I'm not much of an audio person, but my tape player and 2 blown speakers have got to go. I didn't get very much under the tree this year, because my parents told me I could get this for my car. My budget should be somewhere around $250-$300. The cd player I figure is around $130-$150. The rest are the 4 speaker in teh front and rear. What are the best cd players and speakers for this price? I'm not much on sound as you can tell. I just want something that sounds better than what I have.

 

bump.....I need an opinion. They are going in in 3 hrs.

 

An Alpine or Pioneer head unit would be my choice. Look into Pioneer and Polk speakers. For the price they don't sound too bad.

Are you looking to make a nice system or just something that plays music?

 

I went in today and got a $200 Blaupunkt head unit and 4 eclipse speakers. That was above and beyond what I was expecting. This is one of the best Christmas presents ever. My friend said Eclipse is up there in quality.

 

Yes, Eclipse are very good speakers and the Blaupunkt decks are decent same thing as Sony or Poineer.

 

Did you just classify sony WITH pioneer?

Sony has no business with any car audio.

Pioneer, Alpine, Eclipse...some of the best HU brands out there.

 

Agree with you on the Sony, but pioneer is in no way near Eclipse or Alpine in terms of sound quality the Blaupunkts is even better then pioneer.

 

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I dont know about the blaupunkts too much as the only one i've heard didnt sound good at all.

I know that Pioneer isnt really that "up there" with alpine and eclipse...but IMO its a very good deck that you can get for the money.