Recomend Me A New HeadUnit <£250 (ideally)

[Russ.]

hi, time has come for a new headunit i think. seems mine has blown as speakers on the normal iso connector no longer work, yet speakers on my pre-outs do???

anyway what do you guys recomend?

ive been looking at
http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/product/products_id/3453.html
or
http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/product/products_id/3454.html


what brands would you recomend? also would like a headunit with display/stalk adapters.

link me hehe


thanks in advance, russ

 

[Russ.]

forgot to say

id like an mp3 headunit with 3 preouts also

 

[wozzaa]

For a tad more you can get the top of the range alpine unit comes in around £270 i think.

Stalk adaptors add another £20 - £30 or so to your price with whatever unit you buy.

 

[Russ.]

ive also been looking at the lower end of the range such as
http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/product/products_id/3224.html

will i really notice a big difference in performance for £100 more

i will be running 2xjbl amps from the headunit (1x600watt 4 channel and 1x400watt 2 channel)

 

[wozzaa]

Just extra features and higher voltage preouts nicer screen more customization with the unit and sound and all that.

 

[muz]

go second hand I know someone selling a cracking alpine unit

The difference £100 makes is unbelievable in sound Q, features and looks

 

[hydeyho]

I'd go for the Alpine unit, but if you can stretch a little more go for this >

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/pro...d=4173&cadid=05aa664ffec06958b05c0c581d90573e

 

[jay s]

ive got one of these in mine and am very happy with it, very good sq, 3 sets of 6.5v preouts. not sureabout the adaptor thingy tho...
http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/product/products_id/1030.html

 

[wozzaa]

That pioneer unit is supposed to have absolutely amazing sound quality for the price. but its just one of those units you either love it or hate it and i hate the way it looks. :/

 

[Dink]

never under stood how they try to sell h/u's with 3 6Teravolt preouts

can't see how it makes a difference, just means you need to adjust the gain on the amp

 

[jay s]

looks loads better in the flesh, got a smooth aluminum finish. looks quite abit diff at night aswell as it lights up white around the dials. would get a pik but feeling abit tired..

 

[jay s]

i noticed a big diff changing to this unit from my kenwood kdc9590r which had 4v preouts. afaik it gives a bigger signal to the amps meaning less gain and better sq, i had to turn my gain down on both my amps when i changed as it was so much louder with the pi hu.

 

[wozzaa]

Higher voltage just gives better sound quality. gets rid of more background noise etc.

 

[Dink]

a better snr would but voltage is just for gain setting

your not going to get worse sq with a lower voltage iirc nak's are only 2 volt preouts

 

[wozzaa]

4v preouts on the basic naks and 5 on the higher end ones.

The reason for higher voltage is that your amp doesnt have to do as work generally so a cleaner sound is kept.

 

[pete182spt]

if your near aylesbury buckinghamshire cca are best about for all car auido needs highly rated and fair in price

 

[miketheman2k]

Forget your glittering jap rubbish, if SQ is what you're after, check out Becker

Fits flush into the dash too, so looks almost OEM. The sound is well worth the money, and it doesn't have all the Q-Bass, Xpand, F-off stuff because it simply doesn't need it.

 

[Russ.]

i did look at the becker...but looks TOO oem for my liking. im not bothered about having an all singing all dancing maxpower fan boy headunit but not quite than far down the scale either. i like the look of the alpines and the pioneer jay mentioned further up the thread.

 

[Dink]

4v preouts on the basic naks and 5 on the higher end ones.

The reason for higher voltage is that your amp doesnt have to do as work generally so a cleaner sound is kept.

surely there will be no difference in the amp boosting the gain 5x and 10x

so does that mean the pioneer has better sq because it has a higher voltage preout:S(well it is bound to with the "burr brown" dacs)