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JVC EXAD KD-LHX501
Head Case

A wild new look for the top-of-the-line so-called Exad units this year from JVC. On this one you can even take your own digital images and put them in your own dashboard, which is cool. A small yet very blingy piece of OEL second generation display makes this lopsided asymmetrical unit a bloody wonder. Easy to use and sounds good on CD with nice high specifications for both signal to noise and dynamics. Clean, loud, clear and flash, too.

FACTORY FACTS: 4x50-watts, small remote control, 5V RCA outs for front/rear/sub + line out, BBE, ‘PICT’ with software CD rom, motorised front panel, MP3, CD text. Signal to noise ratio 102dB; dynamic range 98dB.
WOW FACTOR: 10
Cool, clean and poke yer eyes superb technology display. Second gen OEL, wow!
CLEVERNESS: 8
Nice menu system gives you access to all the higher functions. It’s posh-clever.
EASE OF USE: 10
Very few buttons means that even the ‘try that button there’ approach works.
VALUE: 9
A total mate-impresser. You will love it too. PICT means your own images on screen.
OVERALL: 9
A very new looking departure for JVC that puts them ahead of many others.
FASTCARUK: 9