• Welcome to the Contour Enthusiasts Group, the best resource for the Ford Contour and Mercury Mystique.

    You can register to join the community.

Upgrading cd player

Mywhip

Hard-core CEG'er
Joined
Sep 29, 2008
Messages
1,406
Location
Piqua
I want something different in my car, so i decided that if my system sells tomorrow ill buy a new one..im going to get a new one eventually, just need some help finding a good one.

I was thinking something like these :
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_113KDCX693/Kenwood-Excelon-KDC-X693.html?tp=5684&tab=other_items
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_10829_XO+Vision+XOD9114.html
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_14309_XO+Vision+XO1915BT.html#

Must haves :
USB/AUX port (prefer them both in the rear)
Must be around 200$


Brand doesn't matter, as long as it has those things. Bluetooth is an added bonus
 
I know you said brand doesn't matter, but I'd be leery of buying a HU from a manufacturer I don't know. I've never heard of XO before. Kenwood is a decent brand, pretty good bang for the buck. If you had to choose between those 3, I'd have to say Kenwood.
 
Stay away from XO, terrible quality. The Kenwood Excelon unit sure is nice.
Most head units are going to have USB input in that price range. You didn't specify where. Some are on the front, some are on the rear. The rear ones ace nice because you can just run a usb cable up to you glove box and put your thumb drive or whatever your using in there.
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_130P5100UB/Pioneer-DEH-P5100UB.html?showAll=N&tp=5684&avf=N
 
Yeah, i have never heard of XO before either till i saw those. They were most of something that i just saw and liked, i haven't done any research on anything yet. Kenwood's are usually good decks, so that is the brand that i will more than likely pick.

For the usb and aux input, i specified in my OP that i would prefer them both in the back, but that is not that big of a deal. It just makes it look much cleaner.
 
Yeah, i have never heard of XO before either till i saw those. They were most of something that i just saw and liked, i haven't done any research on anything yet.

When you see a head unit w/ a screen like that and its only $170 and looks too good to be true it is because it is. I'm afraid if you buy that you might be downgrading from dual and I'm not sure if that's possible?

Check out some alpine head units. The exceleon isn't bad and it is in a totally different class than those Xo's. It has a pretty good pre-out voltage for the price I must admit, but I don't really like the operating systems of the kenwoods and their knobs. I prefer something like alpine so check some of those out.
 
Back
Top