looking at some hu's...help please?

diceman1000 · Post by **diceman1000** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 12:06 am

so i'm going to sell my eclipse cd8051 and my crossfire cfq 5.2 so i can go with an onboard eq...here's what i have so far

http://www.ikesound.com/product-product_id/4042

http://www.cardomain.com/shop/compare.pl

here's a few to start with...any suggestions would be great

Damon

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 3:06 am

Last link is broken...

Check into JVC Arsenal series...

7 Band built in EQ... Well on most... 24 bit DACs Burr Brown type... Owwwwwww they OWN

sinister audio · Post by **sinister audio** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 6:34 am

the arsenals are nice and i think that clarion should be nice. im going to start selling clarion so ill see how it goes.

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 8:16 am

Justin had that Clarion, he should be able to tell ya about it!

Justin from Detroit1 · Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:41 am

that clarion is nothing special. You'll like the touch screen at first, but adventually get sick of it not responding, or doing the opposite of what you want. The on board features are very minimal, too. The EQ is terrible, and so is their sound shaping tools on it. I used it for a month or two then got sick of it. Bottom line, it's very clean and nice looking, but the touch screen novelty quickly wears off and you are stuck with subpar HU.

OnYrMrk · Post by **OnYrMrk** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:13 am

You know dice, the CD8455 from Eclipse has one excellent on board 10band parametric eq, along with microphone and pre-set pink noise so you can dial in the atmosphere of your car's interior. Upload that to EI-Link, they will analyze it, you down load that to your memory stick (included) and upload it back to your HU. Then you get a custom mapping (setting) for your mobile environment.

my 8445 does all that, but I don't get the 10 band eq (mine is a 7band), microphone, or memory stick.

just a suggestion.

JeremyC · Post by **JeremyC** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:21 am

I have to agree with OnYrMrk. The 8445 and 8455 are well worth the money, and give you tons of options when it comes to set up. I have a review of mine and some set up info in the product review section if your interesed.

If you have any other questions just let me know. I have some more to add to that review, I just haven't had time to do so.

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:26 am

And Im Going To Agree With Them On This Also Deffinatly Worth The Extra Money

sinister audio · Post by **sinister audio** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:45 am

hmm that sucks about the clarion. and eclipse has some very fine decks. i got an 8443 because it was the highest one the store carried and wouldnt order me the higher one but now they dont carry anything over the 5**** series and the store is really crappy now. but back to the high end decks. if you want a really nice deck stick with the hgih end eclipse. if you want something flashy with neato features that arnt related to SQ then go with the clarion or something else.

Robert Wollenberg · Post by **Robert Wollenberg** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 12:00 pm

How about the Pioneer DEX-P9 accompanied by the DEQ-P9? That looks to be a pretty nice and functional set up. A little too pricy for me and it looks as though you have to run it 4-way. No 3-way option that I could see.