JVC KD SX949 CD Receiver

Overall Rating
 3 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Price Paid:  $75.00 from Ebay

Year / Model Reviewed:
 KD SX949

Strengths:
The display is nice and the bbe is cool too.

Weaknesses:
No subwoofer control

Summary:
This is a pretty cool HU with a nice display. The unit sounds good and is very appealing the bbe makes the sound a little enriched.

Similar Products Used:
Alpine CDE 7858 which has great soundand subwoofer control but a crappy display.

Price Paid:  $300.00 from Bangkok, Thailand

Year / Model Reviewed:
2001 KD-SX949

Strengths:
Powerful and Good Details of particle sound as 1bit DAC and same spec as itself

Weaknesses:
Front and rear focus are not in the same position.

Summary:
This review write on Friday 13 February, 2004. I had used this model for 3.5 Years ago and satisfy it a lot. When I had it own it was the best and highest model of KD-SX series that time. Here is my review for it. Specification; Power 40Wx4 or 16Wrmsx4, Preout 2 sets (Front/Rear) @2V, Direct track, CD-Text, G.EQ (Bass 100Hz 12dB/Treble 10kHz 12dB), BBE Adjusting; Bass +3 (+6dB) Tre 0 BBE OFF SYSTEM; Head Unit; JVC KD-SX949 Speaker; PRISM2002i bi wire modified Electrical Accessories; TopX-Filter, EFX CAP 0.25F Wires; BATT-EFX 4GA, Speaker-EFX12GA Connecting; Cardas Lead, Strainge Wire connector System; BI-AMP (Front ch-HPF-Tweeter, Rear ch-LPF-Woofer) Absorber; Accumat CD-Test; Snow Rose Susan Wong 24bit/192kHz DSP Eagles (Hell freeze Over) Camomile 24bit/192kHz DSP Jim Reeves Testing Result; Charactoristic; Fresh, Wide sound stage, Powerful Sound Quality; Focus all of frequency ranges are in the same positions although front and rear channels are not focus in the same position. Details are shew in its best and better than other competitors which use 1bit DAC and same functions.

Similar Products Used:
KD-SX950 Clarion DRX3675 Alpine CDM-7854

Price Paid:  $50.00 from Ebay

Year / Model Reviewed:
 not sure / KD SX940

Strengths:
The diplay is very eye pleasing, the EQ and the BBE and the digital volume and it goes to 50 "yea"

Weaknesses:
No subwoofer control and it's only 160 watts max.

Summary:
I put the system in car and it sounds and looks great. The display is pretty nice too. It plays cd's and CDRW's to and the BBE gives it a real boost of power. So far I'm happy with it. My wife say that looks

Similar Products Used:
Alpine 7858 which ha a subwoofer control and it's 180 watts but has a really crappy display