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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 12:56 PM
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Car recently got stolen and they grabbed all my audio equipment.

When it comes to radios im real picky, i dont like flashy CD players that resemble a nightclub going off in your car.

What i'm looking for are recommendations on CD players (with MP3 compatibility) that match the 95 Prelude. Somethin with a black housing and maybe something to match the colors of the stock dash/cluster (i know i aint gonna find an exact match).

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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 01:07 PM
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kenwoods normally have that look at least all the ones ive seen are
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 01:24 PM
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clarion usly have good decks for what you are looking for
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 01:31 PM
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Nakamichi fit the bill nicely

Or you could search eBay and see if theres a nice JDM Gathers system
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 01:59 PM
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http://www.cardomain.com/item/...=none
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 02:17 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by InvaderTrax &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">http://www.cardomain.com/item/...=none</TD></TR></TABLE>

That thing is pretty ugly IMO hah LoL...

I like the JVC decks... they sound pretty good too
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 04:11 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by darkspector2.0 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">That thing is pretty ugly IMO hah LoL...

I like the JVC decks... they sound pretty good too</TD></TR></TABLE>

Really? Honstly, I really like the styling
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 05:09 PM
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I have an alpine in my 5th gen, it's nice, you should check out http://www.crutchfield.com they're resonable, free shipping, and comes with the harness, and instructions on how to install the deck.
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 05:58 PM
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get the alpine 9855. its not flashy and the keys can be made to match the stock gauge color
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 06:07 PM
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I agree, most alpine decks look close to stock imo. Compared to any panasonic or pioneer.( We have a show board with all 3 brands of decks in our shop)
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 07:02 PM
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I have a panasonic. I paid like 370 for it and it has mp3 xm aux input in the rear *actual audio plug not 3.5mm* it is a really great radio....it has 200w amp built in with a 7 band eq board and adjusting frequencies on your different outputs. it matches very well too, the only con is that the screen is blue. But i have blue gauges behind the lense and soon to do the blue on my cluster :D so it will all match
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 07:11 PM
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Go Eclipse.
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Old Oct 24, 2006 | 07:25 AM
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I got one more question guys.

When i bought my last CD player a few years ago, the sub woofer out option was called just that. I'm looking at these and i dont see any with that option... or at least called that. I like these particular Kenwood but dont know if it has that option or not.
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-1...P5032
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Old Oct 24, 2006 | 07:31 AM
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i think most alpines have a sub woofer option
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Old Oct 24, 2006 | 09:33 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hitman94 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i think most alpines have a sub woofer option</TD></TR></TABLE> :you are absolutely right.
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Old Oct 24, 2006 | 09:38 AM
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that kenwood doesnt say that it has a seperate sub out but try http://audio-warehouse.com they have alot of selection and good prices
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 06:43 AM
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hey man...i just bought a radio for my 92 and i love it. iti s the pioneer 980bt. i know you said that you didnt want ti to be to fancy and all....btu this is by far the best radio i have ever had. i used to have the pioneer 6800 also a good radio. just some suggestuions. the pioneer 7800 looks a little better than the 6800 just because it has a black face.
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 06:51 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by charles1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hey man...i just bought a radio for my 92 and i love it. iti s the pioneer 980bt. i know you said that you didnt want ti to be to fancy and all....btu this is by far the best radio i have ever had. i used to have the pioneer 6800 also a good radio. just some suggestuions. the pioneer 7800 looks a little better than the 6800 just because it has a black face.
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Those are definitly nice radios.. not sure i want to spend that much though.

Currently i have these 3 in mind.

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-1...700SR
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 07:51 AM
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Alpine 9853 is the best headunit, i have one in my CRX and it made my stock speakers sound like the voice of christ
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 09:58 AM
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i vote for alpine as well, i had a few different decks before, but none were even close to making the stock speakers sound as good as the alpine decks do.
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 10:45 AM
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on the subject of radios, anyone have a good double din in their car?

i saw the Kenwood DPX-501. looks decent, anyone have it?
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 10:46 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by plikit &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">on the subject of radios, anyone have a good double din in their car?

i saw the Kenwood DPX-501. looks decent, anyone have it?</TD></TR></TABLE>

What does it come with from the factory double or single?
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 11:01 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Pilky &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

What does it come with from the factory double or single?</TD></TR></TABLE>

The factory head unit is a single din. A double din will make it so that the pocket is not there anymore. Trust me... Get the Apline 9855. It used to cost $500, but you can get it on ebay way cheaper now that it has been replaced by Alpine by a newer unit.
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 11:15 AM
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Kenwood eXcelon 889

Got mine for 210 from an electronics store in NY.

Pricegrabber.com is your friend when it comes to electronics man.

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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 11:31 AM
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Best investment i've made in a while, its an Alpine CDA-9847. Heres a link to one on Ebay. BB4ever and I have one and we both love em. You can change the colors of the power, source, l&lt;&lt;, and &gt;&gt;l buttons from i think blue, green, amber, and red and the rest of the lights are always green.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ALPINE-CDA...wItem
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