Alpine VS. Pioneer...

[ßûmþ_§üm±hîñ 10+ year member]

If it was your choice between these to cd players, which would you pick?? Ive heard good things about both brands...the alpine will be about $10 cheaper and it seems to have more bass options, its going to be matched with two 12" kicker comps, and a Kenwood 600W amp...tell me what you think

PIONEER DEH-P430 PREMIER CD PLAYER

specs:

Flap Face

Detachable Face Security

Rotary Volume Control

Supertuner III

24-Station/6-Button (18FM / 6AM) Presets

BSM (Best Station Memory)

AGC (Automatic Gain Control)

CD

Track Scan

Pause

Repeat

Random Play

Playback Compatible with Digital Audio CD-R (when disc is finalized)

MOSFET 50x4 - 4-Channel High Power

EEQ Performance Chip

3-Band Parametric Equalizer

Easy EQ (EEQ) switches 5 Factory, 2 User EQ Presets (Super Bass, Powerful, Natural, Vocal, Flat, Custom)

Source Custom EQ Memory (Independent Custom Memory for each source)

Selectable Loudness Control (Low/Mid/High/Off)

SFEQ (Sound Focus EQ)

Additional Independent Bass / Treble Control for Front / Rear

IP-Bus System Control

6 & 12 Disc Multi-CD Players

Voice Commander (CD-VC60)

Disc Title Memory (48 Discs)

10-Character Display for Disc Title Memory & CD Text (MCD)

Full-Function Slim Remote

Selectable Fader Control

RCA Preouts (x3 pair) (Front/Rear + Subwoofer or Non-Fading) (2V)

Two-Way Crossover (HPF & LPF)

Front/Rear HPF (50/80/125Hz, -12dB/Oct.)

Sub-Out LPF (50/80/125Hz, -18dB/Oct.)

Sub-Out Level (-12dB to +12dB) and Phase Control

Liquid Crystal Display with Multi-Color LED backlight

**$182.00** ($5 shipping)

OR

CDM-7854 Alpine Car Audio Cd Player

specs:

Bass EngineTM

BBE Processor

CD Changer Control

1 PreOut

2 Color Display w/Level Meter

BASS ENGINETM FEATURES:

Subwoofer Level Control

Bass Center Frequency Control

MaxTune Tuner

40W x 4 High Power Amplifier

Regulated 1-Bit DAC

Anti-Theft Detachable Face

THANKS, Nick

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[AFIREINSIDE 10+ year member]

is it really that hard to make this decision??.. i have a pioneer head unit.. and i love it death.. alpine makes good shiz.. but between those 2 models i would go with the pioneer...

 

[Big-Cat 10+ year member]

go with the pioneer. It has 3 2 volt preouts. If you every want to get some good speakers, you'll need 3 preouts. If you're just going to get 2 12's, and never get the speakers, then go with apline. But if you do get two speakers with the alpine i think you'll have to get a new head unit as well...just to be safe i'd stick with the pioneer

 

[Unregistered]

I would go dehp-930 i ****en rocks

 

[RangerMan Premium Member]

I would go with Pioneer, they make great h/us at affordable prices and they last forever.

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

pioneer....just cause i have had a model very similar to that and it lasted forever and was nice to look at untill it was jacked out of my truck....it also put out pretty good SQ