well im gonna toss a head unit in my 95 gt. im partial to panasonic and pioneer. I am not looking for show-winning stuff, just good sound. I don't want to spend more than 200 bucks. MP3 playback is not a necessity but it would be a bonus. can anyone point me in the right direction?
Sometimes we live to beat the odds.-Ryanaim: rkgreen04
dude go alpine, youv never heard good music until youv heard it thro an alpine deck lol.... trust me its worth it
Alpine is the best I have a new 9833 it is awsome.
Dont get panasonic if u want it smooth with the dash...the one i got sticks out about a extra 1/4 of a inch form the dash.
-brianforster+May 25, 2004 - 7:38 PM
-brianforster+May 25, 2004 - 7:38 PM
mm...Alpine sounds great. I got the 9827 and it sounds great.
FlickR2011 Subaru WRX and 1997 3sgte Celica
SONY= suck ass there HUs are very low quality.
GREAT BRANDS
Kenwood
Alpine
Premier
Eclipse
Blaupunkt
panisonic
BAD BRANDS stay away
JVC
Jenson
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i think im going with a pioneer deh-p4600 MP...couldn't beat the price plus its mp3
Sometimes we live to beat the odds.-Ryanaim: rkgreen04
-celimanST+May 27, 2004 - 7:20 PM
I love my sony. its the best I have ever had. and strong, survived being yanked out of my pile that was left of my civic. its a MX350 or something.
-djspike+May 25, 2004 - 11:39 PM
I have a panasonic head unit for sale. It is VERY nice. 45x4. Blue face. The only reason I am replacing it is because I am going to red instrument panel. Please let me know if you would like pics. I would sell it for $100 shipped.
QUOTE(lagos @ Jul 10, 2006 - 1:55 PM) [snapback]454118[/snapback]i know your trying to do the right thing for your motor, but this is one of those times where you should just trust the guys who have had their swaps for a while and have done a ton of research into this.
-jgreening+May 28, 2004 - 12:34 PM
Well actually celimanST is right... JVC is in the "BAD BRANDS" of Headunits. If you ask real sound competition enthusiasts and do searches on audio forums like caraudio.com...they will tell you to stay away from JVC. Even a cheap alpine or eclipse would be better off. Basically JVC is over rated and over priced.
Kenwoods are supposedly pretty good except for the lower voltage preouts on their lower quality headunits, but at the higher end priced at retail from 250+ is really good.
Panasonic is not the best but it is a bang for the buck.
On true Competion SQ and just plain quality I would say its between Alpine and Eclipse. If you stuck between those two and have the money to buy them, you are just going to go crazy figuring out which one to buy. Especially the Eclipse E-Commander..hehe that thing is just amazing.
see I know something
I am also hearing good things about Swiss audio but I haven't met anyone that has any of their stuff though.
I could be wrong but I would like to find out.
William
stay away from pioneer also, they have gone downhill these past couple of years....just ask urself this, if walmart sells it do i really want it on my car. Name one high quality part for car audio from walmart, ya cant cause there aint none. Alpine, eclipse, kenwood, fricken ROCK
-DamDirtyApes+May 31, 2004 - 11:23 PM
Yeah, but we are talking about headunits here. Pioneer h/u and kenwood aren't that great. They may look good and seem to have good features, but have crappy preouts and quality wise. can't compete with alpine or eclipse.
Pioneer broke the SPL record, but a world record can not decide a H/U.
Ikesound is great to buy from though.
-Jabberwock+Jun 1, 2004 - 8:34 AM
pioneer = walmart.... that should tellu something , while ur at it u could go and buy those nice 3000 wat subs at walmart for 35 dollars.
kenwoods really arent that bad they may look cheap and feel cheap but they have decent sound quality for the price.
as with the pioneer i have a friend who had one, after a few months it would start skipping whenever he hit a slightly bumpy road.
i have a jvc with 200watts and it goes well if you got a 12 disc changer, also detachable and flip down, con is no mp3 player but has mp3input device also a nice equalizer on it. email me if you want the number i got it for a deal but it runs around 200 i think.
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