thoughts on Kenwood Excelon KDC-x493

Jphipps
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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???

 
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.

 
^^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.

 
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

 
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.

 
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