thoughts on Kenwood Excelon KDC-x493

[Jphipps 10+ year member]

thinking about buying this HU. looking for sound quality and mainly a easy ipod hookup that would allow me to use my ipod to pick songs or even an easy method of scrolling through the artists....the HU i have now only allows me to click through my artist and playlists and it takes a while.

Thoughts, Reviews, or other units i should look at???

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[wu501 10+ year member]

I would spend the extra few bucks and go with the KDC-X693. It is a much cleaner looking unit in my opinion. Ipod and USB playback is awesome.

 

[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

i got a older 591 and has been a great deck. no problems. all the features i need

 

[Jphipps 10+ year member]

I would spend the extra few bucks and go with the KDC-X693. It is a much cleaner looking unit in my opinion. Ipod and USB playback is awesome.

i kinda like that x693...any other thoughts???

 

[wu501 10+ year member]

^^the x693 is an awesome deck. The only downfall is that the display can be a bit hard to read in direct sunlight with some of the color choices. Looks sick at night though.

 

[1hawaii50 10+ year member]

I loved my Excelon deck while I had it.

 

[Engine_hp 10+ year member]

both will do fine.

IMO the Excelon HU all has same sound quality.

 

[hockey512546 10+ year member]

Have a 592

Very happy with it; I have a 250GB Hard Drive hooked up to it and it works great

 

[guacho80 10+ year member]

Have installed several X493. Very nice HU for the price, customizable, display is very bright, unit is responsive. you won't be dissapointed in either choice.

 

[fuqueue]

I have one - sounds great! My only gripe is that the display shows only 1 line, and sifting through thousands of songs can be kind of tedious. The new displays show 5 lines, which would be kind of sweet. Also, and this is only slightly a drawback, the x493 doesn't have a DSP for time delay. But most of the time that's not really necessary

 

[MemphisCherokee 10+ year member]

i have a x993 and i LOVE IT. i would totally push for the 993 but thats just me

any of the 3 are gonna be nice HUs

 

[inkfx 10+ year member]

I got the X592 not to long ago an couldn't be happier for the price I paid. Much better HU than my Pioneer 4000UB I had previously. Scrolling through my iPod is SOO much easier now. The eXcelons are great HUs.