisces]

All in one small box- genius piece of work and absolutely beauuutiful. I really really love to own one of these.

[@1lapmagic]

That's great and all but you put a tape deck in your car

[@FreeSeoul]

1lapmagic Fuck you're stupid.

[@1lapmagic]

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.

[@FreeSeoul]

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.

[@MrStalker12345678901]

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.

[@Necropulsar]

Matthew Thompson 1) Buy mp3 player - cassette player adapter. 2) Listen to any music you like on your cassette player. 3)??? 4)Profit.

[@SamLazier]

Love those retrofuturistic beeps and boops! Truly a remarkable piece of technology

[@Daniel28021991]

Amazing radio!!! I never saw a carradio like this befor, absolutely fantastic.

[@BilisNegra]

Thank you for reviewing something I did not even suspected to have existed. Really great find!

[@tonycervz89]

Nice music to match the era of the stereo

[@LoveXKnife]

I think the way the video is made itself is worth of all the views. very nicely planned and narrated.

[@bohanan5851]

Many people listen to their ipods thru a tape deck adapter. This Kenwood is sharp. You also do a nice job of explaning in your video. It also helps that your voice is smoooooooooooooooooth, easy listening. (smile)

[@inmatejason]

That is by far the coolest tape deck I have seen!

[@georgewatson8405]

Awesome dude this back in the day is a gold mine.the best even netter than some off the modern technology.thumbs up

[@dadysworstnightmare]

Wow that's a blast from the past, gotta appreciate old stuff sometimes it works better.

[@80s_kid.]

i had one of these years ago but it was dead,i so badly wanted to get it fixed but never did,i'm so glad i seen this,so after all these years i've finally seen one in action and i'm not dissapointed,infact i love that thing !! thank you for the upload :-)

[@etets444]

hey man do you still have yours by any chance? let me know. thank you!

[@80s_kid.]

@@etets444 Hi, no unfortunately i don't have it anymore, i actually thrown it away becauuse i couldn't do anything with it. i really wanted to keep it, i now have the kenwood D909 and M909, 2 piece car stereo that was only sold in japan, i'm in uk. just search KZbin for Kenwood D909, they are beautiful.

[@etets444]

@@80s_kid. thank you for replying. yes those are also great. the japanese market kenwood’s are something else than what we had in europe. the KRC 999 MK II didn’t even exist in europe so you were lucky to have owned one

[@etets444]

@@80s_kid. I actually have a KDT 99 which is also the rarest thing. it’s complete with box and manual in mint condition.

[@80s_kid.]

@@etets444 i love these old things, modern car audio just don't do it for me, they are boring, they did do some ok stuff a few years ago with the animation screens, but i think they ran out of ideas, plus i think they thought there was no need to make interesting stuff now due to modern cars having built in standard stereos when you buy the car new. i hate new cars as well, and electric cars, i can't stand them.

[@makestuffhere2589]

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.

[@JonnyInfinite]

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

[@Watcher3223]

A car cassette deck that not only offered Dolby System types B and C, but also dbx? That's kind of impressive.

[@MBzWWA]

As You said. That is quite, the most remarkable piece of tape deck I've ever seen.

[@victorchyeah]

@sathyan thambirajah, I would LOVE this in my car! If this video weren't on the "trending" list, I wouldn't have seen it. Congrats!

[@asotolp]

SWEET! I remember this Kenwood car stereo. It's was a super high theft item back in the days of car stereos. Back in those days, if you owned a Blaupunkt, Alpine or Kenwood, it better have been in a bensi-box! Damn, remember those?! Cool video, friend. By the way, I don't steal 'em, I just knew what the hot items were.

[@mrsguerrera]

Takes me back...what a high-end piece of equipment. I sure wish I'd had one back in the day instead of the mid-level Pioneer deck that I was rockin'. Good clip mate!

[@eden2esthar]

For a cassette deck,thats pretty sophisticated. ....thanks for posting this....good ol tapes!

[@apexdna]

The track you had on was about as old as the deck itself, 1988 or 1989 I believe...which is perfect!!

[@enginechauffer]

Awesome. I would have killed to have this in my first car. Thanks for sharing!

[@coreyanderson5995]

That is the baddest ass head unit I've ever seen!!! Love those 80s electronics.

[@nassos_s]

absolutely fantastic! I didnt even know the existence of this masterpiece

[@notsoseriousmoonlight]

This was the stuff I couldn't afford in the 80's! Great video!! Very informative.

[@YTInnovativeSolution]

Concord made some really cool and innovative car tape decks back in the day. love that kenwood bro!

[@skylinegtr96]

I have ALWAYS ALWAYS been a fan of graphic EQ's in car stereos! That tape deck is AWESOME!

[@mrpipi3433]

i respect KenWood this WAY ahead of time

[@loaked3000]

That is seriously awesome. I love old school gear like that, and to have that in the 80s would have been wicked bad ass. Great vid.

[@omeomy33]

I love this video! Wish I had that tape deck! I have a yellow Sony Walkman cassette player, yellow sports version, thank you very much! I have boom box a couple of decades old with a dual cassette player and rainbow lights behind the equalizer! Both work!

[@francis8062]

Dat Japanese engineering! 😍 Greets from Switzerland!

[@Bluegreensky2006]

Wow! Great stuff! As a tape fan, I love this. There is still a cassette player in my dad's car which I still use to listen to old tapes but nothing like this. I should totally look to buy one! Great video :D

[@zarrensanders8359]

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!

[@TheMightyFordFalcon]

I have never seen i car cassette player so cool! Thats simply awesome

[@sincitymusic]

Congratulations. Very nice sounding unit in amazing condition. First time I saw one was November of '87 and the price was $999.00. Same time they the came out with the 939 without the eq. for enthusiast that likes to use a straight crossover. Take care of that baby!

[@Megalocade]

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.

[@andrekleyn727]

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.

[@00Hydro00]

That was awesome. I miss my cassettes, I have a few floating around but a my decks a long gone. If I had the chance to acquire one of these amazing decks, I would certainly install it into my truck. Sure hope this deck lasts for years!!

[@ArcadeDude44]

Awesome classic unit...my first system (in high school) has a 959 deck, along with a Sony 10-disc changer...Awesome memories.

[@etets444]

hey sir do you still have yours by any chance?

[@spiff2268]

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.

[@insertcoolname]

sound quality is out of this world

[@nopenoperson9118]

insertcoolname Ah, yes, because a KZbin video of car speakers made with a camera's integral microphone is going to have any quality to it.

[@debRUUTK]

Saw this vid on dumpert. Awesome casette player. Can't believe how little we progressed in 25 years...

[@heroknaderi]

Good Craftmanship whoever made it

[@Vagabond1997]

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.

[@hot2warm]

Al B. Sure. "Night and Day" Excellent piece of equipment you have there. good luck with it and may it never eat your tapes.

[@lukebarton2009]

An absolute treat of a video. Remarkable. Cheers.

[@haripraji]

honestly, yes this appears to incredibly ahead of its time!!