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The RX65 is definitely quieter around town than the V1, however it can be at a price. The V1, you can certainly disable X band to make it quieter, but it will still sound to K band sources that the RX65 filters out unless you choose to go with some K Band muting options on the V1. The Ka sensitivity between the RX65 and the V1 is a toss-up IMHO, there are times when the RX65 will have an edge on the V1 and vice-versa.
My problem with the RX65 and the 8500/8500X50 is what you seem to like about it. It filters out K band, even when you don't want it to. Even set on highway mode, the detector is still selective about what radar it reports. The upside is it is quieter around the city, the downside is that in some situations it won't give sufficient warning to real threats.
For example, last night I was driving down the highway that runs through town and my V1 gave a K band alert with 2 bogeys straight ahead. The RX65 was silent. I was getting to where I was going to turn left, the V1's K band alert was increasing in strength still with 2 bogeys but now to the side. I saw the source: 2 city cops sitting in wait on folks zooming around the corner one direction or the other. Both were facing away from the highway I was on with the radar pointed that direction. RX65 was silent...until I made the turn and got RIGHT NEXT TO THEM. Then it was near full strength K band. No matter what mode it was in it behaved the same. I circled around with the V1 off and made the same tour by them. The RX65 behaved the same.
Sometimes their computer is smart. It sees two simultaneous sources of K band and filters out and it's not something to consider a thread. But in other cases, it makes the mistake of assuming things it should not. The V1 gives me the CHOICE of whether or not to treat the signals as a threat and saved me from beiing one of their victims of the 50 mph to 20 mph zone transition.
That doesn't mean that one is better than the other, I am just saying it's a very good thing to be aware of how each does in certain situations. If you are aware of the limitations of your detector, you are less likely to fall victim.
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