anyone with deh-p780mp or ida-x001

[va tech7 10+ year member]

Anyone here have pictures of either of these head units installed? I've been debating back and forth between the two and while performance is necessary for me, so is how it's going to look in my car. Whenever I look at them at best buy it's hard to picture what they're like installed because of the bright lights in the store. Thanks.

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[zSnb 10+ year member]

get the 780mp this is an easy choice. the unit still has a nice color screen, but its going to sound a lot better with all of the sound tweaking functions. remember the ida-x001 is ipod only no CD's. there are barely any sound options, no crossover settings for your speakers and a piss poor EQ. i promise you will be happier with the 780mp.

 

[Clean Sound 10+ year member]

I too own the 780 and agree that it would be an excellent choice. And while I do not have a photo of it installed, I can tell you that it looks great in my 2002 Ford Explorer. In fact, when looking at it in the off position, you might think it was the factory radio given how well it blends into the dash.

 

[Abell255 10+ year member]

Both units look MUCH better in the dash. I think the 7800 looks kinda crappy in the wall at a store.. it doesn't give anything justice, especially screens. Anyhow, i'm actually most likely selling my 7800 and getting an X001 because all i use is my Ipod, and without the full speed connection, it's rediculously slow. The 7800 is a NICE unit all around, one of my favorites. If you want to actually use the great ipod sound the x001 is supposed to produce, i suggest adding an EQ. I'm probably going with the pioneer deq-9200 since the alpine eq's are hella expensive. You could shell out the dough and get the phx-701 ( not sure if you need the standalone DIN controller for that or not ), which has 31 band EQ and bumps the pre-outs to 4v i believe. Either way though, think of the 7800 as the full package, and the X001 as just one of many peices to the puzzle.

 

[va tech7 10+ year member]

I'll basically be using my ipod 99 percent of the time. I will probably run it through the 780's aux input since it's ipod control is slow.

 

[duckfart 10+ year member]

Get the 780. Looks good , it is easy to operate ( once u get used to it ) and it has great sq."][/url]

 

[zSnb 10+ year member]

yeah if you toss your 780 for an X001 you're probably going to be pretty upset with your loss in SQ.

 

[EMAGDNIM 10+ year member]

This was before I took it out of my 3