My head unit died, reccomend me a new one.

[Kruzen]

oh yeah...you and everyone else on this board! Shit, its hard enough to do that in TWO decks, much less one!

Luke

This is what I have right now.. found it

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-7ZppWE1h5JR/cgi-bin/prodview.asp?I=113KDCX579&search=kenwood+kdcx579

its not too ugly but boy does it sound nice :)

[StereoInstaller1]

Argh, just wanna find a damn headunit that isn't godawful ugly and plays mp3s but has 24bit d/a

oh yeah...you and everyone else on this board! Shit, its hard enough to do that in TWO decks, much less one!

Luke

[Kruzen]

Argh, just wanna find a damn headunit that isn't godawful ugly and plays mp3s but has 24bit d/a

[silversleeper]

I thought the Nak CD400 does .WMA and MP3.

nope... i have the CD400 and i know for a fact it doesnt do MP3s... but the nice thing is the AUX input. i just ran a pair of RCAs through the console to the center console behind the shifter and plug in my MP3 player.

the CD300 does CD/MP3 but lacks the 24 bit D/A converter.

I can't believe it still sells for the same amount I paid back in 2003.

[backtrail69]

I have had really good luck with my alpine 9827 HU, but it is not amber.. I have had it in my 2002 and then my 325is for the last 3.5 years.

[Kruzen]

Kenwood did last year, but I dunno any more.

I thought the Nak CD400 does .WMA and MP3.

Looks like it doesn't from what I see online :(

[Kruzen]

The upper end Clarions and Sonys don't use 24 bits any longer?

Sony does but they make god fucking awful looking head units, clarion has gone down hill recently too, and I can't find a new one that has 24-bits.

Kenwood released an EXCELLENT head unit for their 40th anniversary that had 24-bit d/a on EACH channel (quad burr-brown dac's) but its impossible to find new anymore since it was a model from a year or two ago.

from searching around on crutchfield there's like, three headunits with 24-bits. a JVC, a sony, and an alpine unit.

[StereoInstaller1]

Kenwood did last year, but I dunno any more.

I thought the Nak CD400 does .WMA and MP3.

[KenC]

The upper end Clarions and Sonys don't use 24 bits any longer?

[Kruzen]

What does the rest of your system consist of that you require 24-bit D/A converters?

Not that I don't have them, but... ;)


Check Mac, Nak, and upper end of most other manufacturers

a/d/s 345cs components powered by 600.4 PPI amp (just using two speakers right now)

My main gripe with alot of nak stuff is I don't see alot of mp3 availability. I know the compression i'm getting from using mp3's won't give me my full audio quailty or benefit so much from the 24-bit DAC but I do like to listen to stamped cd's sometimes when I get a new album so i'd like to have the quality there when I want it.

[KenC]

What does the rest of your system consist of that you require 24-bit D/A converters?

Not that I don't have them, but... ;)


Check Mac, Nak, and upper end of most other manufacturers

[Kruzen]

My 3 year old kenwood is eating cd's. Put cd in, play cd for several hours/days, cd starts to skip. MECH ERROR displays across screen. Then I get to wait around and hit the eject button for a few days until it randomly pops out sometimes, put cd back in, flawless playback for several days again.

Time for new shit:

Musts:
24-bit burr-brown DAC's
Non-annoying display, clean, easy to read text
Red buttons
plays mp3's
removable faceplate.

Any reccomendations? It seems kenwood doesn't produce nearly as many head units using 24-bit burr-brown da's anymore, in fact I can't find a single kenwood head unit on the market right now that has them, and i'm a bit of a fanboy to the quality of them.

If you can find me another kenwood head unit that'd be excellent, but i'm struggling to find what i'm looking for on crutchfield and what not.