New head units 2007

[Towncar 10+ year member]

Not many if any units in production today would qualify. Certainly not Pioneer or Eclipse or even Alpine anymore for that matter.

ok

 

[wavdj 10+ year member]

No i don't care about blue tooth... that's why i think ill go with 780... but some ppl tells me that 880 is much better so im not that sure ?

 

[Towncar 10+ year member]

No i don't care about blue tooth... that's why i think ill go with 780... but some ppl tells me that 880 is much better so im not that sure ?

Well do you see yourself going with an active setup ever? If not, then just grab the 780. The 880 really wouldnt benefit you to much.

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

1. My point on the home CD units was meant to be absurd to prove a point. Yes there are crappy home units for sure, you get what you pay for!

2. However, in the car audio realm if one was truly seeking top notch sound quality or if it was the manufacturer's intent to provide it, internal amplification would not be necessary or provided. Being able to turn it off is OK, however if the unit was built with SQ in mind it would not have amplification in the first place.

3. People looking to assemble a top notch SQ system are not interested in a deck and four speakers sans amplification.

4. Not many if any units in production today would qualify. Certainly not Pioneer or Eclipse or even Alpine anymore for that matter.

1. Yes, you do get what you pay for, but there are many HU brands that offer affordable units in all price segments and any will do the job just fine and last a long time doing it.

2. Internal amplification is there for 2 reasons: to make sales and to provide installation flexibility. I'm sure Pioneer, Sony, and Alpine (as examples) sell way more HU's because any Joe or Mary can walk into a store, pick out a new HU, and use that as a factory replacement/upgrade without the need for quadrupling their purchase price with what-would-be necessary external amplifiers. If they had to do so, that would be very bad business sense on the manufacturers part.

3. Some people seek and do it. No, they aren't likely to win any formal SQ competitions, but I have had my share of non-externally amplified systems that had very nice SQ. In fact, the more you amplify a reference signal, the less signal quality comes out....

4. Oh really? Please, do tell which HU's do qualify as best choices for SQ systems.

No i don't care about blue tooth... that's why i think ill go with 780... but some ppl tells me that 880 is much better so im not that sure ?

I vote for the 780 or 7800 (same HU really, just one is Pioneer and the other is Pioneer Premier). Although, take a look at the new 6900UB.

 

[wavdj 10+ year member]

yea this unit seems nice...

is the 24-bit Delta Sigma D/A converter as good as the 24bit burr brown ?

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

yea this unit seems nice...is the 24-bit Delta Sigma D/A converter as good as the 24bit burr brown ?

The differences will not be audible to human ears.

 

[MarineCarAudio]

JVC HUs are better then Pioneer, but if you are looking for "walmart" quality then buy a pioneer.

 

[bigj06040 10+ year member]

JVC HUs are better then Pioneer, but if you are looking for "walmart" quality then buy a pioneer.

this guy is an idiot, have you ever compared the two, if you have you would notice the jvc is a piece of junk compared to pioneer.

also look what this guy is running a Jensen so he obvisouly does not know quality

 

[TheBaron929 10+ year member]

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[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

JVC HUs are better then Pioneer, but if you are looking for "walmart" quality then buy a pioneer.

By your very definition then all mainstream HU's should **** (which they don't).

Walmart = Mainstream = Alpine, JVC, Kenwood, Pioneer, Sony, etc, etc.

 

[MBrock4u 10+ year member]

Wal-Mart quality huh?? Is he refering to the p880? What is this guy smokin? Lets send him some quality roadmaster subs to go along whith his new hu. LOL!

 

[google123 10+ year member]

JVC HUs are better then Pioneer, but if you are looking for "walmart" quality then buy a pioneer.

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[wavdj 10+ year member]

in fact i have never seen any Jensen Product outside wallmart:laugh:

same for JVC ... oh yeah... they have it at future shop !

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[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

I think the Pep Boys stores here carry JVC HUs...

 

[MarineCarAudio]

haha I need to update my set-up....I have a sony flip-out.