Curious about Kenwood Excelon HU

[dawgs007]

Now that I have experienced this communities' expertise and knowledge a little, I am filled with questions.

One of which is... does anyone have a general idea of when Kenwood Excelon HU's (KDC-X397 specifically) begin to clip and distort? I hesitate turning it up past ~20 volume. I know it goes higher, but I am scared it will damage it. I am mostly afraid that it will fry the outputs or the HU altogether.

Can anyone shed some light and enlighten me?

[dolarbilz]

If turn past 20 your deck will melt full of so much power lol jk

Hope you get right answer

[dawgs007]

If turn past 20 your deck will melt full of so much power lol jk

Hope you get right answer

That brings up that I don't have an amp on the HU either. It's all stock till it gets to the speakers.

[Colin - STAPUFT]

Both my Kenwood Excelons go to 35.

Not sure on the head unit amp, but if not mistaken- the RCAs play clean all the way up to 34? (all settings set to flat)

I just put my second Kenwood in my work mule and am powering the speakers with the HU's buit in amp. I suppose it depends on the speakers you are running and the crossover frequencies and so on, but I can tell you- that HU has some power. I have 6.5 JL audios in the doors and they do alright (want more power) and play clean but not wicked loud. I fiberglassed dash pods and put 2 3" Tang-Band speakers (8 ohms each, wired to 4 ohms per channel) on each side- those freaking HURT. On squat for real power too... I turned it up to 32 / 35 today and it played clean off of the deck. I didn't go past 32 though- I couldn't stand it. lolz

[dawgs007]

Both my Kenwood Excelons go to 35.

Not sure on the head unit amp, but if not mistaken- the RCAs play clean all the way up to 34? (all settings set to flat)

I just put my second Kenwood in my work mule and am powering the speakers with the HU's buit in amp. I suppose it depends on the speakers you are running and the crossover frequencies and so on, but I can tell you- that HU has some power. I have 6.5 JL audios in the doors and they do alright (want more power) and play clean but not wicked loud. I fiberglassed dash pods and put 2 3" Tang-Band speakers (8 ohms each, wired to 4 ohms per channel) on each side- those freaking HURT. On squat for real power too... I turned it up to 32 / 35 today and it played clean off of the deck. I didn't go past 32 though- I couldn't stand it. lolz

Are you ever afraid it will overheat though?

[Colin - STAPUFT]

Eh... only if you crank it for long periods of time maybe.

My drive today was 6 hours- 3 hours each way. On the way home it was 3 non-stop hours of the HU on- sometimes up loud for a minute or two, but the rest of the time at about 20 out of 35. (it doesn't get over the road noise until about 15, gets ok at 20, gets loud at 25, and goes hog wild at 30+). But no problems after a 3 hour drive- and I don't have A/C, so it was warm in the cab.

[philrab]

Every HU is different, but my X997 is clean up to.

25/35 on deck power

34/35 on RCA's

That said, two decks of the same model can still vary. Best bet would be to find someone close to you with a DD-1.