kdc-mp8017 yes or no?

[DaninCO]

Hey I got this deck (Kenwood KDC-MP8017) and I cant return it or anything. I was wondering if anyone could tell me if it is a good deck or not. I have doubts about it but its to late. Was wondering if anyone liked it or not. I really wanted the MP3 option without spending crazy cash. I hope i didnt make the wrong decision. It annoys me that i cant have that special excelon bass boosting feature. Damn it!!! Any feedback would be nice, specially postive feedback.

 

[Brian's98XLT]

It is a nice deck.At work Kenwood is one of the least we have problems with.
That radio has all the featurs on it that most people need. The only thing I wish it had was a seperate sub controll and output. The next radio I buy for myself will be a Kenwood and I have the option of alot of different manufactures at work like Alpine, Pioneer, Sony, Clarion, JVC and a couple of others.

 

[leenjen]

yeah, it's a nice deck with good features. like Brian said, a sub control would be nice. but i dont like the low preamp output voltage (only 1.8volts). i dont like using anything below 4 volts. the nice thing about the excelon HU's is that most (if not all) have 4.5volt preamp outputs.