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<blockquote data-quote="whitemax" data-source="post: 3697815" data-attributes="member: 572612">I&#039;ve had an Eclipse CD8454, CD8455, and a CD7000.&nbsp; If I were to go back and get another one of those units, I would pick up a CD8455.&nbsp; The CD8454&#039;s controls were a little slow, the CD8455 did not have this issue.&nbsp; The CD8455 also has a 7 band PEQ for both front and rear speakers if you choose to use them.&nbsp; There were a couple of things that I did not like about it though.&nbsp; The CD8455 used a wheel to change tracks.&nbsp; At times it was too easy to pass up a song, specially while driving.&nbsp; This was not so bad with the CD8454 because the wheel had more resistance to it, the one on the 8455 had a more loose feeling.&nbsp; Since the remote control on all these units are pretty slow, I never used them.&nbsp; The other thing was that once you went into the advanced mode, to use the non-preset TA features you would loose the sub volume control option.&nbsp; You could overcome this by having different attenuation settings for the sub through the PEQ memory settings though.The CD7000 has some nice features, but the whole jog dial inside the knob makes it frustrating to use at times.&nbsp; If you want to adjust the bass you have to push the jog dial in the middle.&nbsp; The problem with this was that it was too easy to switch the track, or the folder you were in.&nbsp; Same thing would happen if you switched tracks, sometimes you would get into the sub volume/balance/fader modes.&nbsp; What the CD7000 had that was nice was the addition of a shortcut button.&nbsp; Made it very easy to change settings for me.&nbsp; I could push the button get into the PEQ menu, hit the setting I wanted (it also had the x-over values, and time alignment settings stored along with the EQ ones) and be on my way.All these units were very nice HU&#039;s.&nbsp; Even though I pointed out some negatives, they had alot of nice features.&nbsp; There are some things that I don&#039;t like about my current HU too.&nbsp; One other thing I should mention is that the CD8454 and the CD8455 had a lower noise floor than the CD7000.&nbsp; Those are a few things that come to mind.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="whitemax, post: 3697815, member: 572612"] I've had an Eclipse CD8454, CD8455, and a CD7000. If I were to go back and get another one of those units, I would pick up a CD8455. The CD8454's controls were a little slow, the CD8455 did not have this issue. The CD8455 also has a 7 band PEQ for both front and rear speakers if you choose to use them. There were a couple of things that I did not like about it though. The CD8455 used a wheel to change tracks. At times it was too easy to pass up a song, specially while driving. This was not so bad with the CD8454 because the wheel had more resistance to it, the one on the 8455 had a more loose feeling. Since the remote control on all these units are pretty slow, I never used them. The other thing was that once you went into the advanced mode, to use the non-preset TA features you would loose the sub volume control option. You could overcome this by having different attenuation settings for the sub through the PEQ memory settings though. The CD7000 has some nice features, but the whole jog dial inside the knob makes it frustrating to use at times. If you want to adjust the bass you have to push the jog dial in the middle. The problem with this was that it was too easy to switch the track, or the folder you were in. Same thing would happen if you switched tracks, sometimes you would get into the sub volume/balance/fader modes. What the CD7000 had that was nice was the addition of a shortcut button. Made it very easy to change settings for me. I could push the button get into the PEQ menu, hit the setting I wanted (it also had the x-over values, and time alignment settings stored along with the EQ ones) and be on my way. All these units were very nice HU's. Even though I pointed out some negatives, they had alot of nice features. There are some things that I don't like about my current HU too. One other thing I should mention is that the CD8454 and the CD8455 had a lower noise floor than the CD7000. Those are a few things that come to mind. [/QUOTE]

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