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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 12:22 AM
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Default What's a good $200 dollar(ish) HU?

Like title said, i am tired of my pos 100 dollar sony HU

200-250ish, i don't care about looks/latest model or not, ipod ready is a plus

let me know!

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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 03:51 AM
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Alpine 9883 I love mine.
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-l...lpine
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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 04:40 AM
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Alpine are good, so is pioneer, check those first. Really check out all brands: kenwood, sony, pioneer, alpine and whatever else (I personally wouldn't get dual). And just pick the one with the best features for you. Features like: MP3/WMA compatability, looks, whatever else you need.
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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 05:10 AM
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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 07:20 AM
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I'm on my second Alpine, first one got stolen out of my car. So i replaced it with another. They are very good headunits. I have an alpine HU with all type-s components. It sounds very nice.
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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 07:21 AM
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pioneer fo lyfe! lol
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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 08:00 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by pwnanObrien &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">pioneer fo lyfe! lol</TD></TR></TABLE>

My bro has had a couple Premier headunits, I just dont like the faces of them (too flush) and all that damn animated **** lol.
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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 08:02 AM
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I say either Alpine, or maybe an Eclipse, but I dont think Eclipse has anything substantial in that price range.

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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 08:03 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JoePSI &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

My bro has had a couple Premier headunits, I just dont like the faces of them (too flush) and all that damn animated **** lol.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yea im not for the flashy **** either but I like the way you can actually fine tune your audio , if you know what your doing , and know how to work the radio
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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 08:03 AM
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I lie the Pioneers. Should be able to get a good one for $200. I spent around that for mine.
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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 04:02 PM
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Alpine 9857 with the full speed iPod cable, oh wait I have one for sale if you are interested.
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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 05:37 PM
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Pick one... http://www.alpine-usa.com/US-e...AV_HU buy it from an authorized dealer and get manufacturers warranty, and probably for less then MSRP 94
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Old Apr 4, 2007 | 09:19 PM
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http://www.crutchfield.com

thats your best bet. its where i went for mine n i got it real fast and a good price.
Good Service too i never heard anythin bad about them.
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 07:42 AM
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Alpine 9885 is on sale for 270 on crutchfield.

I just bought two... one for my car, one for my girls....

I'm a fan of alpine, have been for a long time. Just sold a car with an alpine 9833... damn that hu was great, cept the ipod interface was too slow for me... the 9885's interface is their second generation high speed ipod interface and it works GREAT. The viewing angle on the 9885 is awesome too with the biolite display.

sorry to sound like an ad, but the 9885 is the best i've ever seen, especially at $270
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 09:15 AM
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Default Re: What's a good $200 dollar(ish) HU? (iam7head)

Get a new pioneer HU with the Ipod cable.
They are selling on ebay for like 190 shipped.
Has three outputs and everything.
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Old Apr 6, 2007 | 11:31 AM
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Hey bro, get the Alpine 9885. FULL SPEED ipod control (you'll need the $30 cable). If you use my referral number (if you've never ordered from crutchfield before) you'll get $20 off.....let me know....
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Old Apr 7, 2007 | 04:31 AM
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alpine check out the pioneer premier 590 retails right around 250, comes with the ipod cord, has 2 lines of text, oel screen, 7 band eq, hp/lp crossovers, aux in, steering wheel control/exernal remote in, p bus controls, blue led illumination, remot control, etc. etc.
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Old Apr 8, 2007 | 11:53 AM
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i used to be a pioneer man but i recently got a new JVC and i really like it...the pioneer dose have better sub controls though.....
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Old Apr 8, 2007 | 11:54 AM
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$200 wont buy you that amazing of a head unit.
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Old Apr 8, 2007 | 07:02 PM
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i would go with alpine 9883 from crutchfield
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