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<blockquote data-quote="Prowler573" data-source="post: 1418744" data-attributes="member: 561023">//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wave.gif.002382ce7d7c19757ab945cc69819de1.gif Greetings, Lauren, and welcome to our little corner of the car audio world.I&#039;m not trying to bag on your brother but I can&#039;t see any reason in the world not to look into Alpine excepting possibly pricepoints. They, like many other manufacturers, build some very nice equipment.Does RCA make car stereos? If they do that&#039;s news to me but considering the average quality level of the majority of their home audio gear I can&#039;t say they would be my top suggestion for car audio.Sony does make some bargain-basement crappola. They also make some pretty nice high-end decks but I think they&#039;d be considerably outside of your proposed budget so you can kinda disregard them for the moment.How &#039;bout a Panasonic? They make decent stuff - <a href="http://www.crutchfield.com/S-DDlPQS8Gj9A/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=300&amp;amp;I=133C3303" target="_blank">here&#039;s</a> one for $140/shipped with a built-in aux input that could be used for an iPod and it plays .mp3 and .wma files.There&#039;s something that would fit the bill, anyway - within your stated budget and as well brand new in box product with a valid manufacturer&#039;s warranty. Yes, there are better options - if you have a look through eBay and are willing to buy used your options open up extensively. This was just the first thing I found looking quickly....makdaddy ~&nbsp; the XXV-01D and the KDC-X889 are a bit outside of her budget ($200 max but preferably not much over $100)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Prowler573, post: 1418744, member: 561023"] [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wave.gif.002382ce7d7c19757ab945cc69819de1.gif[/IMG] Greetings, Lauren, and welcome to our little corner of the car audio world. I'm not trying to bag on your brother but I can't see any reason in the world not to look into Alpine excepting possibly pricepoints. They, like many other manufacturers, build some very nice equipment. Does RCA make car stereos? If they do that's news to me but considering the average quality level of the majority of their home audio gear I can't say they would be my top suggestion for car audio. Sony does make some bargain-basement crap[B]p[/B]ola. They also make some pretty nice high-end decks but I think they'd be considerably outside of your proposed budget so you can kinda disregard them for the moment. How 'bout a Panasonic? They make decent stuff - [URL="http://www.crutchfield.com/S-DDlPQS8Gj9A/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=300&I=133C3303"]here's[/URL] one for $140/shipped with a built-in aux input that could be used for an iPod and it plays .mp3 and .wma files. There's something that would fit the bill, anyway - within your stated budget and as well brand new in box product with a valid manufacturer's warranty. Yes, there are better options - if you have a look through eBay and are willing to buy used your options open up extensively. This was just the first thing I found looking quickly.... [B]makdaddy ~ [/B]the XXV-01D and the KDC-X889 are a bit outside of her budget ($200 [B]max[/B] but preferably not much over $100) [/QUOTE]

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