Well other things I had to consider is what I had on my credit card besides this possible purchase that would have increased the amount of interest that I am being charged on a month basis. My rates aren't that high but unfortunately we had to put a lot of medical expenses on our credit cards last month for my wife. I bought this before she went through that but if I knew that was going to happen I wouldn't have purchased it all. Now I am very glad the route I went with putting through the Amazon card given that for this I will be paying $50 a month over the 24 months period and the payment I will be having to make on my wife's medical expenses. I went that route at first because of the low payment but again because of my wife it's made that situation even better for me.

I totally understand what you're saying regarding using a forum sponsor, low interest cc and paying it off fast but I have a few different things going on at the moment that make that hard to do. :)

Great looking head unit. So do these models go down in price over time?? I'm not going to be buying for probably about a year.

My guess that in a year this would be marked down in price. From the time that this had even come out this year it's gone down. Initially I saw some selling at full price around $1,700 when it was launched, then around $1,500 for quite a few places, currently there is a $100 rebate offered which dropped it to $1,400 and Wicked CAS is selling it for $1,150. I would imagine a year from now the head unit would be marked down even more. I don't know how often Kenwood releases new units but depending of it they did that could also mark it down. It's definitely a great unit and has been a lot of fun to use. They keep finding more and more to add to these things.

Wow man thanks for the info. That is a pretty substantial drop in a matter of months.


I'm trying to wrap my ahead around everything I need all the way from volume controls on the steering wheel and a USB connection in the center console. To adding a amp and subs, and replacing the speakers. A lot of information to take in.

I'm the kind of person that likes to get a good deal but also get high quality stuff. So I read read read haha

No problem at all! There has been a pretty wide range of prices since it was released. I don't expect major drops going forward but possibly slight changes. The main price right now really is the $1,400 less $100 rebate but if you search around you can find lower prices elsewhere like I said with Wicked CAS. I got mine through Amazon because I wanted to finance it over 24 months same as cash.

I am the same way as trying to find a great deal, finding high quality stuff and just researching and researching. There isn't a unit out there that has all of these functions out there besides this one and from reading reviews and even watching youtube videos which I would suggest if you haven't already is really cool. Kenwood has put out a few videos on youtube that you can watch to see how all the functions work. It's quite cool.

Pay-pal offers financing via pay later.

I do offer 12 Months interest free... financing in-store however I will need your signature on a hard copy.

Wicked CAS

How do these look with the glare issue? i have the pioneer and the screen is not very vibrant have you seen this in direct sunlight?