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joolz
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Smackdown thats a bit harsh mate putting JVC and SONY in the same put down sentence!!!!
You will prob find with all brands not all models have the high end quality sound. If they all had that quality why pay $1000 for a HU when the $200 one sound the same!!! |
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Smackdown
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| Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 1:16 am Post subject: |
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| joolz wrote: | Smackdown thats a bit harsh mate putting JVC and SONY in the same put down sentence!!!!
You will prob find with all brands not all models have the high end quality sound. If they all had that quality why pay $1000 for a HU when the $200 one sound the same!!! |
Harsh....yes but I am speaking purely from experience. I've installed, JVC, Sony and Clarion HUs but none have matched the 3 pioneers and 1 alpine i've done.
If you take anything out of this........NOT SONY! |
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Interceptor
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| EDMONTY wrote: | | just barter them down ,get lots of quotes and get other companys to match them ,you will soon get it for the price you want to pay |
and find m8's who are looking for a HU too..... if you can find a couple of mates who wanna spend some $$ (even if it's an identical HU tothe one you're buying), a lot of places will be prepared to drop thier prices.... when i bought my 5650, it was on sale at $480, i rocked up, asked the dude how much for 2, and he dropped it to $400 each..... |
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XRFan101
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| Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 8:48 am Post subject: |
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Well speaking from experience i have always bought and gone with Alpine, and all i can say its a purchase that i have not regretted as i am always happy with thier products. 
I have a lower series HU from 3 years ago and it still kicks a**, obviously features wise its not up to scratch with the lastest bunch but it does the job well.
I paid $300 for a $499 HU 3 years ago |
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Pane
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| Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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Firstly,
go in and try each head unit out, play with there settings and look at there features.
For the price you want to spend all the brands in that area are good. Just dont buy sony!!!!!!
I reccomend the latest panasonic, it retails for $595.
It has front and rear 4v preouts plus a sub out. Has an input aswell. Can have a disc changer connected.
Its only 50x4 but you should be running amps anyway.
MP3 MWA and cd compatable
The eq settings are basic but i prefer that when i'm trying to set up my amps.
Like i said any thing in that price bracket is good.
Have fun
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joolz
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| Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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| The jvc i have has all the panasonic has, it retails for $500 but through a mate at JB got it for $350. |
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XRFan101
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| Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 9:58 am Post subject: |
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Best advice would be to look around and find the best product for the best price basically Not as hard as you think, with a bit of bargaining/lying you can get some sweet deals.
Thats basically what i have done wheneva i go to buy Car audio. I have already saved myself about $500 atleast (i kid you not).
Go around and buy a few catalougues and get the general idea of what the brands tend to sell for. Then go out and try to get ur self a deal |
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jbghia
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| Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 2:34 pm Post subject: |
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| i have the jvc touch screen HU. very happy with it. woth a look. i think rrp is around or under $700. |
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Kenwood Maverick
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M8 everyone here is going to put forward there own personnal brands, me im a kenwood person, so i would say get a kenwood deck. pioneer and alpine are pretty sweet to and pioneer are one of the friendliest decks to use. Its effectively up to you what you get its your money. shop around abit first find what you like and then start bargining. In a good qaulity deck ensure you have the following
CD/MP3/WMA/CD-RW compatibility
3 RCA Preouts (min 5V)
50wx4 (if you aren't runing amps for F/R)
Independant balance/fader/speaker vol for F/R/Sub
High level EQ settings. (top line K/W pioneer alpine cadence do this)
Cd Changer control
AUX input (a bonus on deck, some decks requrie an additional controller for this)
Detachable face (2 piece panels work good for this as they fold up)
Hey guys instead of bragging about your preferred brand (we are all quilty of this) how about add to the list above and help the guy out... |
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XRFan101
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| Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 10:53 am Post subject: |
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| Kenwood Maverick wrote: | M8 everyone here is going to put forward there own personnal brands, me im a kenwood person, so i would say get a kenwood deck. pioneer and alpine are pretty sweet to and pioneer are one of the friendliest decks to use. Its effectively up to you what you get its your money. shop around abit first find what you like and then start bargining. In a good qaulity deck ensure you have the following
CD/MP3/WMA/CD-RW compatibility
3 RCA Preouts (min 5V)
50wx4 (if you aren't runing amps for F/R)
Independant balance/fader/speaker vol for F/R/Sub
High level EQ settings. (top line K/W pioneer alpine cadence do this)
Cd Changer control
AUX input (a bonus on deck, some decks requrie an additional controller for this)
Detachable face (2 piece panels work good for this as they fold up)
Hey guys instead of bragging about your preferred brand (we are all quilty of this) how about add to the list above and help the guy out... |
You did read the very first post thou didnt you? LOL he wanted to know what WE think are the good brands
Personal opinions aside thou its up to him (just has to make sure to look around a bit first)  As it has been said. |
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dunis
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| Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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| boooo SONY!! |
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DMac
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| Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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| i like when some brands try and pull a dodgy and say 6 channel pre-outs.when i was buying mine it took me about 5 minutes to work out what it meant. then i realised it was 3 rca. |
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| Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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cheers for the feedpack evryone
so far wot ive learnt is that:
+sony is s**t
+ pioneer, JVC, Alpine are the the most recomended decks
+ sony is s**t
ive been lookin at a few ova da net and a few of em say they hav "dvd control"
does this mean i can whack a screen in and connect it to the deck. controlling it from the deck?? cos dat would be kewl |
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joolz
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| hahaha for ages ive been saying sony is shyte!!! lmao |
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atechnica81
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| Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 7:34 pm Post subject: Head unit recommendation |
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As a Strathfield employee, I'd definately recommend PANASONIC.
Go and see super cheap auto for them. 
I bought a Panasonic CQ-C8400W for $479 with the following features:
-Front, rear and sub pre outs all at 5v
-Variable High/low pass filters on each preout
-50w x 4 Mosfet
-Aux input
-Stacker control
-Remote control
-Customisable 3" animated dot matrix display screen in blue
(can have animations (avi files) or still pictures (jpg)
-Nightvision (80% of the face of the unit (not the buttons, i mean the
actual face!) has a selectable led backlight...7colours OR
user custom OR Storm mode (fades randomly between
colours) OR it can flash to the beat of the music)
-Blue button illumination
-MOTORISED detachable face with Tilt viewing angle selection
-MP3 and WMA
-7 band fully adjustable EQ also with 7 preset music types
-etc etc.
It looks crazy (at night especially)
My high end sony/pioneer owning friends have been cursing me
ever since i bought it!! All the same features at half the price!! |
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Smackdown
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| Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 9:11 pm Post subject: Re: Head unit recommendation |
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| atechnica81 wrote: | As a Strathfield employee, I'd definately recommend PANASONIC.
Go and see super cheap auto for them. |
LOL! strathfield employee don't mean s**t.
last time I went there, the guys wouldn't sell me a fuse or a circuit breaker to run on the active wire... they told me I wouldn't need it...what f**k.
The same fellas tried to convince me 5 minutes later that my amp didn't exist until i forced one of them to come out to my car and have a look at it. (600W.4ch RMS Kicker amp)
the strathfield employees there at least should be shot.....twice. |
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atechnica81
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| Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 5:06 pm Post subject: |
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lol...smackdown....
Yeah i know, most guys at strathy's have no bloody idea (apart from 2 other guys in my store) However my 6 years at JAYCAR electronics probably accounts for a bit more...
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Smackdown
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| Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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| atechnica81 wrote: | lol...smackdown....
Yeah i know, most guys at strathy's have no bloody idea (apart from 2 other guys in my store) However my 6 years at JAYCAR electronics probably accounts for a bit more...
Cheers |
jaycar.......i'll give you that. They've been pretty helpful to me. One thing that p****d me off more than retailers that don't have a clue about what they're selling are the ones that pretend they do and are arrogant about it (i love proving them wrong!)
In my line of work (timber and building supplies) if I don't know the answer, I say "I don't know".
Is it that hard on these people's egos to understand that they won't know everything?
People just want good advice or none.
Anyway.......b**ch session over. |
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Bassfreak55
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| Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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| dunis wrote: | Pioneer P1Y retails for around $780, Its their best qaulity HU designed for SQL without all the fancy flashy buttons on the DEH-9650MP and so forth.
if you want one just give me a bell... |
| covers wrote: | | Quote: | EDMONTY Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 11:12 am Post subject:
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the P1Y RRP is $1200 but can be found in the $700 bracket ,it's also got 3 rcas with 6.5 volt preout ,and can be ran it 40wx4 or 60wx4 it's switchable on the back of the unit
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yerr i wos a big fan of that deck, until i saw the price. im hoping the longer i wait the cheaper it becomes. by the way where would i find it for 700ish?!? that just seems crazy 2 me |
Yeah, awesome deck.. I bought one about 3 months ago for $585 off ebay including postage, brand new boxed, and its the ozi version, not the US 'premier' version. Full warranty too.
Im still learning how to use it properly!! ..so many features?! love it  |
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