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Can anyone recommend a good deck? Only feature I really care about is detachable face but thats pretty much standard. I'd like to spend under 200 but could be swayed to spend more if it is a must have. Could be an older model as this is for my second car.

Thanks in advance.

Anyone have any thoughts on the Clarion DXZ475MP
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-Fe1bxjxZ0Y ... =020DXZ475

or

Alpine CDE-9881

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-Fe1bxjxZ0Y ... 500CDE9881

Alpine looks much nicer... Probably built better also.

x2, i'd side with the alpine

Alpine over Clarion

Might wanna look into some of the JVCs too.

Pioneer Premier and Eclipse have always been my favorites. Although Eclipse doesn't have detachable faces, unless they've changed that. Here lately I've been eyeing some Alpine products. Only because of the H701 processor though. Nakamichi is another brand I've always liked, but they don't have detachable faces either. They also get crossed off my list at buy time for one reason or another, usually lack of flexability (no processing power and the one deck I really like doesn't play MP3s, and that's a must now-a-days).

I like the Pioneers better... and that Alpine is not up to the same build quality as their other models... If your in a real pinch check out Ebay and u can really snag a nice Pioneer Premier HU off there

alpin has slid drasticly over the last few years. i got with kenwood or panasonic.

pioneer premier is still top of the line but i wouldnt buy the lower end stuff anymore.

So Pioneer huh. What about the DEH-P390MP.

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-PIONEER-DEH-P39 ... dZViewItem

Seems like it has all of the features I want.

cargodz wrote:Alpine over Clarion
Might wanna look into some of the JVCs too.

I always thought Clarions were better quality than JVC. Is that a mistaken assessment?