Kenwood KDC-MP919 Car CD / MP3 Player
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Great Deck
Pros
Great sound, nice display, many features.
Cons
Advanced options can be difficult to learn at first.
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
If you want a great sounding deck that plays MP3s and looks great, buy this deck.
The basic features of the unit are very easy to use. It is very intuitive. I first ran into troubles when I wanted to customize what was displayed while playing mp3s. The first time or two require using the manual. Programming stations was also a bit tricky (it is definitely not intuitive, and needs to be improved). If you don't care what stations you listen to though, but just want them all programmed, then there is a feature that will automatically program stations into memory.
The sound was one thing that I noticed. When listening to a CD in the store, the music sounded fuller with this deck. The RMS power output is rated from about 30Hz to 20kHz. This is very good.
The display can be customized a number of ways. My daughter likes to watch "the movie" while we are listening to music. She likes the dolphin one the best. I wish it were like the mp959 model where movies can be created and added. The only problem with the display (that I have found) is that if an icon is selected for one source, then it is used for all sources. The icon is the little spinning CD or satellite. It would be nice to be able to customize the look for each source, i.e. turn off the icon in CD mode, but have it displayed while listening to the radio.
Having over 150 songs on a CD is definitely nice. I have tried tons of different mp3 formats on this deck and all played perfectly. Fast-forwarding and rewinding in the middle of a song is no problem. It works better than on my computer (which has problems occasionally with variable bit rates). I have tested out songs recorded at 64kb/s to 320kb/s in both variable and constant. I find 128kb/s just fine. If you aren't pirating music, then you still have the original CD and if you ever hear a track that sounds bad, then you can re-record the track as an mp3 at a higher bit rate. Burning another CD won't cost much either.
The sound was one thing that I noticed. When listening to a CD in the store, the music sounded fuller with this deck. The RMS power output is rated from about 30Hz to 20kHz. This is very good.
The display can be customized a number of ways. My daughter likes to watch "the movie" while we are listening to music. She likes the dolphin one the best. I wish it were like the mp959 model where movies can be created and added. The only problem with the display (that I have found) is that if an icon is selected for one source, then it is used for all sources. The icon is the little spinning CD or satellite. It would be nice to be able to customize the look for each source, i.e. turn off the icon in CD mode, but have it displayed while listening to the radio.
Having over 150 songs on a CD is definitely nice. I have tried tons of different mp3 formats on this deck and all played perfectly. Fast-forwarding and rewinding in the middle of a song is no problem. It works better than on my computer (which has problems occasionally with variable bit rates). I have tested out songs recorded at 64kb/s to 320kb/s in both variable and constant. I find 128kb/s just fine. If you aren't pirating music, then you still have the original CD and if you ever hear a track that sounds bad, then you can re-record the track as an mp3 at a higher bit rate. Burning another CD won't cost much either.
