Kenwood KDC-X789

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

Visitors rate this review
1.00 of 5, 2.00 votes

Price Paid:  $180.00 from ebay

Year / Model Reviewed:
2005 kac-x789

Strengths:
5v preamp a lot of features easy to use

Weaknesses:
a little bright in the sum

Summary:
this is an amazing cd player. never seen anything like it, i use to have the kac-425 which was an okay deck, but this is the best upgrade i have ever done in car audio. really worth the price due to the millions of geatures it has

Overall Rating
 2 of 5

Value Rating
 3 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

Price Paid:  $229.00

Strengths:
many features to tailor sound AUX input

Weaknesses:
2 button presses needed to change station tiny text not very readable not very "user-friendly"

Summary:
I bought the Kenwood X789 to replace a Kenwood KDC522 which did not have an AUX input. The X789 is technically equal or superior to the 522 but its useability is a big step backwards. On the X789 it takes 2 button presses just to change a station - the first press to get to the button display, then wait a bit, then press the desired button to go to a preset station. The text on the X789 is in three lines, and tiny - not very readable when compared to the big text on the 522. The X789 has a lot of features but it seems that many of them are not oriented towards making the radio useable, they're just whiz-bang stuff. The user interface is at times confusing and requires many button presses, and there always seems to be an annoying too-long built-in delay after you press a button, before anything happens.

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

Price Paid:  $220.00

Year / Model Reviewed:
2005 kdc X-789

Strengths:
Features, faceplate design, clear sound, 5 volt preouts!

Weaknesses:
Needs a couple more functions on the remote, , not much of a problem though

Summary:
So far, i have no complaints at all with this head unit. Big upgrade from my last hu..which was a sony xplod. This radio not only sounds good and powerful, it has 5 volt preouts..Millions of features to toy around with and customize..

Similar Products Used:
Sony F-5700 (this kenwood is much better than sony