Clarion Dead...Sony CDX-M9900 or something else

[badstang123 10+ year member]

Right now I have a Clarion DXZ835MP. Today it got jacked up and now it won't spit the CD out. I can hear a clicking inside of it. I had been debating a new head unit anyway though. I was leaning towards buying a Eclipse Unit but my friend has a Sony CDX-M9900. He's talking about maybe $230 for it and it is brand new. I would never have thought to buy sony but it's sitting in my house as we speak, since I put it on ebay for him. Do you guys think it is worth it? Or should I stick with an eclipse? And how will the Sony as well as the eclipse perform in comparison to what I have now. Any other ideas are welcome too. All I want is a headunit that has pretty good SQ and that can play MP3 cds. Other than that I don't need to much fancy shit. I would like to top out around $300 but $400 is within reason if it is worth the $$$$. Thanks.

- Justin

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[guy022077 10+ year member]

all these sony bashers will say no but i say go to the classifiesds and buy the one in there for 150 and be done with it. I love my sony hu's. The first non sony hu i ever bought (eclispse 8445) was doa POS and the 2nd was a (880prs) doa pos but where is my last sony hu? oh thats right it still working and 6+ years old sony .mp70 if i could have found the 9900 i would have bought it. but i am too deep and almost done to be switching out hu's now....go get the 9900

 

[psych0ticnemes1 5,000+ posts]

sony makes great decks.. reliable... i have one if you are interested

 

[bamaboy 5,000+ posts]

all these sony bashers will say no but i say go to the classifiesds and buy the one in there for 150 and be done with it. I love my sony hu's. The first non sony hu i ever bought (eclispse 8445) was doa POS and the 2nd was a (880prs) doa pos but where is my last sony hu? oh thats right it still working and 6+ years old sony .mp70 if i could have found the 9900 i would have bought it. but i am too deep and almost done to be switching out hu's now....go get the 9900

that dosent make sense that 2 very good Hu's you buy arrive DOA //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[TypeR0149 10+ year member]

buy mine in the classified section.

thanks bamaboy

 

[guy022077 10+ year member]

buy mine in the classified section.
thanks bamaboy

this is the one i was talking about..

 

[DoobieBrother 10+ year member]

that dosent make sense that 2 very good Hu's you buy arrive DOA //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

It can also have everything to do with where you buy your equipment.

 

[guy022077 10+ year member]

It can also have everything to do with where you buy your equipment.

Both places were authorized dealers blazin auto greencastle PA for the 8445

and goldengate electronics PA for the 880prs. these were not some pos crap places...blazin auto i am actually sueing the employee that sold me the 8445 since he didnt want to refund my money after ups paid him on the insurance claim since ups broke it and the other place was fine and it was repaired by an authorized service center for free

 

[badstang123 10+ year member]

Well, I picked up a Panasonic CQ-C8300U for free, since my friend had one lying around. That's what I'm going to throw in there for now. I'm still leaning towards buying an Eclipse, but we'll see how this unit performs.

 

[MBrock4u 10+ year member]

Sony head units are not bad, lol really... But there is better to be had. That Panisonic really should be nice since it is for free. All in all though you really can't go wrong with a Eclipse.