opinions on blaupunkt v. pioneer?

[Jan and Jeff]

Hi all.

I'm trying to decide between the Blaupunkt Heidelberg CD51 (DigiCeiver/CD
only) and the Pioneer DEH-5500 (Supertuner/CD/CD-RW/MP3).

The Blaupunkt has slightly better power, noise, and sensitivity
numbers--plus more EQ bands--but the Pioneer plays more formats (none of
which I use currently BTW. I guess the ability to use them in the future if
I decide to is attractive.)

I also wonder about Pioneer quality; I don't have any experience with them,
but I think their products have a cheaper look and feel than BP stuff.

Price is basically the same.

Thoughts?

Thanks in advance,
Jeff

[Kevin McMurtrie]

In article >,
"Jan and Jeff" > wrote:

>Hi all.
>
>I'm trying to decide between the Blaupunkt Heidelberg CD51 (DigiCeiver/CD
>only) and the Pioneer DEH-5500 (Supertuner/CD/CD-RW/MP3).
>
>The Blaupunkt has slightly better power, noise, and sensitivity
>numbers--plus more EQ bands--but the Pioneer plays more formats (none of
>which I use currently BTW. I guess the ability to use them in the future if
>I decide to is attractive.)
>
>I also wonder about Pioneer quality; I don't have any experience with them,
>but I think their products have a cheaper look and feel than BP stuff.
>
>Price is basically the same.
>
>Thoughts?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Jeff
>
>

I've had a couple of Pioneer Supertuner models and their FM reception
was terrible in urban areas. Even a little multipath caused completely
garbled sound. I'm using a Blaupunkt Digiceiver now and it works great.
It handles urban reception better than any receiver I've heard. Distant
recpetion is good but maybe not the best I've heard. The Blaupunkt
comes with lots of handy features like RDS and adjustments for vitually
everything.

My one gripe about the Blaupunkt is that too many of their models are
covered with annoying blinky crap. There's probably a setting to turn
that off, though.

[Sanitarium]

I agree with you.
I like my pioneer DEHP5200, stellar CD sound IMHO. Nice built in sub
crossover, highly adjustable parametric EQ. but its very cheap feeling
(IMHO) and I am less than impressed with the supertuner. I also commute
through urban areas. The display is very dim an hard to read in direct
sunlight.

Never compared it to anything else. my friend gave it to me after he
upgraded.

http://members.sounddomain.com/kramer5150

JUst my thoughts...



Kevin McMurtrie wrote:
>
> In article >,
> "Jan and Jeff" > wrote:
>
> >Hi all.
> >
> >I'm trying to decide between the Blaupunkt Heidelberg CD51 (DigiCeiver/CD
> >only) and the Pioneer DEH-5500 (Supertuner/CD/CD-RW/MP3).
> >
> >The Blaupunkt has slightly better power, noise, and sensitivity
> >numbers--plus more EQ bands--but the Pioneer plays more formats (none of
> >which I use currently BTW. I guess the ability to use them in the future if
> >I decide to is attractive.)
> >
> >I also wonder about Pioneer quality; I don't have any experience with them,
> >but I think their products have a cheaper look and feel than BP stuff.
> >
> >Price is basically the same.
> >
> >Thoughts?
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >Jeff
> >
> >
>
> I've had a couple of Pioneer Supertuner models and their FM reception
> was terrible in urban areas. Even a little multipath caused completely
> garbled sound. I'm using a Blaupunkt Digiceiver now and it works great.
> It handles urban reception better than any receiver I've heard. Distant
> recpetion is good but maybe not the best I've heard. The Blaupunkt
> comes with lots of handy features like RDS and adjustments for vitually
> everything.
>
> My one gripe about the Blaupunkt is that too many of their models are
> covered with annoying blinky crap. There's probably a setting to turn
> that off, though.