hey guys... im looking for a cheap, and i mean cheap, NEW cd player for my girlfriend's birthday. she has one of those portable cd players hooked up through the tape player . anyways.. i want to get her a real cd player, but not some piece of garbage like a pyle or pyramid or something.... i was looking at this

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...&category=3293

anyone know anywhere else i can get a new, cheap, but decent cd player?

 

Come on man....this is your girlfriend. Don't settle for a cheap Jensen. At least step up to a decent radio like one of these. Also, I think Crutchfieild includes the wiring kit and the mounting kit for nothing.

http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S...=0&cc=01&avf=N

http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S...=0&cc=01&avf=N

http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S...=0&cc=01&avf=N

If you want cheaper, try these....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...&category=3293

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...&category=3293

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...&category=3293

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=39757

 

The Blaupunkt one would be pretty nice... but thats pushing my budget a little. How is the quality of Jensen compared to other brands? This will be going on a bone stock 96 Accord (with some crappy speakers). Will the Jensen do, or should I step up to the blaupunkt? At least it isn't a Pyle or Pyramid......

 

jensen is not bad at all , i have one , it works fine , but its not one of the cheaper ones , jensens are the only ones that include aux-in without having to buy a $100 adapter

 

$100 or so, no flipping faces, blue backlight, proven pioneer reliability?

just a thought

 

What is the price range that you would like to be in? Im sure I can help ya out with something.....

--Don

 

As for the aux in, that is not true, there are several different more reputable companies that have an aux-in feature without buying an adaptor for it. Furthermore the adaptors when needed are in about the 40-60 dollar range, not 100.

--Don

 

I am looking to spend at most like $75 shipped for something decent..... thats why I was looking at Jensen.

 

show me then pearl

 

also not with fm modulator

 

For $75, you probably won't find a better deal than that Jensen. I'm sure it does the job. My personal opinion is that I'd rather spend and extra $25 and have a better known brand like the Panasonic or the JVC. That is just my $.02 Please keep in mind, that you may still need the wiring harness and the dash kit. There's another $30. You may be able to get a deck thought Crutchfield and they include the kits. This way you may spend an extra few bucks, but get a better radio. Good luck. I hope she likes which ever one you decide on.

 

i wont need a wire harness because i can wire it up myself by www.installdr.com. All I have to do is match up the colors with the wires..... what else do you mean by a wire harness? My total spending this way would be $75.

 

Off the top of my head, I know that many Panasonic, Nakamichi, Aiwa, JVC, and Pioneer decks have a true aux-in. Mine actually has aux-in and cd-changer in. Aiwa and JVC even have front panel aux-input.

I know Alpine and Kenwood are big on the "optional aux-in" meaning spend more cash and we'll give you a stupid input converter from RCA to our proprietary plug.

 

my blaupunkt has a real aux input and a changer input too (both of which i use ).

 

a wire harness adapts the radio wires to the factory harness. If you are just going to cut out the factory harness and match up the wires, then you won't need it. Also, it looks like the facotry Honda radio is the same size as the jensen so you wouldn't need a dash kit either.

 

Do I still need to?? I think enough people have.....


--Don

 

i am getting the hook up through my cousin.... he can get some nice discounts from circuit city.... so i have 2 better recievers that i can choose from...... the Panasonic CQDP103U and the JVC KDS590. Here are the links:

http://www.circuitcity.com/detail.js...rk_2&oid=70759

and

http://www.circuitcity.com/detail.js...rk_3&oid=68888

which one should i get???? it may even come down to the looks of each... so which one is better looking also

 

links don't work, but I would go with either one.