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<blockquote data-quote="Babs" data-source="post: 2992335" data-attributes="member: 567066">Old doesn&#039;t necessarily mean out-of-date or obsolete though.. The DRZ9255 has been around quite some time, but it&#039;s still on a different realm compared to the gazillion other mainstream HU&#039;s out there.. In terms of sound quality, I&#039;d take it&#039;s 7 year old cd-only technology over liquid-bio-whatever displays and USB/SD/bluetooth and all that craziness, anyday.&nbsp; Clean cd output doesn&#039;t go out of style.&nbsp; The old Denons and Den-fords are still kicking in the used market.. with NO processing except DA conversion and preamp.But also, throw in the mix a couple new setups too.. Alpine&#039;s newer PXE-H650 coming out is supposed to be a processing beast as well.. However I think it&#039;s an analog only unit, for the OEM integration market.. So it&#039;s only as clean as that oem head unit can send it, or from the RCA&#039;s of an aftermarket.&nbsp; Also the MS-8 JBL unit sounds promising as well.. Seems trying to fight the good fight of sending the signal digitally to the processor is going bye bye, to be replaced by processing to clean up the OEM crap signal instead with one aftermarket box instead of a head unit, then a processor.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babs, post: 2992335, member: 567066"] Old doesn't necessarily mean out-of-date or obsolete though.. The DRZ9255 has been around quite some time, but it's still on a different realm compared to the gazillion other mainstream HU's out there.. In terms of sound quality, I'd take it's 7 year old cd-only technology over liquid-bio-whatever displays and USB/SD/bluetooth and all that craziness, anyday. Clean cd output doesn't go out of style. The old Denons and Den-fords are still kicking in the used market.. with NO processing except DA conversion and preamp. But also, throw in the mix a couple new setups too.. Alpine's newer PXE-H650 coming out is supposed to be a processing beast as well.. However I think it's an analog only unit, for the OEM integration market.. So it's only as clean as that oem head unit can send it, or from the RCA's of an aftermarket. Also the MS-8 JBL unit sounds promising as well.. Seems trying to fight the good fight of sending the signal digitally to the processor is going bye bye, to be replaced by processing to clean up the OEM crap signal instead with one aftermarket box instead of a head unit, then a processor. [/QUOTE]

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