Headunit for £250

[BRUN]

i want a good head unit for about £250, i cant stretch to £300

it doesnt need MP3 an loads of fancy features but must have at least 2 pre outs, not be green, and would prefer black over silver, and must be 50Wx4 minimum

ive been thinkin of gettin an Alpine or Kenwood.......what would everyone suggest

dont like the look of the Sonys

 

[BRUN]

hmmmm

i reckon this might be the one to go for !

Alpine CDA-9812RB

 

[hon_n_gem]

I got a brand spanking new CDA-9812RB, silver face. Totally unused. Its actually waiting to go in my new car, but its been delayed and i actually really want the black one to go with my dash colour. As i said before ive taken it out once and thats it!! PM me if ur interested

 

[MaLicE]

personally, i would go for the http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/shop/product_info.php?products_id=2047Clarion DXZ838RMP

has sooo many features

has every thing u wanted, has 3 preouts 4v each.

has 4x53w

has aux in (good for screens etc)

has 700 and some odd diff colour screen, has dot matrix, so u get some of the cool graphics, its as good as if not better than the alpine, i have alpine my self and it is very nice, but has a very harsh sound.

its a black ali face.

and is like 230 quid, i would choose that ne day, have seen it in a sound off car and the bloke was soo impressed with it, and he loved the sound, he had alpine before also.



oh looks like this :

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/shop/images/b_dxz838rmp.jpg

 

[MaLicE]

oh if u really want the alpine u can get a rr version which is black and glows orange or green.

 

[BRUN]

dont like the look of that mate tbh

oh an Gengar i have also now found the black/red one an i think i want that !

 

[connor]

yeah brun go for the first one u suggested, u can get it for 239.99 from letsbuycaraudio site

 

[Bryan]

alpine or pioneer

for that cash you can get quite a decent unit from either of the two

 

[connor]

Alpine easily. for overall quality & power.

 

[Bryan]

totally agree with you

there you have it

alpine it has to be then

 

[BRUN]

hmmmm actually Malice that Clarion has grown on me, wish it was 4x60W though....hmmmmm

actually that 53W is probably perfectly fine for what i want

 

[connor]

well lets be honest, you would be better getting a head unit without an internal amplifier... but they cost a bomb.

thats 53 watts MAX, you will probably only be getting 35 watts RMS, & I wouldnt even buy a head unit coz of how many watts the amplifier is churning out coz its much better to just buy an amp to make the speakers active coz they will go much louder & will be even crisper!

Even the alpine internal amps arent amazing.... for example, my mate has got a set of focal polyglass 2 way componants off a alpine HU (7894 mp3 model), distorted at level 24 on the head unit, ran comfortably on 23. Stuck in my genesis profile 2 amp to run the front speakers, now runs at 35(max level) with no distortion at all. ALOT louder & clearer. & now he has seen the light & will never run a set of speakers off the HU again!

just my 2 pence mate! good luck in choosing tho.

 

[BRUN]

yea i agree with ya mate, ampn all the speakers is definitely the way to go, however id like summat as powerful as possible until i can do that, an know the head unit is supplyin a decent amount itself

 

[cliosportcraig]

If you dont want a silver one go for the alpine cda 9812RR its exactly the same as the RB but is black/grey with red light up effect ! and with 60x4 w its the most ull get out of a head unit due to the size the amp has to be ! plus you know u get quality with alpine!

http://www.letsbuycaraudio.com/main.php?cat=cdTuners&make=16&product=1296http://www.letsbuycaraudio.com/main.php?cat=cdTuners&make=16&product=1296

heres the CDA 9812RR

 

[jonnyboy]

I would go alpine if I were you. Ive got a pioneer mp3 one mainly down to buget, its actually a really nice player and sounds well.

 

[connor]

whats the difference between the RR & RB models anyhow? just the design/colours?

Go for alpine mate! Quality is amazing, very powerful preouts to really get the best out of your amps when you do get them, and plus 60w per channel x 4 channels to do somet for ur speakers in the meantime! still more than the clarion, and £240 for the 9812RB & RR is an amazing price!!!!! the 9812 is the new alpine model of the 7894 which was going for £300 less than a month ago so it is a bargin!!!! the 9812RB retails for around £500 in shops.....

 

[BRUN]

ordered this at work today

http://www.alpine-europe.com/2003/products2002/340/cda-9812rr.jpg

 

[connor]

good call!!!!!! as long as you prefer that colour to the silver one, you wont regret it!!! trust me!!!!

 

[A.G.P.16vSport]

Can you hook any of these to the remote and the renauly display??

 

[connor]

you can get the remote interface for it.... but not the display, but you dont really need the display do ya....? If you wanna know what radio station your on look at the Head unit...