What is the best HU brand?

[cb7wagonPL]

Which do you think is the best brand when it comes to head units? Take into consideration quality, price, performance, and features.

[93accordexcoupe]

i like my kenwood. ive had it for 3 years with no problems. nakamichi is good too

[97Lude]

Eclipse has won numorous awards in the past. But that was BEFORE they were bought by another company. The new units just keep getting worse

[That1guyN8]

It's hard to just pick one:

here are my top 3:
Pioneer
Eclipse
Alpine

[accord91lx]

i had an old kenwood that was awsome...not a high end one either but it played even the most scratched CDs.... then i baught a sony xplod cdx-f7700... the radio tuner picks up stations i didnt know existed...but the cd player portion SUCKS. get any dust on a cd and it refuses to play... worst $259 i spent.

[cb7wagonPL]

yeah i never really liked the sony xplods. always heard of people having problems with them.

[snailin91]

simply cannot go wrong with ALPINE allways been a great competetor, good prices, great features. and most important of all,,, very user friendly.

[reidc]

I have always been an Alpine fan(back since the early 80's and cassettes). I have had two or three Cassette h/u's, and am on fifth(in family) Alpine CD H/U. My first was from 1994 the 7817 Receiver- had a contact problem quickly fixed by dealer. Had the unit put in a Taurus SHO and was bulletproof- it never skipped. It sat for 3 years and put in my kids cars. Its gone now- only because it couldn't handle CD-r's well.

We now have 7805, 7807, and I have a 9811 and they are great. We have had assorted Pioneer unit spinkled in the mix(came with cars as purchased used), and they always felt tinny sounding, and tough to setup(I guess once you get used to controls of one type its tough).

Chris

[xfactortype1]

never had problems with pioneer..welll made affordable unit..alpine is better though..i still love my pioneer..blaupunkt sucks..blew a new one in a week

[cb7wagonPL]

lol how did you blow a balupunkt? i thought they were good german headunits.

[timmy0tool]

i love alpine! no problems at all. i would go with eclipse next. pioneer is ok too.

[accordme93]

I've always loved my Pioneer units. Never any problems with them and they always play any CD I throw at them.

I love Eclipse too, but I didn't realize the quality was going down.

[cb7wagonPL]

i wasnt aware about the quality decrese in eclipse too. i dont even like the way the new ones look. the older models looked much cleaner then the current new line.

[That1guyN8]

I've always loved my Pioneer units.

I love the 9600! That's probaly my favorite head unit. You can tune sooo much with it. Perfect for competition!

[accordme93]

I remember back in 93 when my cousin bought a sick $700+ Eclipse deck. It was one of the decks that didn't have a built in amp. Does Eclipse even still make those?