i want a deck with decent sound quality but fairly cheap...i was looking at the blaupunkt mp3000....but i havent heard a blaupunkt deck in person before.....i just like the idea of mp3 capable...id like to stay around 150 for the deck.....saying that i can get the pioneer p4500 for only 138 on ebay...so prolly retail for the deck 150-200

 

I love all the blaupunkt stuff i've had and still have. I haven't ever tried the mp3 one tho.

 

Dollar for dollar it’s hard to beat a middle of the road Pioneer.

 

what about Aiwa? they always seem to have some cheap decks on crutchfield

 

aiwa sucks. Stick to the brand name stuff. Even the low end stuff from Pioneer, Kenwood, Alpine, etc. sounds just as good as their more expensive stuff.

 

I wouldnt say that Aiwa sucks. Even though sony makes it, I think it is better than all that xplode crap. Granted, aiwa is not the best, but I have had my Aiwa MP3 deck for about two years now and have yet to have a problem. I also got my deck when the mp3 decks were just starting to get popular, so the technology in it is not that great.
My next deck will be either an Alpine, Pioneer Premeir, or JCV(digifine of course)
Brian

 

It was only 80 bucks, and it was pretty good for me, but it got stolen, lol http://soundstormlab.com/products/DVD-&-CDA.html#450

 

I had the pioneer deh p4400 in my old car and i liked it a lot. With the decent sets of speakers it was plenty loud enough and it did cool things. Flip down face plates are cool and they keep dust out to extend deck life. So there is my contribution, i hope i could help a little.

 

I would. And the build quality is much lower then Sony, and we know how good they are. Don’t get me wrong, he may get one, love it and it may last for ten years, but the chances are………..

 

i ended up buying the panasonic 683...theres more to the serial thing but i dun know what it is

 

buck for buck, for me, you can't beat the new JVC decks. Got one for my truck and my car. All the new JVC decks are high power, have the MP3, WMA encoding, CDR,CDRW playback, sirrius ready, have the text, and have really nice clean powerful amps in them....200W total. 3 set of 4v pre amp outs on them too. 5 to 7 band eq's, remotes, and the sub is adjustable from the deck. JVC Arsenal....check them out. And oh yeah they have a 2 year warranty too... $200 for the one in my truck (KD-LH 1000). this deck and two Pioneer 6x9's in cheap walmart bowes, and two alpine s drive 4" 's in the dash and it sounds like so much more.

 

I agree that JVC's Digifine decks (which I think is what the new Arsenal line is) are great decks. I've got one and I love it. The rest of their stuff still stucks.

 

I'll sell you my pioneer deck for $60 plus shipping. It is a 4300 series. Has some minor face plate scratches, nothing serious though. I had it in my GN before i bought the new series 6400 with the organic EL display and sub outs.

 

I third the newer JVC's there was a time I wouldnt touch one if it was given to me.

I have one now and I love it.

it's not even top of the line, but full of features

http://shop.store.yahoo.com/gigabuyz/rbkdsx950.html


http://www.tbichips.com/catalog/cable.htm (this one is a link to the manual, all the features are listed there

 

yup. got the JVC digifine sh909 and love it. everything i could want at a great price. and crutchfield had it on sale for $240. impossible to match the features and quality at that price.

 

you can get a new pioneer or alpine with sub control built-in for 150.00,sitting here lookin' at 'em.

 

Pioneer has gone to crap starting with the DEH-P6400. Sorry Robes, just make shore you have a GOOD ground on your amp, or the HU will abject violently. That is the biggest problem with the DEH-P6400, and try to explain to someone how the bad ground on there amp killed there HU.

 

you get what you pay for!

 

and you save what you don't pay

 

when it some to awia you save on (cuz you don't get) how well its made, how long it will last, how good it sounds.... in the long run its a waste of money cuz afdter about a year or two it will just crap out. you best bet is to just stick with somethign that half way good. awia sucks man. i'd hate to see you waste your money on that

 

I'm surprises nobody has mentioned Eclipse here. I just got one last month for $180 and am hoping to update the rest of the system to really see how good it is.

 

Link me up some Eclipse stuff would love to see how it looks, havent seen much local.

A lot of good cheap decks look good, run good, then skipp a month later, is yours still doen well?

 

Panasonic makes some of the best decks in my opinion.

 

Does Eclipse still have that cool anti theft feature to were you porgram a CD track in it, and if the power is disconnected you have to load that CD first to get it to work?

 

:hail: :hail: :hail: i have the 602U i LOVE it

 

I've had an aiwa deck for over a year... bought from a pawn shop too for 70 bux.. but i know when i do get a new deck it wont be aiwa, i hate turning the volume from 0 to 70 to get it loud