Clarion DXZ775USB or Kenwood KDC-X991

[Nevergo 10+ year member]

Hey been awhile. I'm looking at a new deck for my car. I plan on hooking up a 120gb+ HDD so i have been doing some research on decks. basicly to make a long story short what deck would be better for navigating through a HDD? I would prefer a double din but they don't make any that have time alignment and USB. The only thing i don't like about the kenwood is that it has some stuff i would never use like the cd ripping ability and 512mb of flash memory. Anyway what do you guys think?

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[Babs 10+ year member]

I have no experience with using a HDD but I'd love to see how it turns out.

The 775 intrigues me.. I wonder how far it is from their flagship 9255.. Because the 775 is CHEAP for what it does.. makes me wonder about it's components, quality and SQ, but makes me wonder.. is it any good? Maybe?.. In it's class, there's the 880 and the 7100 also with that amount of processing but more pricetag.

I did have an XXV anniversary version of the kenwood.. sounded nice.. burr-brown dacs, but with any of these decks, navigating through a bunch of files and folders with that little screen sounds daunting, if not dangerous while driving. If I were considering another Excelon, it would only be the 991.

 

[Fast1one 10+ year member]

I agree the 775 does come fairly close to the processing power of the 880 and 7100, at half the price of the latter...time alignment, bandpass capabilities on 2/3 sets of channels, gain and attenuation for each INDIVIDUAL channel, Only thing it really lacks is 24db slopes...

Im sure the SQ is descent, probably up to par with the 880, bit lower than the 7100 but there hasnt been many experiences. I will surely be getting one this summer //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[Babs 10+ year member]

I'd be interested in your impressions if you go with a 775.. Also would be cool to see some good quality pics.. Those manufacturer and dealer pics just don't do so hot.

 

[Fast1one 10+ year member]

I'd be interested in your impressions if you go with a 775.. Also would be cool to see some good quality pics.. Those manufacturer and dealer pics just don't do so hot.

IDK when ill get it, hopefully in July but we shall see...i will post pics and impressions though...

 

[Nevergo 10+ year member]

I have no experience with using a HDD but I'd love to see how it turns out.The 775 intrigues me.. I wonder how far it is from their flagship 9255.. Because the 775 is CHEAP for what it does.. makes me wonder about it's components, quality and SQ, but makes me wonder.. is it any good? Maybe?.. In it's class, there's the 880 and the 7100 also with that amount of processing but more pricetag.

I did have an XXV anniversary version of the kenwood.. sounded nice.. burr-brown dacs, but with any of these decks, navigating through a bunch of files and folders with that little screen sounds daunting, if not dangerous while driving. If I were considering another Excelon, it would only be the 991.

That's kinda why i would like a double din. The problem is that the only good double dins don't have USB and are only in japan(see below).I'm not sure why that is.

http://www.kenwood.co.jp/j/products/car_audio/emotional_sound/k_wd01/index.html

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fpioneer.jp%2Fproduct%2Findex.html&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools

http://www.autoblog.com/2004/08/18/when-you-need-that-sweet-warm-tone-on-the-go-panasonics/

 

[Babs 10+ year member]

Those kenwoods are not of this Earth.. Dual offset burr-brown setups.. Nice!

The panels also a nice departure from the cheap crap they send us in the states.. why is that? Do the Japanese just have more taste for high-end in cars? Denon, Nakamichi, etc.

 

[Nevergo 10+ year member]

Those kenwoods are not of this Earth.. Dual offset burr-brown setups.. Nice!The panels also a nice departure from the cheap crap they send us in the states.. why is that? Do the Japanese just have more taste for high-end in cars? Denon, Nakamichi, etc.

I wish i knew.

 

[Nevergo 10+ year member]

Anyone knew where i could import a deck? I think i found the perfect double din. its a pioneer the model is FH-P710MD. Links below.

http://www3.pioneer.co.jp/product/product_info.php?product_no=00001305&cate_cd=067&option_no=0

 

[Fast1one 10+ year member]

Anyone knew where i could import a deck? I think i found the perfect double din. its a pioneer the model is FH-P710MD. Links below.
http://www3.pioneer.co.jp/product/product_info.php?product_no=00001305&cate_cd=067&option_no=0

That looks really sexy, only thing is the interface would more than likely not include English, or would it?

 

[MDDrew 10+ year member]

the kenwoods over here have dual offset bb too, also that BB Dac is the same sony uses

 

[Nevergo 10+ year member]

That looks really sexy, only thing is the interface would more than likely not include English, or would it?

I think it would but i'm not 100% sure.

 

[G00SE 10+ year member]

Anyone knew where i could import a deck? I think i found the perfect double din. its a pioneer the model is FH-P710MD. Links below.
http://www3.pioneer.co.jp/product/product_info.php?product_no=00001305&cate_cd=067&option_no=0

Funny how you cant get that head unit in the states but all the buttons are written in english.

 

[Babs 10+ year member]

I saw a couple dealers on ebay that can ship to the states with similar models.. you might contact them.

Remember.. JDM radio frequencies aren't the same.. not sure but possibly with an adapter of some kind you might make a JDM radio work in the states, but I'm not positive.

More trouble than it's worth in my opinion. They are nice looking double-din's though.. Don't know if I like that bulbous contour on a 2-din, but the rest I like... However, keep in mind, they've got the volume on the opposite side for a reason.... right hand driver seat.

 

[Nevergo 10+ year member]

I saw a couple dealers on ebay that can ship to the states with similar models.. you might contact them.
Remember.. JDM radio frequencies aren't the same.. not sure but possibly with an adapter of some kind you might make a JDM radio work in the states, but I'm not positive.

More trouble than it's worth in my opinion. They are nice looking double-din's though.. Don't know if I like that bulbous contour on a 2-din, but the rest I like... However, keep in mind, they've got the volume on the opposite side for a reason.... right hand driver seat.

Well i asked one seller so far and he said he could get it(FH-P710MD) for me but it would be $670 after shipping and tax. i'm not sure if thats a good price or not but i'm doing some research now. I'm also asking some other sellers.