What is your favorite head unit and why?
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mine. pioneer avic-n1. because it's got navigation and it's overall easy to use as far as EQ settings are concerned.
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Alpine 9833/35
- Sound Quality
- Product Quality
- Ease of use
- Design
- 512 color button display
- Customizable title and display options
- Upgrade ability
- Defeat option
- Rotary **** volume and search
- Search/quick search
- Mp3/wma
- Good Id3 readout
- Outstanding CD Playback (even scratched-to-**** cds play flawlessly)
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Originally Posted by SkipBarber
mine. pioneer avic-n1. because it's got navigation and it's overall easy to use as far as EQ settings are concerned.
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Rep Power: 338 I like the nak MB-100. I like the idea of 6 disc in dash, it has large buttons for easy use, no display so it has a better stealth look, its black rather than silver so it matches my dash better than a colored or silver unit, and it has NO features to distract me or that I overpay for compared to an aftermarket DSP.
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Originally Posted by J187
Alpine 9833/35
- Sound Quality
- Product Quality
- Ease of use
- Design
- 512 color button display
- Customizable title and display options
- Upgrade ability
- Defeat option
- Rotary **** volume and search
- Search/quick search
- Mp3/wma
- Good Id3 readout
- Outstanding CD Playback (even scratched-to-**** cds play flawlessly)
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Rep Power: 328 Pioneer DEX-P9 Reference Series with DEQ-P9 DSP. Fawkin sweet **** unit. Then the FH-P5000MP. It's a double-din CD/Cassette reciever with a sweet *** LCD display. Then I'd say the Nak unit rabbit mentioned.
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Originally Posted by Hydro
Eclipse cd8443 8V preouts, time allignment, all the crossover settings, auxillery input and a decent price. and it has ***** for volume and track selection
either way if your gonna do it, do it right and go high end get an eclipse head unit. mine retailed for a few hundred years ago. i believe 400. costly but so worth it.
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Clarion VRX-745VD
- DVD Player
- 7" LCD built in
- No brain box!!!
- Extremly easy to navigate
- Extremly easy to make it play DVDs while not in park
- Never see anyone else with them in my poor town
- Blue/Red or Blue/Green buttons - you can change it
- Tons of inputs and outputs
- Clarion name
- Superb sound quality
- Looks sexy but simple
- 2nd LCD when open OR closed!
- MP3 playing capability (obviously on a DVD player)
- Touch screen
- Display angle adjustable from 70 - 110 degrees
- Automatic dimmer feature
- CeNET controls
- Sirius ready
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Originally Posted by Jeffsta17
JVC because its all Ive ever owned
doesn't it suck that you have to turn off your stereo (or switch to the radio) every time you pull up to a drive-thru or something like that?...
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Originally Posted by usafcushman
i have to disagree with you on the JVC vote...don't get me wrong, i think they are nice head units, but i don't care how many bands there are in the EQ, or how much power it's putting out, or anything like that if it doesn't even have a pause button...
doesn't it suck that you have to turn off your stereo (or switch to the radio) every time you pull up to a drive-thru or something like that?...
doesn't it suck that you have to turn off your stereo (or switch to the radio) every time you pull up to a drive-thru or something like that?...
I have a jvc and I agree that it sucks that they don't have a pause button....
but they don't sound bad at all!
by the way, I have the KD-SH9750 and I'm quite happy with it
Originally Posted by usafcushman
i have to disagree with you on the JVC vote...don't get me wrong, i think they are nice head units, but i don't care how many bands there are in the EQ, or how much power it's putting out, or anything like that if it doesn't even have a pause button...
doesn't it suck that you have to turn off your stereo (or switch to the radio) every time you pull up to a drive-thru or something like that?...
doesn't it suck that you have to turn off your stereo (or switch to the radio) every time you pull up to a drive-thru or something like that?...
Originally Posted by usafcushman
^ x 2...i'm running the AVIC-N2, but it's just the newer version of the same model...
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Rep Power: 0 avic-n2, traffic reports and detour around traffic... vehicle dynamics: (acceleration, braking, side acceleration, slope, speed, compass, etc)...
the eclipse avn2454 is also nice, double din/double drive so you can do navigation while listening to a cd at the same time... same navigation unit that comes standard in some lexus cars...
the eclipse avn2454 is also nice, double din/double drive so you can do navigation while listening to a cd at the same time... same navigation unit that comes standard in some lexus cars...
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Originally Posted by J187
I'm surprised you dont' think its sounds as good as the clarion. Did you reset your gains after changing HUs if you have amps?
...see I literally got it the day I posted that.....then, I spent almost an hour and a half fine tuning everything and playing with the frequcey controls and it now sounds much better then my clarion ever did, It's just really important to take the time to set it up right in the first place.... 
Originally Posted by PopcornPlaya
Pioneer DEX-P9 Reference Series with DEQ-P9 DSP. Fawkin sweet **** unit. Then the FH-P5000MP. It's a double-din CD/Cassette reciever with a sweet *** LCD display. Then I'd say the Nak unit rabbit mentioned.
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I think that the Pioneer Premier DEX-P1R is the best HU designed. It's a very simple, clean interface, yet you can tweak just about everything on it. 13-band EQ, time alignment, etc. It was very high-tech for it's day. I still love it, even if it's 6 or so years old. Only complaint is that the face is washed out during the day.
I'll probably be buying a new HU sometime here in the future though. Still gonna stick with Pioneer, I think. Either a DEH-860MP or wait to see what's new for the spring/summer.
I think that the Pioneer Premier DEX-P1R is the best HU designed. It's a very simple, clean interface, yet you can tweak just about everything on it. 13-band EQ, time alignment, etc. It was very high-tech for it's day. I still love it, even if it's 6 or so years old. Only complaint is that the face is washed out during the day.
I'll probably be buying a new HU sometime here in the future though. Still gonna stick with Pioneer, I think. Either a DEH-860MP or wait to see what's new for the spring/summer.
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Originally Posted by Hurts2bStock
Lol....Ok I owe ya one... ...see I literally got it the day I posted that.....then, I spent almost an hour and a half fine tuning everything and playing with the frequcey controls and it now sounds much better then my clarion ever did, It's just really important to take the time to set it up right in the first place....
...see I literally got it the day I posted that.....then, I spent almost an hour and a half fine tuning everything and playing with the frequcey controls and it now sounds much better then my clarion ever did, It's just really important to take the time to set it up right in the first place.... 
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Originally Posted by CivicHX01
avic-n2, traffic reports and detour around traffic... vehicle dynamics: (acceleration, braking, side acceleration, slope, speed, compass, etc)...
the eclipse avn2454 is also nice, double din/double drive so you can do navigation while listening to a cd at the same time... same navigation unit that comes standard in some lexus cars...
the eclipse avn2454 is also nice, double din/double drive so you can do navigation while listening to a cd at the same time... same navigation unit that comes standard in some lexus cars...
The N2, still needs to buy a seperate unit (GEX-P10XMT) in order to use the navitraffic and a subscription through XM, $13.99! The traffic reports and detours only work on major highways and I believe right now 13 cities. N2 is the same as the N1 in functions, just comes with an updated map disk, however the only difference on this disk is it loads new software onto the unit not allowing you to drive with the a dvd playing. Even if you have grounded the e-brake wire. This is accomplished with the hide away unit and the gyroscope inside it detecting movement! I wish I would have known that before I loaded the new software!
