Recent content by Mike Sargent

I'm looking for the same thing. I have lots of surround music (all ripped to FLAC) that I would love toe play in my 2019 4Runner. Much of it is 5.1, but I have a series of Quadio releases (Quad - 4 channel) which any aftermarket head unit should be able to play, since they all seem to have 4...

I'm going to take your AI comment as a compliment, instead of an insult. :) My truck is a 2019 Toyota 4Runner TRD Off-road without the JBL sound system. But of course, none of that has anything to do with release dates for new Kenwood head units, does it? Mike

> What new features are you wanting? Head units have (at least) 4 amps (L/R Front/Rear), so it would be very nice if they could actually play multi-channel FLAC files. Quad would be nice, but also playing 5.1 would be great (they could mix the Center and LFE into the other 4, but if external...

I'm interested in the Kenwood Excelon Reference DNR1007XR, but it's a 3 year old model (released Oct. 2020). I would imagine that there will be new models coming out "soon". Anyone know when "soon" might be? Thanks, Mike