Kyocera T-910
(1984 - 1988 ?)

Later addition to the 910 lineup, the T-910 also seems to have been export-only.

Unlike the bigger C-910, B-910 , DA-910 and A-710 (the A-910 version of the 710 being another export-only version), the T-910 wasn't as lavishly built, circuit-wise... do read the FM Tuner website review for more about this.

Strange souvenir of an old and in 1985 long-since buried idea, the 910 has de-emphasis switch for Dolby encoded broadcasts plus a Dynamic Noise Reduction System (about which no details are available...), "quadature detectors", two FM IF sections for normal or narrow bandwidths (the wide/normal strip benefitting from linear-phase ceramic filters) and 19/38kHz cancellers built into the FM MPX demodulator.
Convenience-wise, 8 AM and 8 FM stations can be stored in memory each with its wide/narrow mode and antenna 1 or 2 input choice.

Built like all first generation Kyocera on a composite compound that efficiently suppresses most of the vibrations. It is, however, like all such compounds (Sony's SBMC, Technics' BMC and others) rather fragile when it comes to sudden precise shocks and easily breaks in pieces. It is nevertheless very efficient and quite immune to little scratches.

Kyocera sadly didn't sell many but the T-910 still represents one of the few proper design slants ever applied to an entire lineup and is the most elegant of the entire series, if not the most elegant FM tuner ever made. Even if we are here sound-wise far from a Sony ST-A7B, I want one.

Usable sensitivity :
50dB quieting mono :
50dB quieting stereo :

S/N ratio :



THD :


Stereo separation :
Output level :
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The image above comes

9,8dBf (1,7µV)
4,8dBf (3,0µV)
35dBf (31µV)

82dB (mono, DNR off)
84dB (mono, DNR on)
76dB (stereo, DNR off)
81dB (stereo DNR on)
0,06% (mono, 1kHz)
0,07% (stereo, 1kHz)
53dB (1kHz)
1V (fixed)
0...1V (variable)
43 x 11 x 30cm
12kg.

from a c. 1986 USA A5 catalog kindly provided by Joseph Somsel.