Kenwood KR-127VR Receiver Demo - 1988, 130 WPC

Here’s the Kenwood KR-V127R from 1988. 130 solid watts per channel - discrete transistors and not an STK chip. Has rear surround and a full function remote. It’s an A/V receiver and also has programmable radio presets where you can alpha-numerically name the station presets like “Q101”. And, you can group by category such as rock, jazz, popular, etc. Awesome VFD display with lots of options and buttons.
Easiest unit to service I’ve ever seen! Engineers: Take note, this is how you build a receiver that lasts! Thank me later.
I have a couple variants of this model, all purchased with “issues” - all resolved with reflowing solder joints on the power transistors which get hot, and are completely accessible when the bottom panel is removed. So simple to fix it’s crazy. (Buyer’s tip to ask: “If you tap on the top of the unit hard, do the display lights flicker on and off?”)
I would doubt any of these receivers are not fixable under normal broken conditions.
Related models:
KR-V126R (1987 model, 130 WPC)
KR-V106R (1986 model with 100WPC)
KR-V107R (1988 model with 100WPC)
KR-V86R (1987 model with 80WPC, no surround)

[@TheKermy]

I've had this one for years. I love this thing and its served me well without a hitch!

[@michaelgood1576]

Bought one of these for $30 at Goodwill about 14 years ago. Gave it to my brother who just gave it back saying he never even plugged it in.😂 So I wired it to my Douk amp selector to compare it to a Carver MXR150. Pushes my big Infinity's just as perfectly. Sounds great, no distortion, plenty of headroom. Part of my collection now💖

[@professorvoluck9311]

I bought a mint one because I loved the way it looked. It ended up replacing my NAD because the sound quality is incredible. The guy in the video has his volume in the red. Maybe something is wrong with his because mine at half volume will blow your pants off.

[@michaelgood1576]

@@professorvoluck9311 I can't turn mine up either and the Infinity's are not that efficient. I have been trying to find a remote, even a compatible one.

[@professorvoluck9311]

EBay sometimes has the remote. I

[@XanderKasongo]

Nice!

[@timothycrawford3476]

I'm a long time subscriber to your channel and really enjoy your kmart videos. I was reading on reddit about Kmart using CDi disc for training, I thought I'd ask you considering you worked there so long and probably during the CDi era. Thanks

[@davismv]

Unfortunately I do not have any of the computer based training, it was in its infancy in 1999 when I left. And I’m regretting not looking around we probably had some extra CD ROMs to “permanently borrow”.

[@timothycrawford3476]

@@davismv I don't know if your on reddit but there's some really interesting Kmart info. Most is posted from former management and employees, as I said in my prior post apparently Kmart had a deal with Panasonic to produce training videos. Panasonic had a disc base gaming console called the CDi. The info we are getting is Kmart had CDi systems at the store and was used for training, I had spoken to some people about Kmart having self check out for a small time. Lol people said I was crazy and finally a picture was produced providing proof. Thanks again Mark, I've really enjoyed you Kmart videos. Also the Atari ones and your cd collection.

[@davismv]

@@timothycrawford3476 thanks Tim!

[@felipecervantes7881]

I have a v8 and v10. Love them

[@RRW276]

This would've handily covered a skating rink, more than perfectly!

[@oberday]

I have the 126 model of this Kenny. It looks like your display is a bit soft around the edges, like mine. I am trying to figure out of the faceplate can be removed and cleaned to sharpen up the display.

[@RodknockRhett]

That's normal for the VFL display. There's so much going on. Expect a little glow. It's beautiful on both my v1106r and v126r. These beasts are so underrated.

[@danthemansrepreviews5644]

I luv recievers with spectrum analyzers I have a technics gagx 505 And a sony str av 920

[@nickv4847]

Hello, what song from your channel did Dan bell use in his coventry mall video? Thank you so much in advance!! I believe it may have been a kmart track possibly

[@davismv]

I don’t believe it was a Kmart track, and I just checked the video and don’t recognize the song, you could try to Shazam it. There’s another song he played during one of his videos which I thought was really cool here it is I forget which one it was in kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYHNiYtrnsSgq7c

[@dontcrash9353]

Can anyone tell me what the eq levels for this should be? It's seems like I can't get anything that comes out of my 3.5mm to stereo cable to sound right, no matter what the eq is at

[@Redlightening38]

Oh i like this song anyone know the name of it?