i need....

over 2v preamp voltage preferred unless its a good solid head unit

subwoofer control

blue display/buttons not necessary but thats what my interior and dash
lights are gonna be so red/green bla bla bla just won't match

reads mp3s and CD-R/RW


Aux Input

how about under $200? lol i've been looking at alpine but i'll entertain any
brand you have experience with

On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 14:48:11 -0400, "Chris Mullins"
wrote:

i need....

over 2v preamp voltage preferred unless its a good solid head unit


I wouldn't get too hung up on the pre-out voltage if it significantly
narrows your choices. Higher-than-standard pre-out voltages are a
just a marketing gimmick. The only advantage is a theoretical
increase of 3 or 4 dB in the signal-to-noise ratio, and the S/N ratio
for any modern head unit is already so high that you'd literally never
hear the difference.

In fact, you should probably ignore S/N ratio entirely when comparing
head units. The difference between 90 dB and 102 dB is inaudible.
Same with damping factor for amplifiers. I wish the manufacturers
would start just leaving S/N ratio and damping factor off of their
spec sheets entirely. The days where those numbers were low enough to
make an audible difference are long gone.

Listing those two specs an modern equipment does nothing more than
give the "more-must-be-better" numbers geeks something to masturbate
over.


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