New 06 Clarion decks looking nice...

[slick316 10+ year member]

Sorry guys, no pics, just got to see the new 06 catalog today.

All the decks are black now, picture similar looks to the current models but all black, some with black aluminum faces. Feature wise, most stay the same, though I really wished they put some decent sound features in the $400+ decks to compete better with Eclipse and Alpine units.

They have one deck that has a USB input on the face (it has a cover on it), you can put MP3/WMA's on a jump drive and play them through the radio, kinda neat if you ask me.

They also have a double din radio that has an SD card input on the face, but its ugly, I don't think it will sell.

Clarion also has a new double din in dash touchscreen that you can add NAV to (like Kenwood), the add on NAV is a half din unit, so I think you can put it in your dash, the NAV unit is black brushed aluminum faced, looks really nice.

They are SAT radio ready, instead of just Sirius, but there was no info that I saw for a XM tuner. And there is supposed to be some updated iPod interface stuff (meaning, the new decks handle iPod control better than previous models).

Other than that, they had some new beefy looking woofers (one thats 3" depth), and new, nicer looking amps with more power (1500watt monoblock).

Most of the Clarion stuff should be shipping right after CES.

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[bamaboy 5,000+ posts]

link?

edit: nevermind saw you read a catalog

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

who owns clarion?

 

[yikes vR 10+ year member]

re component looks like xxx

 

[bamaboy 5,000+ posts]

yea XXX 6.5

here it is when i was messing with my klipsch computer speakers, it wouldnt fit in there regular so i had to invert...what a shame //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[DARKHART 10+ year member]

who owns clarion?

Clarion........they are their own company, they do however own UNGO, which is currently being built for them by DEI as is most other alarms......//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[takeabao 10+ year member]

Hmm...

So the DRZ9255 stays the same? Lovely. Pretty much the only Clarion I'd ever consider owning aside from their McIntosh sisters.

Any info on built-in 3-way crossovers?

 

[slick316 10+ year member]

Info on built in 3 way crossovers for what, the 9255?

I saw the info in a catalog released to dealers only, but according to Clarion, the info should be updated on their website DURING CES. You shouldn't be waiting long to see this new stuff, Clarion has it all ready to release (the one thing I like about Clarion, always have the new stuff ready to go right after CES).

Eclipse also has new stuff coming, but its low key right now. All I know is that they are improving on this years a lot, especially the knobs on the face (and I think I heard there is just ONE knob now instead of the usual 2 knobs). However, it still sounds like they will be keeping this whole "bling bling" theme, unlike the 2004 decks that I really liked. I guess CES is that far away, can't wait to see them though.