New to Audio, Need Some Help on HU...

[McCurry2k8 10+ year member]

lol i wont be able to tell the difference LOL i'm dont know what the difference would be between to aggressive highs and normal lol.

 

[Kai Winters 10+ year member]

The Alpine x001...last years model, x100, x200 and x300 all have red displays. The x001 and x100 allow for changing between red and blue lighting. The x300 seems to be red display only. The x300 has only "one" pre-out while the others have more.

The x001 and x100 provide for wallpapers and custom wallpapers while the x200 and x300 use a line display.

The x100 costs $400 retail and the '07 x001 retails for $269 at Crutchfield at the moment.

None of them use cd's so you are limited to either mp3, ipod or usb drives. Personally I use an 8gb usb drive that holds all my songs. And I have a 160gb WD Passport hard drive that holds all my music and audio, old time radio, files at roughly 45gb...much much easier than sorting through cd's. Both show album art but only with the use of an ipod...runs the ipod at full speed but no album art using a usb drive...that sucks lol.

I like the x001 quite a bit. I have been a loyal fan of Alpine for close to 30 years now and have never been let down.

Keep us posted on what you do and enjoy.

 

[twisztdpunisher 10+ year member]

the alpine 9885 is a very good hu i had it for about 6 months before i upgraded to a indash and now im wanting to switch back to the 9887. the 9885 has everything you will prolly need and its red!!! there is one for sale here for 155 shipped.

 

[tee 10+ year member]

The Eclipse CD7000 can be customized to have everything red, and it's not a bad HU.

 

[andrewibk 10+ year member]

not cheap meaning of good quality. but it is indeed very inexpensive, relatively.

 

[McCurry2k8 10+ year member]

I will prolly end up going with a X100 or 9885, altho i was told that you can't get the 9885 brand new anymore? but i like both of them so i dont know which i will go with, cause i dont want anything but alpine.

 

[andrewibk 10+ year member]

You cant get it anymore ? I got my 9885 off crutchfield a month or two ago.

http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=17996