Kenwood KDC-X993.....Incredible USB deck

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Kenwood Excelon KDC-X993

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This deck pretty much has every bell and whistle you'll ever need with the exception of 3 way active. It does have sub out lpf and front and rear hpf...up to 24db slopes on each preout set.. With the background set to light green I had the best results with visibility in direct sunlight. I read alot of reviews saying the glare was bad on this deck. IMO its not worse than any other deck I've used in direct sunlight. I love the flexibility of the colors to match your interior. Blue buttons and light green background worked beautifully for me. Between the TA, 5 band EQ, 4v outputs, 24bit DAC's, and VERY FAST usb file searching this deck has served me very well. I ran my 3 way active fronts off the front outputs, and the sub off the sub out put and the TA worked wonders.

This 2008 kenwood ran circles around the 2010 alpine cda-117 I had before this. With a nearly full 16gig usb thumb drive connected it was still very fast.

full list of specs:

Kenwood - KDC-X993

This is a refurb that I bought here last year and I fell in love with it. The one and only reason I'm getting rid of it is that I've upgraded to an Avic N5 (I gave into the temptation of navi).....Although certain things like TA and very flexibile crossovers are something I'm loosing going to the Avic. The features on the kenwood are also very quick and easy to get to once you're familiar with the layout. Sub control is right there with one click of the left knob. searching in/out/up/down folders if incredibly fast with the right knob. I also like to set the background to where it displays the album info, track/file info, time/date, and a small spectrum analyzer all on the screen in a neat and easy to read fashion.

Cosmetically there are very very minor hair line scratches here or there the face, looks new when the face is illuminated. Comes with blue tooth mic, ipod to usb direct connect cable, remote, manual, box, and trim. One of the 4 tabs that connect the trim to the deck broke off, however with the other 3 attached to the deck you wont have any issues with it. The trim never gave me any issues with staying on, even with some verrrry intense vibrations from my substage.

Price:

Looking to get $150 +ship. As I love this deck I'd rather keep it for a rainy day (or my wife's car) than sell it for less. Trust me it'll rock your face for the price paid.

Shipping and Miscellaneous Item Information:

Fedex Ground, INSURED

Item Pictures:

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Ref's: Years of selling here. You're in good hands.

PM me with any questions

 
id be interested if u can tell me the advantages if any over my x693
looking at the specs I see a DSP on the x693, but I dont think it has TA. Nor do I see anythign about 24bit DAC's..

The x993 has 24 bit Wolfson DAC's....which in a direct swap with the alpine cda-117 (24bit burr brown dacs's) the kenwoods sounded just as amazing. Amazing SQ on the right equipment. This kenwood on my 3 way fronts impressed me daily. Volume will go up to 30 ussually before clipping occurs (i have a clipping LED on my preamp eq).

I'm willing to bet between the TA and the DAC's you'll hear a difference fo the better in the SQ.

 
I want to have *** with your mids. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif those must sound amazing right there on axis. seriously i'm in love with them.
sooner or later you'll hear them when I come into town. they're GREAT

 
looking at the specs I see a DSP on the x693, but I dont think it has TA. Nor do I see anythign about 24bit DAC's..
The x993 has 24 bit Wolfson DAC's....which in a direct swap with the alpine cda-117 (24bit burr brown dacs's) the kenwoods sounded just as amazing. Amazing SQ on the right equipment. This kenwood on my 3 way fronts impressed me daily. Volume will go up to 30 ussually before clipping occurs (i have a clipping LED on my preamp eq).

I'm willing to bet between the TA and the DAC's you'll hear a difference fo the better in the SQ.
mine has time alignment and a single 24bit dac

Found out the difference! Blue tooth!!!!!

 
mine has time alignment and a single 24bit dac
Found out the difference! Blue tooth!!!!!


ah nice.....didnt realize the 693 had 24bit dac. Are they wolfson DAC's by chance? my old clarion dxz775usb had 24bit dac's and the x993 wolfson dac's are noticably better sounding.

 
sooner or later you'll hear them when I come into town. they're GREAT
make sure you PM me ahead of time. I want to hear it. Maybe by then i will have all the Zed/ES stuff in my truck. I'm still waiting for it all to show up in the mail. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif Good luck with sale on the deck , i have heard a few 993's and my brother has a 990. AMAZING SQ!!
 
posted on caco but,pm me lowest price shipped to 48198

Have pp ready if price is right! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 
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