Need a new HU desperately and i got $250 to spend

[1hawaii50 10+ year member]

I got my X993 installed a couple days ago. The Ipod integration is top notch. The menu is not nearly as difficult to navigate as others make it out to be. I spent about 1/2 hour playing with the settings, and I feel pretty comfortable with the menus. The EQ on the P980BT was better, but I'm not regretting putting in the X993.

 

[mendon mafia 10+ year member]

I got my X993 installed a couple days ago. The Ipod integration is top notch. The menu is not nearly as difficult to navigate as others make it out to be. I spent about 1/2 hour playing with the settings, and I feel pretty comfortable with the menus. The EQ on the P980BT was better, but I'm not regretting putting in the X993.

hey thanks for the update. I still havent bought a deck yet but i may be holding off on putting my car on the road until the summer now so i may have even more time that initially.

but im actually thinking about getting the JVC kdr800 and then adding a line driver/eq so that i can have extra adjustment and nice strong rca signal. its only $155 shipped for this deck and its got everything i want except for compressed file restoration, the fact that the bluetooth may not work with my phone and it doesnt have time alignment (ive decided i dont need time alignment)

I also might just buy my old pioneer 590ib back not sure how any of these other decks will compare to it but it used to make me happy plus i can get it back for cheap.

 

[nismos14 5,000+ posts]

I love the 993, I've owned 3 already, I just wish there was a 15 band geq or 7 or 8 band peq with more adjustability, I don't understand why the 942 gets a parametric eq and the 993 gets a poopy geq.

 

[1hawaii50 10+ year member]

I love the 993, I've owned 3 already, I just wish there was a 15 band geq or 7 or 8 band peq with more adjustability, I don't understand why the 942 gets a parametric eq and the 993 gets a poopy geq.

You would think that Kenwood would outfit their top-dog single DIN offering with a little more than a basic EQ. The EQ on the P980 was definitely better, but the Ipod controller on the X993 is GREAT!

 

[nismos14 5,000+ posts]

Yea but I haven't had much of a problem with getting it tuned nicely //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Wattser93 10+ year member]

I have a X693 and it's a nice unit. I didn't get the X993 because when I have my music on I don't want people calling me.

 

[mendon mafia 10+ year member]

i kinda have grown on the 993 but having the nob on the right side just bothers me it will ttake some getting used to

 

[mendon mafia 10+ year member]

so i bought the jvc kd-a805. its the exact same as the kd-r900 but it has the face plate of the kd-r800. 2 year warranty as well. I figured the slot in design is better for me since the flap face used to ho hit my trim ring and not open up all the way.

its got the 24bit dac, 5 volt pre outs, bt, direct ipod, dual usb front and read (if you dont use the bt, bt uses a usb dongle /: ), front aux, 3 band parametric eq high and lp filters, 30k color disp, passenger ipod control, lots of other useful features that will probably take me forever to figure out haha.

basically has everything except time alignment and hopefully the bt works with my phone since its not on the list.

cost 180 shipped

 

[hatedonmostly 5,000+ posts]

Get it installed yet? Let me know how the feedback is though the speakers like we talked about earlier...

 

[mendon mafia 10+ year member]

Get it installed yet? Let me know how the feedback is though the speakers like we talked about earlier...

should be here early next week i would imagine. gonna get it hooked up asap. Hopefully it dosnt have the white noise but ive heard from a few people that its unavoidable. Im going to be very careful this time around and disconnect my battery's when installing like they suggest so there will be absolutely no reason for any noise.

 

[mendon mafia 10+ year member]

i got my jvc installed today and am very pleased so far. Its very clear sounding and very easy to use. it works with my phone too for the bt. It definately has better sq than the pioneer 590ib imo which is probably due to the 24 bit TI/brown burr dac.

it does have some fuzz at high volumes but its not as much as the pioneer. Im going to try grounding the unit better but it probably wont help gli or not its exactly the same amount of fuzz/hiss.

the direct ipod is slow when navigating through large play lists but it has the option to control the unit from the ipod itself which makes searching easier/faster.

all in all im VERY happy with my purchase and would recommend this unit to anyone. It does not have time alignment but that's fine for me. and for $180 shipped the value is amazing.

 

[mendon mafia 10+ year member]

i spoke to soon. the front right rca output is bad on this unit it was not just the typical noise since it was the same volume at 1 and at 20 and only on the right side just took me a while of tinkering to notice. this unit is going back but hopefully the new one works better.

 

[1hawaii50 10+ year member]

i spoke to soon. the front right rca output is bad on this unit it was not just the typical noise since it was the same volume at 1 and at 20 and only on the right side just took me a while of tinkering to notice. this unit is going back but hopefully the new one works better.

Hopefully you'll have better luck with the replacement. I've got my X993 installed, and so far...so good. The crossovers have finer adjustments than the Pioneer, the radio tuner is stronger than the Pioneer, the Ipod controller is fantastic! It is a little tough to see in direct sunlight (Pioneer wasn't any better). The function button being on the left side of the unit does not bother me at all. I've found that once I set up the unit, I don't use that button very often anyway...that's what steering wheel controls are for! I've found that navigating through the menus is nowhere near as difficult as some people make it out to be. It could be easier, but once you mess with it for a little while, it all falls into place. Overall I'm very happy with this unit.

 

[CarAudioNewbie9 10+ year member]

Get the kenwood.

 

[mendon mafia 10+ year member]

Get the kenwood.

i mean this deck cost $40 less than the kenwood and has everything it has except the time alignment. its just a defective unit since the other outputs work fine

the radio receiver is very strong and the display is nice. this thing is also super easy to use and user friendly.

only complaints are the tiny remote(no biggie), the slow scrolling through playlists and the ipod is slow to load up, i cant get the passenger ipod control to work (not that big of a deal), also the bluetooth sometimes restarts my phone automatically before it will actually work but once it restarts it works fine, still have yet to try the voice command tho.