Man, Am I torn!!! Input appreciated!

[Babs 10+ year member]

Here's a review with some pics of the clarion unit...

http://www.diymobileaudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2586

Pg1 initial review with pics is good.. but it gets loooooong after that.

Enough to see it's not even in the same playing field as those other units.

 

[onefastsi 10+ year member]

Here's a review with some pics of the clarion unit...http://www.diymobileaudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2586

Pg1 initial review with pics is good.. but it gets loooooong after that.

Enough to see it's not even in the same playing field as those other units.

Thanks. Now, has anyone heard of Clarion quality issues? I talked to a very good local shop on the Alpine and he said they carried Clarion for a few years, a couple years ago and have had tons of issues with them...He's carried Alpine for a LONG time because of the quality.

any thoughts on this?

 

[Babs 10+ year member]

Hey to resurrect this one.. We were talkin'...

Can anyone give us some experience as to whether there's an SQ difference in the CD7000 vs. the CD7100 Eclipse units?

Is the 7100 any improvement at all in just SQ quality, not counting any additional EQ or other features, but just the pure signal SQ from playing a CD... Looks like the DAC's are the same, and though the outputs are bumped slightly, the 7000 is adequate.. Infact, though discontinued.. the 7000 looks like a seriously nice unit with a few out there for sale still.

 

[onefastsi 10+ year member]

speaking of resurecting. I think I'm going with the Alpine. I never had TA or 24 bit, so don't know what I'm missing //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I just love the look of the iDA and the iPod workings.

 

[Babs 10+ year member]

hehehehe!!

Somehow I figured you were gonna go that route eventually.

Hey it's a nice unit.. I cannot blame you one bit.. I'll bet it'll sound great with some hi-rez ipod tunes as it's designed to do that.

Plus... no more cd's in the car.. rip 'em and store 'em.. with all your tunes at your fingertips.

 

[bdawson72 5,000+ posts]

I vote cd7100

 

[Babs 10+ year member]

With the original money no issue, sq is priority... I maintain my favorite... The DRZ... But heck, someone mail me any of those on the list and I'm their pal forever. hehehe

 

[onefastsi 10+ year member]

Well...it's home! I just went and picked up my new X001!! man, is this thing sexy! What I'll do down the line is add a processor to boost voltage and such if I deem necessary. 2 of the local guys use them in the Shop sponsored cars that they own, and they've won quite a few trophies...granted they have them feeding Dynaudio's //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif But hey, it's gotta start somewhere!

I'll do a little write up later on. Gotta go put everything in the iPod and install this badboy before I have a coronary! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Babs 10+ year member]

dig it! Cool.. I wanna see pics and hear about the setup.

Reading Crutchfields Hands On page it says "External Processor Controls: This unit can control an Alpine multi-channel sound processor, such as the PXA-H701 (item number 500PXAH701)."

.... So I wonder if anyone's tried it that can comment.. That might be THE way to bump up the output, and get the processing.. that's one bad-daddy processor though you'd be inputting via analog..

I'd love for you to try it and let me know so I can go get one of each. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif hehehehe

Posed the question in this thread if anyone's tried the IDA / H701 combination:

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=243134

 

[onefastsi 10+ year member]

It's in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! More coming soon //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif