I'm a stereo newbie, so take it easy... My family got another Maxima, a 1999 with a nonbose factory double din cassette/CD player. Would like to upgrade to better sounding radio/cd player. Like the looks of double din size. Any recommendations for 300-400 dollar range? or any recommended speakers?
I kind of like this kenwood dpx-501... anybody know about how useful the USB port is?
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-XRhLLX8...&display=L#Tab

or kenwood dpx-301
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1134701325295

Thanks in advance.

 

Just because you have a double din opening does not mean you have to use it.

I personally would stay away from Kenwood products. You are doing right by going to Crutchfield though, they are very helpful.








....I've got an Eclipse AVN for sale if you're interested

 

Any reason why you don't like the Kenwood? 'cause I'm about to get the same head unit...

 

Bad track record. I've seen too many units go bad, and I'd rather throw down just a little bit more for a better unit.

 

Worse than the stock Bose?

we like double dins 'cause they look nicer

 

Hard to say which has a worse track record, I'm no expert. Both units should have better success rates though.

+1 on double dins looking nicer.

But just to play devil's advocate, is the double din "niceness factor" worth the "quality"?

 

Nope. And Id avoid Kenwood too myself. You know a deck is bad when you are comparing its reliability to that of stock Bose. Come on.

 

D'oh. Fixed. "quality"

Come on. <--Such a good point

 

ok...any good double din head unit you guys consider acceptible?

 

Eclipse AVX...but I think the newer models are flip-out.

 

i got kenwood DDX-7015 w/navi for over a year now, maybe two. no problems so far

 

I highly suggest the Pionner AVIC-Z1. It's a remarkable unit.

 

I think that's "slightly" out of his 300-400 dollar range. =)

 

You pay for what you get...

 

And you get what you pay for...

 

$300 to $400 isn't exactly cheap...I don't know about you guys but I kinda expect a machine that plays CD and doesn't even have its own speakers shouldn't cost that much and even if they do they should last for more than 5 years!

 

Good luck with 5+ years on Kenwood.

 

wow i came in here to recommend those kenwoods becas I am plannin on gettin a 501 for my truck and a 701 or 501 for my 3rd gen. anyone actually have these units? i like them becas i hate holes under the headunit left by single din units and it has usb input so i dont have to burn my collection to cd

 

wow it sucks to hear everybody thinks the Kenwoods are bad. at work we've got the Kenwood DDX 6019 and i thought it looked and worked great, and the car guys told me it's really good providing you dont want Nav, which i dont. so i'm probably buying that for my '06 Maxima. i think it's the best idea to go with because you get the dvd player but you don't lose the 6-cd changer (i think)

btw, can anyone be nice enough to explain to me why i can't start my own threads?

 

To each his own. If you like them, that's all that matters.

Because you don't have 15 posts yet. This does not mean go ***** other threads to make 15 posts.

 

Also means he didn't even see the big sticky at the top of the forums. :P

 

Blah, I'm in a good mood this morning.

Nice day, just wish I wasn't cooped up writing essays and doing final projects.

 

I am also looking for a 2Din MP3 player for my 5th Gen.

I already have a GPS and no need for DVDs.


What u guys recommend?

I read about Pioneers. How about clarion? JVC? Sony?

Thanks!!

 

Check this out....

Unbelievable... screen view changes depending on the angle you look at it!!!!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...&q=avn&pl=true

 

AVN 7905...intresting.

 

kenwood ddx 7017 right here, no problems here.

 

alpine iva w200

 

this thing is nice
http://www.eclipse-web.com/cd/cd7000.html

 

Any thoughts on the Eclipse AVN6600? It's a new model, but seems to have all the bells and whistles. I like the fact that the navi is incorporated unlike the Kenwood, but I'm wondering how much info there is to it. 5.9mill points of interest sounds good, but how good is that compared to other navi's?

 

High quality unit. The only difference between that and the 5500 is the hard drive...which is a user based decision if its necessary or not.

 

what about jvc's 2 din units?
They have some on ebay going for 600 including shipping that are fully loaded satellite, ipod, and sd support, cd changer controls, dvd audio, etc etc. Has anyone seen their screens in person?
http://cgi.ebay.com/JVC-NEW-KW-AVX70...QQcmdZViewItem

The only thing it doesn't have is navi I don't need it anyway because I'm a man and real men don't get lost

 

anybody with kenwood dpx 501 or 701? i wanna kno how the quality is and how useful usb port is

 

This would be a bad *** hu pick up...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=9723599940

 

Good find!

 

any recommendations on a sub $1000 head unit?

 

any recommendations on a sub $1000 head unit?

 

i like my premier 860 (pioneer 8600) buddy has a pioneer 7700. you didnt say single or double din though

 

whats wrong w/ the one i linked that thing is awesome

 

i want dvd.

btw, do you know if the original bose is preamp? i noticed that the mcintosh is preamp.

 

i don't even mind if it's an older model.

i just want a double din dvd player.