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Have any of you guys had any kinds of problems with Clarion headunits?
I was thinking of getting the VRX935vd but aren't really sure about their quality (like how long are they going to last).....have any of you guys had a problem with that model or with clarian in general???

 
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How do they compare with like alpine???

 
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alpine is teh ****!

 
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clarion has always made solid simple products.... theyre not super flashy and arent full of useless features like other brands *coughpioneercough*

 
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i've heard good things about clarion, alpine, and especially pioneer( ). imo alpine decks are ugly. clarion has a nice classy look, and pioneer has a futurey look, i don't know. pioneer is pioneer.

-DINGALING

 
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I have a Clarion Cd player thats probably about 5 years old.
It came out of a friends wrecked Accord (not her fault!) and its been in my Civic for about 2 years. The headunit is wonderful in terms of function. Everything works well; it even reads most of my scratched up burned cds.
I've recently had a problem with a loose ribbon; my headunit wont light up at all, but the buttons work. I'm thinking this is due to the accident. An easy fix. I would definitely buy another Clarion.

 
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ever think of eclipse? sorry i'm biased.....bought one in 97 and i'll never go with anything else.

 
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I heard clarion HUs put out nice and cleann sound

 
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for the most part 90% of hu's you can buy will sound identical unless youre running a SERIOUS setup..

I have had 5 HU's in my 7thgen, and all have sounded basically the same, I change them for ergonomical purposes...

 
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I think it was whiterabbit who told me about it, back when I was HU shopping..

 
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True to an extent, However in my opinion a medium to high range Eclipse HU, will give u a much much cleaner sound than say a Kenwood or Medium price range Pioneer or JVC.

 
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Most HUs sound the same, so look for other things like display color, features, and readability of CDs.

 
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clarion is a good company, i like their screens personally

 
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go ask whiterabbit to show you the pictures of his sound quality trophy....

5 year old mid grade pioneer with a single 2 volt preout

 
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the 02 and 03 clarions have really gone down in sound quality.

the older ones are amazingly crisp and clear. back in 00 and 01, i would have gone with clarion. but now for the price, i'd go with pioneer.

alpine is always a good choice.

i'd probably put speedholes in my car before i get a panasonic or kenwood deck

 
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i will agree! i bought one in february thinking it was going to be awsome, considering the price i paid, but it ended up not to be what i expected. it sounded like ****. i took it back and got a kenwood.

 
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I am willing to bet it was your inability to use the built in EQ and other sound shaping features that made it sound like ****.

Like Ludlam said, 90% of headunits will sound same if you bypass all their equalizers and whatnot.

 
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I've got the DXZ835MP.... its great, it changes to like a million different colors, it plays MP3 CD's and has AUX inputs.... it sounds great too.. I have everything set flat on the head unit and just use my amps to set the proper levels. I would recommend Clarion all the way....

 
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just went from an alpine to a clarion both top of the lines and i love the clarion

 
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I'd definately have clarion over alpine SQ wise

 
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I have the Clarion VRX935VD and I don't regret anything, I get mad complements everywhere I go and it works like a charm. I love it and recomend it highly.

BTW if you want pictures of in dash I can take some tomorrow and you can PM me with more questions if you want.