Kenwood L-08C
Kenwood L-08M
(1981 - 1982)


Tabula rasa - the future starts now.
And the japanese ads said it loud and clear : "Period."

Well, sort of: what was in them L-08 units wasn't all that new but for the alpha-numerical display :) The fader system only is a less abrupt muting switch - here less tacky than on the KA-1000 and KA-900 as it is not backlit.

Among the numerous features are strictly selected parts, non-magnetic die-cast aluminium chassis, DC structure from top to bottom, 4-way parallel differential MC section, Class A preamp stages etc etc
Prefiguring a Mission/Cyrus or Naim staple, the L-08M blocks could receive a supplementary and external PS to jack up the 08M's 520VA transformers to a whopping 780VA. Per block! This L-08M PS doesn't seem to have been available outside Japan and there seems to have been a dedicated L-08C PS as well.

I unfortunately have never heard or even seen these units but I sure would like to !