looking for a new head unit.

[jabartram]

i'm looking for a new head unit, i'm running a kenwood kdc-x889 now, it works flawlessly, but i think its time for a change. any suggestions?

[Cliff8928]

Do you want to upgrade to navigation or DVD etc..., or just different?

[jabartram]

just upgrade for now, i found a deal on this http://www.alpine-usa.com/US-en/products/product.php?model=iDA-X100 the only drawback i see is 2 volt preouts, my kenwood is 5 volt.

[jayson_waltz]

^and it doesn't have a cd player

[jabartram]

i dont use cds anymore.

[Cliff8928]

That's a cool display for the iPod. I don't think I would ever go with a single-DIN on my Alero though.

The pioneer AVIC F900BT is nice.

[jabartram]

i'm gonna stick with single din for now.

[darksobsession]

the DAC will make your stuff sound great! my kenwood 25th anniversary cd deck has the burrbrown DAC and although i normally prefer alpine (the ones i've had don't have the DAC) and don't prefer kenwood in general, this makes it the best sounding deck i have ever had.

that alpine looks kickass - kinda pricey, though!

[Alero_1986]

Alpine CDA-9886 or 9887. They have 4V Pre-Outs.

[shez]

i have the Alpine CDA-9884 and i love it. i got it for 200$ from a local car audio store. it's more expensive on the site.

but anyway... yeah. the radio is cool. has a lot of cool functions, ipod, cd, bla bla. it's not too expensive either. plus it's easy to use. get it.

[lonnie]

just upgrade for now, i found a deal on this http://www.alpine-usa.com/US-en/products/product.php?model=iDA-X100 the only drawback i see is 2 volt preouts, my kenwood is 5 volt.This is a very good idea, and I've been thinking the same thing myself. I don't use CD's at all now. Everything is on my mp3 player. I am planning on going with a unit similar to this, maybe not this expensive and mounting a 250 to 350gb 3.5" shock proof external hardrive in the glove box, and just run that. I haven't used a CD in about 2 years.

[Enstranged]

Well i was thinking the same thing as you guys are. Why get a deck without a cd player if i have an mp3 player until last week when my ipod got put through the wash on accident haha. Now i have no ipod and no cd player so im stuck listening to the radio. Im lost without my ipod.

[YALEROYNOT]

I have the jensen 9022 it has all the functions you need. cd,ipod controls, sd card slot , usb flash drive port, its a touch screen dvd.

i got mine for just under $300 on ebay with a coupon. you can find it for around $350 to $400

[jabartram]

Well i was thinking the same thing as you guys are. Why get a deck without a cd player if i have an mp3 player until last week when my ipod got put through the wash on accident haha. Now i have no ipod and no cd player so im stuck listening to the radio. Im lost without my ipod.


well, i can also attach an external flash or hdd. and play my music from there.

[03alero2.2]

i heard that the hd radio= no good

[darksobsession]

hd radio is great, there are up to 3 feeds per station. the sound is better too and the song info is displayed.

what sucks is that not all the stations here broadcast in hd yet.

i mainly got hd cause radio free hawaii (best station ever - they play any song the listeners request no matter the genre) was reborn and started being broadcasted as a second feed for one of the major stations here (radio free had closed down in the late 90s).

HD is free as opposed to xm or sirius

[Cliff8928]

Well, it's not like you can get that far from the radio tower in Hawaii.... That's where HD is teh sux. Just like DTV.

[Caboose73]

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8699312&type=product&id=1199494646052

Its on sale at best buy for $100 cheaper

[darksobsession]

Well, it's not like you can get that far from the radio tower in Hawaii.... That's where HD is teh sux. Just like DTV.

there's valleys that block stations depending on your location. the QUALITY of the sound is cd quality for fm and a lot better for am.

plus you get song info and there can be up to 3 substations per station. depends on the area/main station, though.

i would not be surprised if in a few years they stop broadcasting the analogue radio and switch to entirely digital. so far only a few stations here use HD.

shit's cheap, under a hundred bucks if you got an HD capable headunit.

[jabartram]

i got the alpine, got it for 150.00.

[darksobsession]

that unit's hot!

you got this one? http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8699312&type=product&id=1199494646052

[jabartram]

that unit's hot!

you got this one? http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8699312&type=product&id=1199494646052

i got the newer style.