Economical MP3 H/U Opinions please

[U-H.Com 10+ year member]

Looking for opinions on a mid-level MP3 head unit. Something like a pioneer DEHP5500MP or something...Basically want to know which units are good for MP3's...I know some take a long time (5seconds)before loading songs...doesn't have to have any other features besides maybe a single pre-out. Which units are good?

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[Randy Savage 5,000+ posts]

Alpine 9807 from http://www.ikesound.com

Great h/u for $225 shipped...

 

[mattj 5,000+ posts]

alpine has a low end one with 3 sets of 4v outputs and mp3... the 9807 which is about 210 on ebay.

 

[U-H.Com 10+ year member]

Yeah thats a little much...I was looking at something around $150...its actually for a buddy of mine, and basically all he needs is the MP3 part...doesn't need more than one set of pre-outs or anything fancy...just wondering if the panasonic, pioneer, or blaupunkts MP3 pick ups are any good. I know I had the older DEHp7300mp and it took 5 seconds to load each mp3 song which was terrible...

thanks for the quick rreply though

 

[mattj 5,000+ posts]

alpines mp3 loading is the fastest....pioneer comes in 2nd i believe but not 100% sure. anything else is gonna be slow...

you get exactly what you pay for...

 

[U-H.Com 10+ year member]

Yeah I know you get what you pay for //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif I had the KDC-X859 and loved it...Alpines are great too...He is actually now going to buy the Panasonic cq-df783u...$170 US Shipped...hopefully it works alright...

Cheers,

Tim

 

[unkle11 10+ year member]

i am also looking to get a new headunit, something for mp3's, how about the blaupunkt san jose? anyone knows about the seektime length on that? and would the pricier models with more features have better seek time? on all brands i mean,

thanks