DONE With Pioneer

[memphisguy87 10+ year member]

I had problems with mine over heat and it would not eject cd players and i had it only for about a year.

 

[Engine_hp 10+ year member]

look what kenwood has

 

[hornedfrog1985 5,000+ posts]

Never did that:wow:

It's not just hot swapping them, but if they touch any metal I believe. Pioneer should fix it because it seems to be something pretty easily overcome.

 

[Bass911 10+ year member]

All those features mean nothing IMO. It's how well the radio is made. I just demoed a Dnx9140 and a W505, both amped up on the same speakers. I played with the 13 band Eq and xover and still could not get it to sound better than the Alpine with the 3-band Eq and 2.5 volt outputs. I've also been through with Pioneer for a long time. I don't see why some of you are still fumbling around with cd's when you could use an Ipod. I couldn't deal with all that skipping.

 

[bigaudiofanati2 10+ year member]

Well some of them do not use the ipod because the interface from pioneer is pretty bad. LOL

 

[350zspl 10+ year member]

i been done with pioneer for a while

i prefer eclipse and alpine

 

[1hawaii50 10+ year member]

Lets see...my Kenwood deck in my Taurus lasted 14 months. The faceplate died. The radio would still play, but you couldn't read anything on the faceplate as NOTHING on it would light up. Kenwood's response was, "we'd like to help you, but you're 2 months out of warranty". It wasn't a high-end unit, and for what it would cost to repair, I just bought another unit. I've got a Pioneer DEH-P980BT in my Maxima, and so far, I love it. My buddy heard me saying I was going to get a Pioneer, and he told me "I guarantee you, you'll have noise issues". Knock-on-wood, but I've got a Pioneer, and I also put one in my wife's Altima...no noise issues with either one. As far as longevity...we'll just have to see.

 

[alexregalgs 10+ year member]

Eclipse owns all...try to find an eclipse horror story cuz i havent...i love my 7000

 

[AlterEgo99 5,000+ posts]

I've had my Alpine CDA-9887 for 2 years now...no problems. And it has been installed in two trucks over that time. Love the Imprint.

I have always purchased nothing but Alpine for aftermarket HU's. I figure if it ain't broke...

If you don't like Pioneer, and I can't say they are or are not any good as I have never owned or operated one, buy Alpine. You can't go wrong. IMHO.

 

[na_rsx 10+ year member]

Ya from what I have heard there starting to come up in quality.

they are, have their discontinued model, 3 way active crossover, oel screen, 5v preouts. its a beast, only thing i hate is that there are no front or rear crossovers, unless you run active.

 

[NightDrifter05 10+ year member]

Eclipse owns all...try to find an eclipse horror story cuz i havent...i love my 7000

If you do a search you will find ALOT of Eclipse horror stories. I read a thread over on termpro when I was looking into Eclipse about a shop recieving a shipment of dead units. Every company has horror stories so its really just preference. I will never use a Pioneer again because of the shipping and noises (never even had RCA's) ran to it and a straight swap to a panasonic fixed everything. I'll be sticking with my panasonics until they start crapping out.

 

[bose301s 5,000+ posts]

I really like my Pioneer. My next HU would be an Eclipse CD7200 if I could afford it. I want the higher voltage line outs. I am thinking of just getting a carpc though and avoiding HUs altogether.

 

[bigaudiofanati2 10+ year member]

Ya but aren't the car pc's not the best for sound quality?

 

[22mountaineer 10+ year member]

Personally I have always used Alpine, I had a pioneer DVD Flip up once, and after awhile the CD would only eject about half way, had to help it the rest (hold up on the cd)

A friend of mine had one, cd quit ejecting.. And I have noticed the ones that came out about two years ago (Big *** button, only about half of it was a screen, right side) The button always falls off...

 

[bigaudiofanati2 10+ year member]

Already tried that and all no go. It dose not matter anymore I do not have a pioneer so I do not have to worry about it.