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<blockquote data-quote="JLAudioCavalier" data-source="post: 2767529" data-attributes="member: 567890">I will say this.. .anytime someone is looking for a head unit that is within the average Joe&#039;s price range, I used to send them to Alpine. Then they phased out the 983X Line... and ever since, I haven&#039;t put Alpine at the top of my &quot;bang-for-buck&quot; list of Head Unit manufacturers at all.Now I gotta say that I am a balls to the wall die hard SQ fan. With that said, the adjustability of Pioneers units in the last couple years has more than out performed anything Alpine has attempted at since the 983X series (Alpines 7XXX series is not being mentioned in this because they are simply in a league of their own among Alpine&#039;s line up).Eclipse has never let me down at all as far as performance. You will always get the kids who care more about screen savers, pretty lights and fancy features that have NOTHING to do with the quality of sound that the head unit produces... witch to me is the NUMBER ONE deciding factor in a head unit.Over all, If you had walked up to me and said &quot;I want an affordable head unit [$150-350]. I want to get the most features for my money, with my main focus being on the sound and adjustabity and don&#039;t care about fancy BS.&quot; I would show you some Pioneer&#039;s, and some Eclipses.....and then maybe some Alpine&#039;s..... it&#039;s such a shame realy, because they had SOOOO much going for them... then the 985X series was introduced... then shortly after the 983X series was phased out... and they basicaly went down hill faster than a fat kid on rollerskates //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JLAudioCavalier, post: 2767529, member: 567890"] I will say this.. .anytime someone is looking for a head unit that is within the average Joe's price range, I used to send them to Alpine. Then they phased out the 983X Line... and ever since, I haven't put Alpine at the top of my "bang-for-buck" list of Head Unit manufacturers at all. Now I gotta say that I am a balls to the wall die hard SQ fan. With that said, the adjustability of Pioneers units in the last couple years has more than out performed anything Alpine has attempted at since the 983X series (Alpines 7XXX series is not being mentioned in this because they are simply in a league of their own among Alpine's line up). Eclipse has never let me down at all as far as performance. You will always get the kids who care more about screen savers, pretty lights and fancy features that have NOTHING to do with the quality of sound that the head unit produces... witch to me is the NUMBER ONE deciding factor in a head unit. Over all, If you had walked up to me and said "I want an affordable head unit [$150-350]. I want to get the most features for my money, with my main focus being on the sound and adjustabity and don't care about fancy BS." I would show you some Pioneer's, and some Eclipses.....and then maybe some Alpine's..... it's such a shame realy, because they had SOOOO much going for them... then the 985X series was introduced... then shortly after the 983X series was phased out... and they basicaly went down hill faster than a fat kid on rollerskates [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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