To my surprise I got an email stating that Circuit City will be carrying Eclipse stereos. Is this new or old news? Wow Best Buy gets Alpine and now this! Hope they offer good prices with all this competition from other store.


But the best guy is still Don in NJ for Eclipse products!

 

I think its great. Whether you buy it there or not, its a great way to see the product in person and get your hands on it spec if you dont have an Eclipse dealer nearby with the units on display.

 

I think its great too, if simply for the fact that its less warranty BS I have to deal with everyday at work with other head units, Sony and the like. Oh yeah, they sound great too

 

I was actually playing with some of them at my local CC .

 

Just no more three year warranty so that circuit chity can sell their damn ESPs..

 

I had no problem paying for the installation to get that 3 year warranty on mine. Not bad for $35 bucks .

Too bad they did away with this .

 

Eclipse isnt offering a 3 year warranty anymore?

 

No sir, no more three years...

 

o man so what do I get on my cd7000?

 

........

 

1 year warranty, 1 year theft coverage.

Thank all the people that took advantage of their warranties. When it came close to three years, knowing their unit wasnt in production anymore and it would be replaced with current, they mysteriously stopped working..

Also thank the whole going to CC decision, if they kept the warranty 3yrs, then CC couldnt sell their ESPs.

 

Your still covered sir, you already have a 3 yr covered unit.

 

Sad, sad thing ..................

 

Man that is crappy, I would have kept it outta CC to allow them to keep the 3 yr warranty. I guess they have to do what they have to do from a business standpoint in order to reach a broader market. Oh well...

 

I guess Eclipse is going mainstream like all the other manufacturers. Too bad they shortened the warranty to 1 years now. That could've been a good selling point on top of the better sound quality.

 

I agree with the 3 yr warranty being a plus, especially to real enthusiasts.

 

Dont get going to CC confused with going mainstream. That is a route Eclipse certainly isnt taking here...

 

I think there is no way to really say Eclipse is not at least trying to go somewhat "mainstream". entering a huge elctronic store chain, making the units more bling bling (IMO) to sell in CC, lowering some of the features to cut costs I presume, and axing the theft coverage and making detachable faces lead me to believe they are aiming for more profits which= going mainstream. even with all of this, the units are far superior to anything else offered at CC but Pioneer is closing in.

Like Alpine and the 9815, Kevin's old 8053 is what I think of when I think Eclipse SQ and looks and quality.

 

Mainstream product and mainstream marketing are two totally different things sir.

Axing what theft coverage? Have you been sadly misinformed of something?

 

nah the Mexican sun and hearing all the bandpass setups there might attribute to this lack of info on my part. for some reason I thought it was 3 year theft coverage before but I just realized it has always been 1. either way I feel Eclipse will not have the "aura" it had by being sold exclusively from people like you. however, the move is still good for Eclipse and who knows, by the increased revenue maybe even higher end products in the years to come.

 

Cant really say they are lowering/cutting any features. They have more than they've ever had in their 8series headunits.

Their new LMT subs look pretty sweet.
They took a dive into classD full range amplification.

But yeah I know what you mean Rich. They are not quite in the stricktly audiophile tier game and are playing it safe. The CC/Crutchfield move may affect overtime the success they've had over years of protecting their line. Before you know it there may be on every E-website around.

 

Yea I was mainly focusing on the h/u aspects because I regard them so highly above other brands of radios. good point on the E-websites...wonder if Eclipse has a revised plan to "prevent" illegal online sales because thus far them seem to have done really well about that.

 

Although there is no more 3 year warranty, that does not mean that they feel their product is no longer worthy of one. They are still creating the same high quality product. I still have very high expectations, including one that ensures their products will still outlast their warranties and any stooooopid ESP CC sells.

 

ESP from CC=raping IMO unless it is on a Plasma TV.

 

Word. I never do it.

Outta curiosity...why on plasmas though?

 

I still doubt many HUs will make it websites, its still a risk to dealers due to the ESN

 

friend of mine sold TV's at CC for awhile and said the ESP they had was for 5 years and was worth it because a good portion of plasma's come back with "burnt out" internals and the cost of fixing the bulb is about the same as the warranty. With the warranty they just sent you a new TV. Consumer reports touched on the fact that it might be a good idea as well. however, I have no intentions of trading in my nice and big 27" TV for awhile.

 

Just buy my 55" Mitsu I want a DLP

 

yeah Ill just add some cash to that MO for the amps. DLP's are nice!

 

Im workin on it, the wifey may lemme go for it.

 

buy her something and I guarantee she will let you get it.

 

she just got that damn SLR !!!!!

 

Good thing you're friends with Casey

I would however wait on purchasing a TV. Within a year or two, a new technology called SED is coming out, which will be xMillion times better than LCD and anything on the market now. We're taking millions more colors, and refresh rates and contrast ratios that blow the mind.

 

yes it is, hell be here tomorrow.

Im not waitin, thats another reason hes my friend, Ill just get a new one everytime they come out like I did with the HD DVD player.

 

Can I swing by? I have yet to meet him anyway.

 

how soon will this be intergrated into Computer monitors?

 

sure, just gimme a call..

 

It may be introduced VIA computer monitors. They already have a much better resolution thatn TV's.

Google search for SED. and start reading www.digg.com Tech news as it happens, I have it RSS fed into my Thunderbird.

 

will do. what time?

 

late morning/early afternoon.