I didn't realize what I had here until I replaced it. I want to say I paid somewhere in the neighborhood of $700-ish several years ago. This past year, I started having a problem with the sound going out. Occasionally, turning it off or unplugging it would bring it back, sometimes not--I'd just try it every day until it started working again. It would work for a few days, off for a few days, work for a month--this last stretch (working) lasted 6 months. Then it went out again. I sent it to an authorized Kenwood service center (Sears service center)--they couldn't duplicate the problem even after I sent them all of my cables and other components hooked to the receiver previously. The sound just wouldn't go out on them. They also said that even if they did get it to duplicate the problem, they wouldn't have been able to get the parts anyway. I replaced it with a Yamaha HTR-5850 but I think I went too cheap at $399. The sound just doesn't compare to my Kenwood. The Yamaha does handle the base better but that is where the improvement stopped. My Kenwood was a purchase from outside the US for use in the US. You just don't see this receiver here in the states. Any suggestions on how to get my Kenwood reliable again? Or has someone had a similar problem--and figured it out? Are there repair places out there that can actually fix this without foreign Kenwood parts?
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18 years ago