orion 2500d and jl13w7 help

High Society · Post by **High Society** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:38 am

How much do you have for an HU? check our FAQ section, good,bad,ugly list to get an ideal on what is good between cd players

dkguitarist · Post by **dkguitarist** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:52 am

well i'm looking to buy a used/new pioneer (premier)/alpine headunit for maybe $100-150 shipped or less. eclipse, clarion will do as well.

sinister audio · Post by **sinister audio** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:53 am

any jvc or panasonic will beat any clarion in the same price range in every way.

dkguitarist · Post by **dkguitarist** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:55 am

but i'm looking for more eq adjustment and control than 6 settings. plus i want reliability.

sinister audio · Post by **sinister audio** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:58 am

clarion sucks for eq adjustability and are crappy built. even low end panasoincs ave pretty good EQ features and JVCs at around 150-175 on ebay have decent features.

dkguitarist · Post by **dkguitarist** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:09 pm

over on my other caraudio forum there's people selling alpine/pioneer decks for $75+ used/new. found probly 10 deals as long as the ppl still have them. thanks anyways tho. i hope it's just my headunit problem. this'll be the 5th amp i've gone through in like 3 years if it is the amp. thanks tho

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 1:06 pm

Clarion makes good decks, depends on what you get. The DRZ decks are sweet. Panasonic on the other hand aren't the most reliable I've dealt with. JVC is pretty good for the money.

As far as value, I'd personally go with Pioneer. Unless you scour ebay and forums and try to find a used Alpine or Eclipse, or even upper level Pioneer.

sinister audio · Post by **sinister audio** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 1:11 pm

really you dont think panasonic is reliable? i have only had 1 deck fail that i have sold and sell a ton of pansonic.

dkguitarist · Post by **dkguitarist** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 1:19 pm

my friend had one he bought at a garage sale. worked pretty good. i didn't like it tho cuz it was just all "plasticky". idk how to describe it. it was a decent deck. but i've had:

1 jensen (failed on me right at my 6 months and bb replaced it with a jvc for free)
1 jvc (got stolen out of my truck 2 years ago was a decent deck)
1 kenwood (bought to replace the jvc) and it held up for 3 years now.
1 pioneer p860mp (best damn deck i had. upgraded my kenwood to this). great sq. clean power. sound was amazing.
1 Concept IDM-777 in-dash dvd player w/ 7" monitor. i hate it. so now i wanna replace that. gotta get it fixed first. so i want a pioneer (higher end) or an alpine (mid-high-end).

Scarrell · Post by **Scarrell** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:00 pm

i have the Pioneer Premier 670, and its pretty rad.. you can get its brother(the 6700) at Wal-Mart and such, its the same, just different voltage rating.. the 670 Premier has 4v and the 6700 has 2.. anyway its a good deck.. nice little screen savers, some nice eq options, and such.. i like it.. but i was lookin to get a 860 Premier but couldnt find it in my range, but its a bad ass deck too, i would get the 860 again.. or you can try to find a Premier 930.. around 4 years old i think.. doesnt do MP3 but still a killer deck.. also my deck does mp3..etc.. so i love that part.. all in all its a pretty killer deck..