March 17, 2008

KENWOOD CALLS ITS SLIM-FIT SPEAKER PACKAGE ONE OF THEIR BEST SOUNDING SPEAKERS TO DATE

New eXcelon XR-S17P delivers outstanding performance with less than two-inch mounting depth.

Kenwood Corporation, manufacturer of high-quality mobile electronics products, unveiled the XR-S17P, an ultra-slim component speaker package that company insiders say is one of their best-sounding speakers to date. “The XR-S17P is an amazing speaker that  just happens to be our thinnest,” states Rick Noetzli, Product Manager of Kenwood’s Car Electronics Division. “We’re all really pleased with the sound.”

According to Kenwood, the XR-S17P achieves eXcelon-level sound quality with a 35% reduction in mounting depth and a 50% reduction in weight. This smaller depth allows the speaker to be mounted in more locations like factory doors and custom kick panels, places that previously couldn’t accommodate normal size high-performance speakers.

The XR-S17P has a carbon polypropylene hybrid cone, a 1-inch soft-dome tweeter and a mounting depth of  only 1 9/16-inches— practically unheard of at 300 watts of power, according to  Kenwood.  The package includes a 5x7”, 6x8” and a 6” mounting plate for a factory-fit in Ford, Mazda, GM and Honda vehicles, and an easy-to-mount high quality compact-size crossover network completes the package. “We didn’t sacrifice sound quality or excursion, (how much the cone moves),” says Noetzli. “This speaker produces the kind of bass you’d expect from a much deeper speaker.”