Registered: Apr 2003
Location: San Jose, California
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..
Jan-31-2004 04:31
montie
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Registered: Aug 2002
Location:
putting a turntable in your car????
that would be badass
Jan-31-2004 04:32
raveed
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Registered: Apr 2003
Location: San Jose, California
quote:
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
Jan-31-2004 04:42
Tranc3
tranceaddict in training
Registered: May 2002
Location: Santa Cruz, CA, US
Hehe if you were putting in a tt, it'd be pretty hard to keep it from skipping all the time.
Jan-31-2004 04:51
BadBadNeil
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Dec 2003
Location: CT, USA!
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.
Jan-31-2004 04:55
Rick D
Resident London Hater
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: In The Chillout Room!
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
Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Manchester, England
I got a Kenwood head unit, does me fine, wish i got one with MP3 play back
Jan-31-2004 17:31
igottaknow
PerfectTeeth R4 Dinosaurs
Registered: Feb 2001
Location: The Future
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
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Jan-31-2004 17:50
TeKnoHe@d2025
Derek Howell Addict
Registered: Jan 2001
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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.
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.
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: San Jose, California
sweet thanks a lot man
Feb-01-2004 00:21
Drifter
mmm boost
Registered: Aug 2001
Location: Perth, Australia
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
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