Alpine headunit shitty? bumpy truck ride need help.no music for 1 1/2 months!!im goin

[quamen 10+ year member]

well here is the deal. I have a decent system which consists of 1 500 watt jl amp for the subs, 1 300 watt, mb quart q series tweeters and mids, 2 10" e designs k series subs dual ohm. I had one of the best alpine headunits the 7878 model it retails for 950 and the thing just gave me problems. error signs , etc. well a couple weeks ago it finally gave out and kept giving me a high temp problem. everything was hooked up by proffessionals. they sent it out fo repair. it takes like 6 weeks!!!!! my truck is a lowrider 2000 s10 and rides really bumpy. mabye that made the hu mess up i dont know? well anyways i want to get a nice new really good headunit. im thinking pioneer or eclipse. when i get the alpine back ill prolly sell it or something.

the new headunit i want to spend around 400-500 dollars to get something decent. any ideas etc? that is what my system looks like but with the old subs, the new ones i cant listen to yet cause no hu

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[JLCivic 10+ year member]

I prefer Eclipse decks, but before changing decks, how was your deck installed(was backstrapping put on it to help against vibration, etc). IF you do check out eclipse, you can see their 2003 deck brochure on my sound domain page.

http://members.sounddomain.com/perryb

The 5443 lists for $379

8443 is $449 or $479

Those are just to give you some idea as to prices in your range. I have run eclipse for many years, and skipping wise, they have been virtually bomb proof. However, if any deck is installed poorly(no backstrapping, etc when needed), it can skip. Good luck on whatever you get.

 

[Matador 10+ year member]

if u mount ur HU securely i dont' see how it would mess it up. just check if they actaully secured it properly.