Best looking Sony unit in years.

[fnzpntz 10+ year member]

Alpine is getting worse granted, But pioneer offers nothing worth buying all there systems in 06 have good features but non of them have the ones that should go to gether. Example, the one with the best sound CANNOT have nav what so ever. and is not double din... and has horrible buttons, the hdd nav deck plays DVDs in dual zone and no where else, and you cant do ANY thing while you drive. AVIC is just shit.

IMO everyheadunit is going to hell FAST. Oh and atleast ALPINE plays DVD audio, i mean wtf come on DVD audio is amazing.

EDIT GIGA PANEL????

# Giga Panel faceplate with 1GB of built-in memory

Whats that even do?

Also its not like sony doenst have the money to or the technology to become good quality car audio they choose not to.

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

That HU is overpriced,I can get a 790 for the same coin......Sonys best years are long gone,20 years ago they were top notch

but they have gone low end,while yhey still have the good name of Sony which

alot of people associate with quality - Its far from the truth...

Howevere if they wanted to get back on top ,they would have to make some serious moves to new features and super SQ and they have not,really

features do not make SQ -

A few years ago Kenwood/Excelon was garbage,today they have turned things around

and IMO make one the of the line ups of HUs on the market -

Next

After the several years-long stretch of really serious quality control issues Kenwood sadly endured, though, it's been a tough climb back to where a large portion of the buying public would even seriously consider a Kenwood product much less actually purchase one, unfortunately.

 

[dleccord 5,000+ posts]

I personally think this Sony looks pretty decent:

Not saying it performs well, or that I would ever buy it. However, the first time I flipped through my crutchfield mag and saw it, I stopped and had to look again to make sure I wasn't seeing things that it was from Sony.

that looks nice, kinda like a home audio receiver

 

[ssj2xxgotenxx 10+ year member]

I personally think this Sony looks pretty decent:

My sister's BF has the same deck, and it works like any other deck should. My JVC SH-707 has that front AUX input, and it's a nice feature. However, everyone knows the preformance AUX provides... In terms of Ipod preformance that is...

 

[AcidicDreams 10+ year member]

Sony is alot like dell... all marketing, a loyal fan base of morons and a sterling reputation they hardly deserve...

in the end they sell overpriced junk, but they understand how to sell things... it's good business but crap products....

 

[IoNMan1 10+ year member]

it might looks good, but the performance is not that great. I used to have a great looking sony deck, it's crappy

 

[ppc 10+ year member]

The 910 was the shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.

What happened to that sony?

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

ok, so it looks better.....its still xplode....

I hear audiobahn is getting a facelift...??????????

 

[cyantist 10+ year member]

I'll never buy anything Sony except for their TVs, which surprisingly is one of their few products to have any quality.. I've been burned too many times in the past by Sony 'quality' when it comes to audio gear, both home and mobile..

 

[Eldorado 5,000+ posts]

Sony car audio= crap

Sony audio= crap

Sony video = good

Sony pro video= very good

/ thread

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

Sony car audio= crapSony audio= crap

Sony video = good

Sony pro video= very good

/ thread

/me agrees

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

looks very blaupunkt, at least it's not as tacky as sony's been lately

 

[96GTIVR6 10+ year member]

The Sony GT300, GT400 and GT500 all have the same button layout as the MEX-1GP (The unit you have pictured) only they have grey colors as opposed to the black. They're all pretty solid units for the money, especially at retail prices. As stated earlier by JmanpC its hard to sell people units other then the sony's sometimes just because of the built in AUX. All of the GT decks have built in aux, and all are less then $199.95 at retail.

 

[Paddywad 10+ year member]

How about the attached Specialty Series H/U? They come with a 2 year warranty. The GT705DX comes with:

» CD player with built-in amplifier (17 watts RMS/52 peak x 4 channels)

» plays CDs, CD-Rs, and CD-RWs — including discs loaded with MP3, WMA, and ATRAC3plus (format on Sony's online music store) music files

» flip-down, aluminum faceplate with fluorescent display

» HDEQ with a 13-band parametric equalizer

» loudness

» BBE processing

» Dynamic Soundstage Organizer

» 24-bit digital to analog converter

» three sets of 4-volt preamp outputs

» subwoofer controls

» high- and low-pass filters

» Aux Lite auxiliary input

» CD changer controls

» satellite radio-ready (XM or SIRIUS tuner, subscription, and antenna required)

» CD Text compatible

» clock

» SSIR-EXA AM/FM tuner

» 18 FM/12 AM presets

» seek tuning

» remote control

» CD frequency response: 10-20,000 Hz

» CD signal-to-noise ratio: 120 dB

» FM sensitivity: 9 dBf

The GT805DX comes the same stuff, it has a motorized face and more flexible sound engine.

 

[Eldorado 5,000+ posts]

Trying to ripoff pioneer...pathetic