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Posted by raveed on Jan-31-2004 04:31:

Help buying a deck for my car

hey guys ... im actually looking to buy a new deck for my car and was wondering if i could get any suggestions... im willing to put in about us$300.. the one im looking at is the sony cdxm800 but i hear its not worth the price so if i could get ne suggestions it would be fantastic..

Posted by montie on Jan-31-2004 04:32:

putting a turntable in your car????

that would be badass

Posted by raveed on Jan-31-2004 04:42:

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Originally posted by montie
putting a turntable in your car????

that would be badass

lol i meant a car deck ...a sound system but yea that would be unreal

Posted by Tranc3 on Jan-31-2004 04:51:

Hehe if you were putting in a tt, it'd be pretty hard to keep it from skipping all the time.

Posted by BadBadNeil on Jan-31-2004 04:55:

Pioneer makes good head decks. Might as well get one that can play MP3s if thats your thing too. Other good brands include Eclipse, higher end Clarion, alpine. I know some ppl that swear by Sony but a lot of ppl think they are overpriced. I know two ppl that have that same HU you are lookin at and they like it but I couldnt tell u firsthand. If you shop around u should be able to get stuff on the net cheaper than stores though. My recommendation would be to check out some stores for yourself and listen to various HUs and mess around with them. Those flip ones seem more practical if you have a changer and dont need to be flippin the face every couple hours.

If your gonna play your speakers with the HU looks for high RMS power and look for multiple outputs for adding external amps later on. I'd probably always add an external amp on though with any HU, just better power going to the speakers.

Posted by Rick D on Jan-31-2004 16:06:

personally i would stick with alpine or kenwood, i was gonna get the alpine cda-1412 or something like that, it costs about �250, has mp3 playback etc

Posted by TranceMuzik02 on Jan-31-2004 17:31:

I got a Kenwood head unit, does me fine, wish i got one with MP3 play back

Posted by igottaknow on Jan-31-2004 17:50:

1. Its not called a "deck" its a Head Unit or HU.

2. I've heard nothing but bad things about Sony HU. noobs alway seem to want to buy them for some reason maybe cause of big name and lots of ads for them.

3. buy anything but sony then pick the features that r most important ie radio reception, cd, mp3,...

4. imhop i'd spend $200 on HU and put the extra $100 towards good component speakers in the front like a nice set of infinities

Posted by TeKnoHe@d2025 on Jan-31-2004 22:11:

I've heard nothing but good about Alpine head units. When I go to get one I'm going to drop $250-300 on it probably. The rule for anything you get for a car: You get what you pay for.

Posted by opianstate on Jan-31-2004 22:32:

Alpine all the way man. I've never had a problem with them. I had one for like 3 years and it was still running strong when it got jacked from my car. I went ahead and bought an MP3 compatible one to replace it and it doesnt get any nicer, hours of music without ever changing the CD. Here's a link for ya.

only $209.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...&category=18798

Posted by raveed on Feb-01-2004 00:21:

sweet thanks a lot man

Posted by Drifter on Feb-01-2004 03:33:

go for either clarion, alpine or eclipse. they are great hu's that are well made and provide a nice clean sound.
I personally have the clarion dxz835mp and fully recommend it, great deck visual and listening wise

Posted by BobbyV on Feb-01-2004 04:08:

Avoid Sony and Aiwa. I would go with Pioneer or Alpine. Get one with MP3 playback, you won't ever go back. And if you are planning on getting satellite radio, you can't go wrong with XM. Good sound quality, great music selection, and they're going 100% commercial free in the near future, if they haven't already. I've talked to NUMEROUS stereo shops and installation specialty shops and they have all told me to go with Pioneer. I have a Kenwood right now, and the only problem i have with it is it doesn't eject my CDs correctly most of the time. I have to mess with it for the CD to come out. And I don't see anything wrong with calling a HU a "deck", it's just like calling a turntable a "deck", it's just another name for it.

Posted by igottaknow on Feb-01-2004 05:01:

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Originally posted by BobbyV
And I don't see anything wrong with calling a HU a "deck", it's just like calling a turntable a "deck", it's just another name for it.

Well since no one buys head units with a "Cassette Deck" its technically not a deck. Head Unit is a more generic name that covers what ever is included with it (tuner,cd,amp,and may be a cassette deck). I know i must sound like the audio police but why not use the same terminology that most use?

Posted by vasyachkin on Feb-01-2004 07:27:

i have a pioneer premier mp3 one and what i hate about it is that it only fits 8 characters in a display, so the name of track takes forever to scroll across. err, was a bit short on money buying it.

get one with a nicer screen.

Posted by Trance-Aqua on Feb-01-2004 12:29:

go to google and check for Car audio Australia forums they know EVERETHING about eks and sound gear top guys with top advices, those guys are like freaks and know all there is to know

Posted by dartman on Feb-01-2004 19:00:

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Originally posted by opianstate
Alpine all the way man. I've never had a problem with them. I had one for like 3 years and it was still running strong when it got jacked from my car. I went ahead and bought an MP3 compatible one to replace it and it doesnt get any nicer, hours of music without ever changing the CD. Here's a link for ya.

only $209.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...&category=18798

i have the same deck, its da bomb. you could spend more money but there is really no need to because this one does everything (atleast everything i need it to). it sounds awesome too.