Had my Panasonic CQ-TX5500D put in at the end of the week-thanks Don for the help short notice. The weekend came and had some time to listen and tune with the help of Chu (skylar112@ECA-thanks bro) - All xover so far... This unit is a great nut, thats all I'll say....and its cake playings mp3's, now I know why people are crazy about'm...

Here are some pics...
http://photobucket.com/albums/f193/m...nt=Tube005.jpg
http://photobucket.com/albums/f193/m...nt=Tube007.jpg
http://photobucket.com/albums/f193/m...nt=Tube001.jpg


Haha notice the tube glowin' off my ****
http://photobucket.com/albums/f193/m...nt=Tube006.jpg

You can check out the rest of my pics here..
http://photobucket.com/albums/f193/mannynj/


WARNING!!! Gap above the HU is not for the faint of heart! I have some plans to take care of that.

Enjoy,

Manny

 

First four links dont work. Looks great man!

 

That thing must be crazy bright at night lol. How's the playback of the mp3's? Does it show titles and stuff? It matches pretty well with the dash kit.

 

that thing is wild Manny!!! I have never seen anything like that. how is its funcionality? Man I must say that is pretty damn sweet. It does seem to fit the scheme of the interior. Cool

 

damn servers...i have this thing up on 4 diff forums...probably why

 

Actually showing up just fine on other forums...must be the org

 

if you want I can host the pix...

edit: just saw the pix. looks cool. I assume the SQ is up to par also.

 

Looks alot better than how it did at Don's on Thursday...

The SQ definitely improved for the better...

Many audiophiles swear that tubes are the only electronics that can faithfully reproduce musical sounds. While I cant say that my perceptions were correct in correlating how the tubes affects affect guitar amps in comparison....its doing something, just cant pinpoint it. All I know is my topend is the best its ever been in terms of separation and detail, the midrange and vocals got a 'tad' warmer but it dissapears on the higher end.The low end benefited as well, i have a spatial quality around the instruments that i did not have before. All this without tone controls, just flat signal.

I had set my Eclipse on flat and defeated all tone controls over a week prior in preparation for the swap. So i'm most definitely happy with the upgrade.

This leaves me ready for my midbass swap in the next week or so, and time to look for a processor.

 

The first four links go up like "http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...nj/Tube005.jpg" with the dots and everything so its not the full link some how.

 

sounds good. I have a feeling that radio will never get jacked though...

 

It almost sounds like your saying thats bad, but I know what you mean lol.

 

Fixed...me=copy/paste newb

 

yes the HU is the Devil, the anti-rice..

 

Holy...s'hit...I'm effing speachless.

How much did that beast run? How much does it WEIGH?

 

from the pic it matches the dash quite well.

 

Haha...according to 'Donnie' about same as an AVN...

Its a JDM unit, therefore only available in Japan...although you can get it here...
http://www.audiocubes.com/category/C..._Receiver.html

I only paid about half of that by knowing someone, that knows someone, that knows a millionare...

In a ECA highend HU showdown it 'subjectively' did well in listening tests...
http://forum.elitecaraudio.com/showt...7&pagenumber=6

1st McIntosh MX4000
2nd McIntosh MX5000
3rd Panasonic CQ-tx5500d
Clarion drz9255
Denon DCT-Z1
Nakamichi CD700II
Eclipse ECD510
Grundig

So this is what jolted my interest to try it.... Its def a nice piece to add to my rare collection of components....

 

Or any other DD HU.

Girls/women call me DonNIE, I dont think your one, so Don will suffice. Thanks.

 

Nice!

I'm sorry, but that it just about the coolest looking HU I have ever seen.

 

That is the 'custom' trim piece?

 

I knew 'Donnie' would get you to post

Nah man, those are the pieces i ordered last week from a 2k-2k1 kit. I still need to go to your connect to get the custom one made. i'd love it if they can make it one big piece, no seams as opposed to two...I'll look cleaner

 

Looks awesome man! Can't wait to hear it.

 

You'll def find it to be treat Steve...

 

looks great man!

 

Looks good Manny.

That dash kit right now doesn't look bad AT ALL.

The gap is like mine, maybe slightlyyy bigger.

 

that night pic is bananas. Does it pulse or is it a continual glow under load? I would imagine that it could get irritating being front and center like, that if it goes to the beat of the music.
My main question is how close did it come to the mac units? My friend used to have a complete mac setup in his saturn (That was the shop demo car, he changed to eclipse when i left NY), but it was an experience. Really opened up alot of sounds that you would never even imagine. I can just imagine with the other items you have listed :whoot:

 

That setup looks pretty good. The deck reminds me of my dads old stereo system with the frequency guage.

 

That is a bad *** unit but I really dont like the way that it looks inside your dash. Im sure the SQ on it has to be amazing though!

 

yeah, but you know me...if i was worried about looks I would've never owned an Eclipse either...Its about the sound!

 

that is one nice looking head unit. purely function

you east coast fellas sure have some nice setups. i don't know that many down here with stuff like that...just mostly street beaters with nothing but bass

 

Manny, that looks incredible. Very cool setup.

 

thats cuz ya'll B sittin sideways on eighty fo's...and spend all your $$$ on gold grills.

 

seems like you speak from experience

 

your boy paul wall tells me this.

 

paul got platinum fronts Rick, get up on it

 

For the car or the face?

 

both gangsta. "thats how we do down in texas".

 

A little late response, but congrats Manny ! Man I can only imagine how that thing sounds .