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Suggestions on headunit selection
Hey folks, you guys have come up clutch with recommendations in the past so
I look to you all again. Some prick in the middle of the night slim-jimmed my car and stole my Alpine CDA-7863, so now I'm asking you all for suggestions about a headunit. I'm actually more interested in used units since they'll obviously be cheaper (I'm a broke-ass college student) and I could care less about DVD, MP3, AAC, whatever playback. I'm a musician and am really picky about sound quality but I trust the experienced ears on here. I'm not really interested in Eclipse, I love Alpine, but I'm very open to trying out other brands like Clarion (which I've heard were excellent, especially the 9XXX series and the ADCS-1), Pioneer (ODR and P1R keep coming up), older Sony stuff like the XES, and anything else of high quality. A detachable face would be REALLY nice, but I'm not sure if any of the units I mentioned have that. High quality playback, reliable, some means of theft deterrence and price are my priorities. The rest of my system is a small Soundstream Rubicon 302 feeding my Orion HCCA 6s components and an Xtant X212 pushed by a DEI 250d, so it's not complicated by any means. The only thing I'm planning on doing later is adding a carputer, so some means of adding an RCA audio input would be greatly preferred if it doesn't already have the jacks at the rear of the deck. Sorry for the length. Much appreciated for any suggestions or experiences! ________________________________________ Danny D. Ruiz | How many times do you hear it? It goes | on all day long. Everyone knows | everything, and no one's ever wrong... 1998-1999 U.M. Band of the Hour Tuba| Until later...- Rush (Show Don't Tell) 2000-2001 Boston Crusaders Contra ---------------------------------------- 2002-2003 FIU Banda del Sol Tuba Section Leader |
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Suggestions on headunit selection
You can find used Sony CDX C-90s on eBay every now and then. I have this
deck and love it. The display is very hard to read in the daytime and there's no pause button. Those are the only two things I don't like about it. It never skips, has awesome SQ, detachable face, and it does have RCA inputs. Tony "Daniel Ruiz" wrote in message k.net... Hey folks, you guys have come up clutch with recommendations in the past so I look to you all again. Some prick in the middle of the night slim-jimmed my car and stole my Alpine CDA-7863, so now I'm asking you all for suggestions about a headunit. I'm actually more interested in used units since they'll obviously be cheaper (I'm a broke-ass college student) and I could care less about DVD, MP3, AAC, whatever playback. I'm a musician and am really picky about sound quality but I trust the experienced ears on here. I'm not really interested in Eclipse, I love Alpine, but I'm very open to trying out other brands like Clarion (which I've heard were excellent, especially the 9XXX series and the ADCS-1), Pioneer (ODR and P1R keep coming up), older Sony stuff like the XES, and anything else of high quality. A detachable face would be REALLY nice, but I'm not sure if any of the units I mentioned have that. High quality playback, reliable, some means of theft deterrence and price are my priorities. The rest of my system is a small Soundstream Rubicon 302 feeding my Orion HCCA 6s components and an Xtant X212 pushed by a DEI 250d, so it's not complicated by any means. The only thing I'm planning on doing later is adding a carputer, so some means of adding an RCA audio input would be greatly preferred if it doesn't already have the jacks at the rear of the deck. Sorry for the length. Much appreciated for any suggestions or experiences! ________________________________________ Danny D. Ruiz | How many times do you hear it? It goes | on all day long. Everyone knows | everything, and no one's ever wrong... 1998-1999 U.M. Band of the Hour Tuba| Until later...- Rush (Show Don't Tell) 2000-2001 Boston Crusaders ntra ---------------------------------------- 2002-2003 FIU Banda del Sol Tuba Section Leader |
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I have an Alpine CDA-7995 bought from Crutchfield for 299$ This is a higher
end deck and does have an auxiliary input, order a KCA-120a adapter for 15$. Mind you, this is a true head unit and has no amplifiers built in - it is meant to be connected to separate amps. Does have a detachable face. Sound quality is wonderful, and can introduce time delays on each channel front right, left, rear right left to adjust for differing distances and make the sound arrive at your ears coincidentally - does work and expands the soundstage. Derek "Daniel Ruiz" wrote in message k.net... Hey folks, you guys have come up clutch with recommendations in the past so I look to you all again. Some prick in the middle of the night slim-jimmed my car and stole my Alpine CDA-7863, so now I'm asking you all for suggestions about a headunit. I'm actually more interested in used units since they'll obviously be cheaper (I'm a broke-ass college student) and I could care less about DVD, MP3, AAC, whatever playback. I'm a musician and am really picky about sound quality but I trust the experienced ears on here. I'm not really interested in Eclipse, I love Alpine, but I'm very open to trying out other brands like Clarion (which I've heard were excellent, especially the 9XXX series and the ADCS-1), Pioneer (ODR and P1R keep coming up), older Sony stuff like the XES, and anything else of high quality. A detachable face would be REALLY nice, but I'm not sure if any of the units I mentioned have that. High quality playback, reliable, some means of theft deterrence and price are my priorities. The rest of my system is a small Soundstream Rubicon 302 feeding my Orion HCCA 6s components and an Xtant X212 pushed by a DEI 250d, so it's not complicated by any means. The only thing I'm planning on doing later is adding a carputer, so some means of adding an RCA audio input would be greatly preferred if it doesn't already have the jacks at the rear of the deck. Sorry for the length. Much appreciated for any suggestions or experiences! ________________________________________ Danny D. Ruiz | How many times do you hear it? It goes | on all day long. Everyone knows | everything, and no one's ever wrong... 1998-1999 U.M. Band of the Hour Tuba| Until later...- Rush (Show Don't Tell) 2000-2001 Boston Crusaders ntra ---------------------------------------- 2002-2003 FIU Banda del Sol Tuba Section Leader |
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Well, you say you are broke ... thus you want a low price. I am using a JVC
deck (the lowest in the line that plays mp3), which I got for just over $200CAD. That makes it about $150USD. Pretty cheap for a new deck. The sound quality is excellent so far. It has been running my Infinity Reference Series speakers since the summer and the sound is clear as a bell. The JVC has lots of power to pound out good bass and to overcome wind noise. I suspect, of course, that any modern unit is going to sound pretty much the same. The speakers make much more difference in my opinion anyway. Your mileage may vary of course. "Daniel Ruiz" wrote in message k.net... Hey folks, you guys have come up clutch with recommendations in the past so I look to you all again. Some prick in the middle of the night slim-jimmed my car and stole my Alpine CDA-7863, so now I'm asking you all for suggestions about a headunit. I'm actually more interested in used units since they'll obviously be cheaper (I'm a broke-ass college student) and I could care less about DVD, MP3, AAC, whatever playback. I'm a musician and am really picky about sound quality but I trust the experienced ears on here. I'm not really interested in Eclipse, I love Alpine, but I'm very open to trying out other brands like Clarion (which I've heard were excellent, especially the 9XXX series and the ADCS-1), Pioneer (ODR and P1R keep coming up), older Sony stuff like the XES, and anything else of high quality. A detachable face would be REALLY nice, but I'm not sure if any of the units I mentioned have that. High quality playback, reliable, some means of theft deterrence and price are my priorities. The rest of my system is a small Soundstream Rubicon 302 feeding my Orion HCCA 6s components and an Xtant X212 pushed by a DEI 250d, so it's not complicated by any means. The only thing I'm planning on doing later is adding a carputer, so some means of adding an RCA audio input would be greatly preferred if it doesn't already have the jacks at the rear of the deck. Sorry for the length. Much appreciated for any suggestions or experiences! ________________________________________ Danny D. Ruiz | How many times do you hear it? It goes | on all day long. Everyone knows | everything, and no one's ever wrong... 1998-1999 U.M. Band of the Hour Tuba| Until later...- Rush (Show Don't Tell) 2000-2001 Boston Crusaders ntra ---------------------------------------- 2002-2003 FIU Banda del Sol Tuba Section Leader |
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"Daniel Ruiz" wrote in message
k.net... Hey folks, you guys have come up clutch with recommendations in the past so I look to you all again. Some prick in the middle of the night slim-jimmed my car and stole my Alpine CDA-7863, so now I'm asking you all for suggestions about a headunit. I'm actually more interested in used units since they'll obviously be cheaper (I'm a broke-ass college student) and I could care less about DVD, MP3, AAC, whatever playback. I'm a musician and am really picky about sound quality but I trust the experienced ears on here. I'm not really interested in Eclipse, I love Alpine, but I'm very open to trying out other brands like Clarion (which I've heard were excellent, especially the 9XXX series and the ADCS-1), Pioneer (ODR and P1R keep coming up), older Sony stuff like the XES, and anything else of high quality. A detachable face would be REALLY nice, but I'm not sure if any of the units I mentioned have that. High quality playback, reliable, some means of theft deterrence and price are my priorities. I would suggest Denon, Clarion, McIntosh, Kenwood. |
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On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 19:01:35 GMT, "Daniel Ruiz"
wrote: Hey folks, you guys have come up clutch with recommendations in the past so I look to you all again. Some prick in the middle of the night slim-jimmed my car and stole my Alpine CDA-7863, so now I'm asking you all for suggestions about a headunit. I'm actually more interested in used units since they'll obviously be cheaper (I'm a broke-ass college student) and I could care less about DVD, MP3, AAC, whatever playback. I'm a musician and am really picky about sound quality but I trust the experienced ears on here. I'm not really interested in Eclipse, I love Alpine, but I'm very open to trying out other brands like Clarion (which I've heard were excellent, especially the 9XXX series and the ADCS-1), Pioneer (ODR and P1R keep coming up), older Sony stuff like the XES, and anything else of high quality. A detachable face would be REALLY nice, but I'm not sure if any of the units I mentioned have that. High quality playback, reliable, some means of theft deterrence and price are my priorities. Sounds to me like you are on the right track. Of those I believe only the Clarions and the P1R have detachable faceplates. Other older stuff to consider are any of the venerable Alpines like the 7909 and 7949, Denon DCT-1000, 970, 950 etc and the Rockford Fosgate RFX-8140. The rest of my system is a small Soundstream Rubicon 302 feeding my Orion HCCA 6s components and an Xtant X212 pushed by a DEI 250d, so it's not complicated by any means. The only thing I'm planning on doing later is adding a carputer, so some means of adding an RCA audio input would be greatly preferred if it doesn't already have the jacks at the rear of the deck. Sorry for the length. Much appreciated for any suggestions or experiences! ________________________________________ Danny D. Ruiz | How many times do you hear it? It goes | on all day long. Everyone knows | everything, and no one's ever wrong... 1998-1999 U.M. Band of the Hour Tuba| Until later...- Rush (Show Don't Tell) 2000-2001 Boston Crusaders Contra ---------------------------------------- 2002-2003 FIU Banda del Sol Tuba Section Leader Stephen Narayan | IASCA Pro Street 1-600 | IASCA Certified Judge 2003 Audio Perfection | No System.....yup that's right. Why not check out my car audio museum http://canuck.audioguy.net/gear.html |
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On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 04:37:56 -0500, "Tha Ghee"
wrote: "Daniel Ruiz" wrote in message nk.net... Hey folks, you guys have come up clutch with recommendations in the past so I look to you all again. Some prick in the middle of the night slim-jimmed my car and stole my Alpine CDA-7863, so now I'm asking you all for suggestions about a headunit. I'm actually more interested in used units since they'll obviously be cheaper (I'm a broke-ass college student) and I could care less about DVD, MP3, AAC, whatever playback. I'm a musician and am really picky about sound quality but I trust the experienced ears on here. I'm not really interested in Eclipse, I love Alpine, but I'm very open to trying out other brands like Clarion (which I've heard were excellent, especially the 9XXX series and the ADCS-1), Pioneer (ODR and P1R keep coming up), older Sony stuff like the XES, and anything else of high quality. A detachable face would be REALLY nice, but I'm not sure if any of the units I mentioned have that. High quality playback, reliable, some means of theft deterrence and price are my priorities. I would suggest Denon, Clarion, McIntosh, Kenwood. Indeed some of those older Kenwoods were very good decks, KDC-950, KDC-95R, and KDC-PS905 come to mind..... Stephen Narayan | IASCA Pro Street 1-600 | IASCA Certified Judge 2003 Audio Perfection | No System.....yup that's right. Why not check out my car audio museum http://canuck.audioguy.net/gear.html |
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