Plan on changing out the stock cassette player for a new detachable face CD player. I've always been partial to Alpine, but I know Sony & Pioneer are good too. What are your favorites/which would you choose?

 

never go wrong with the pioneer premiers

not so much with the sonys

 

Go with the pioneer.Avic Z1

 

I'd go with alpine myself. But it depends on what you want. Single din/double din, expandability, price. Like I said it depends on what you want. Do you have any specific hu in mind??

 

I have a sony on at the moment,am bout to change to either ALPINE or PIONEER...The ALPINE has been a fav of mine though...

 

Thanks so far guys! Honestly, it's been so long since I've had to change out a car stereo, we're talking the late 80's here, I don't know about a lot of these fancy new features. I remember when we had to pull out the whole stereo and take it with you, LOL

Anyway, the technology is so advanced now...I see these new flip face stereos and MP3, iPod stuff, some have video screens, I have a lot to learn. I just want to be able to listen to CD's, LOL My kids have iPods, I don't

 

Eclipse.

 

I VOTE FOR PIONEER. QUALITY AND WIDE RANGE OF STEREO SELECTIONS.

 

Can't really go wrong with Pioneer or Alpine, but you have to ask what exactly you want out of a head unit.

If you simply want to listen to cd's get something like an Alpine CDE-9881, it's basic, but will get the job done.

 

oh come on, I can't believe no one has mentioned eclipse, they exceed sony, pioneer, and alpine..

 

I would have if I didn't have such horrible experience with two 7100's.

 

Am about to get a new joint,dont know wish one though...
Its either the ALPINE's-cda-9884,9886 or
PIONEER's-FH-P80000BT

 

Depends which sony, or *cough* the year it was produced...

 

i think alpine is leading the pack as far as quality, well featured, mid-level headunits.

 

Stay away from Sony. Their car stereo equipment is crap now. =/

I'm quite happy with my Alpine, but there are other good brands as you can see here.

 

Sony, not so good. Maybe getting better? There previous red and silver faced HU's looked horrible. Their new stuff looks better.

Pioneer: +1 on the Premier line. Look for the built in cross-overs that work on the speaker level outputs too if you require that.

Alpine: good stuff!

Eclipse: I personally would never recommend Eclipse. I had a lemon a few years back, my first and last time to try Eclipse.

 

ive always been a fan of clarion. pioneer is a good market also. never really liked the alpine too much. sonys just gay.never had an eclipse.

 

Once again, depends which...

*cough* C90 *cough*

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-nI1pU2G...fo&i=158CDXC90

Basically most of their ES line>anything else Sony...

 

Every pioneer that has crossovers work on the speaker level and preouts.

 

i have the pioneer premier 880 and enjoy every little thing i can change with the crossovers.

as for eclipse never owned one but i have heard good things about them and they have a nice pre-out voltage. but have always heard ppl complaining about them.

and personally i dont like the way alpines look but that is just me

 

Pioneer FAN here...

 

7th post

 

I would go to crutchfield. They give you so much information on all of their products. Go to www.crutchfield.com and compare some HU. You don't have to buy from there but it will help you out alot. I can't tell you which HU to pic. You have to do that. Although Alpine' high speed Ipod cable is included now with some HUs. And if it isn't, it is the cheapest of all IPOD connectors. I think. I personally like Alpine and Eclipse though. Hope this helps. Let us know what you chose.

 

Pioneer all day. Just for the simple fact that the new models (starting from $200 bux) come with 4V premamp outputs. Sony, garbage. Alpines, nice, just no high voltage (only 2.2V i think).

 

PXA-H701 has 4v outputs though. =)

 

what a completley objective statement. They exceed everyone in what way? cause ill be damned if their interface is better than any of those other brands.. And thats just one feature. It all comes down to what you're looking for.

For just a basic deck (non audio-enthusiast) i would recommend an Alpine or Pioneer waaaaaaaay before eclipse.

 

Go with .... READ THE DAMN THREAD.


Ugh n00bs ..

 

Id bet hundreds of owners disagree ...

 

And of course making a bundle off the end user. Excellent strategy of selling a HU and if you want the littlest of capability (ie: bass/treble) you need to buy more !

 

UI would be subjective.

I assure you wouldnt say that once you play with a 3200 .. sure esthetically it *may* be sub par, but functionality is killer. Especially with BT fully embedded and sitting at a $279 SRP.

 

you can never go wrong with pioneer. I just got the Z2.

 

But you can go wrong bumping threads over 2 months old, and having someone install your head unit who told you a steering wheel interface would not work.

I'm not trying to follow your posts, I just happened to pop my head in the 5th gen forum and wanted to clear that up.

Like I said in there...Time to find another installer...

I know a good one in Edison NJ...