i currently have a Kenwood kdc-mp625

and i am plannin on changing it out to get a new one.....the kenwood sounds great but with my pioneer 4 ways and 3 ways....i dont have my speakers amped and they still sound very powerful.....

these are the headunits i have narrowed down to....what do u guys think?

Alpine CDA-9851
Alpine CDA-9855

the new alpines look very sweet and ive heard good things about alpine and how great their products are....am i right bout this?

or should i just keep the one i have now?

 

The 9855 supposed to be a great cd player I heard the 53 and it was nice

 

I would not recommend either of them. There have been a number of caraudio.com forums members whom have owned the same HUs and returned them for Pioneer Premier's on the basis that they sounded like crap.

Think about it, they HUs do not cost as much and have a whole bunch of extra "goodies" (Biolite, no v-drive, only one has 4-V preouts, etc.). How do you think these prices are going down? By cutting corners, and that's exactly what they did.

Do yourself a favor and look into the Pioneer Premier's or some older Alpine models.

 

A lot of people on here r gonna tell u to get an Eclipse. I owned an Eclipse, and loved it. The newer Alpine stuff is not supposed to be as good of quality as the older models. Unless maybe u get a higher priced Alpine...