Recommend me a good SQ HU

[Stillmatic22 10+ year member]

Alright guys after all the testing i've done, i've narrowed it down to the HU. It seems as if my HU's pre-outs are shot. I needed a new HU anyway. Recommend me a excellent SQ HU that can play mp3's, and has atleast 4v pre-outs (don't have to be, but would be nice). As for price no more then $350 shipped.

Once again thanks

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[norcalSRTrida 10+ year member]

pioneer premier p8mp

 

[Slaugh 10+ year member]

Eclipse 8454? how much is it going for?

 

[andy1234 10+ year member]

i got my 860 for 350 shipped from ikesound

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

what makes a pioneer different from a primier? please excuse my noobishness

 

[Hybrid90accord 10+ year member]

premier deh-p860mp

 

[Logikalliquid 10+ year member]

You might be able to catch an Alpine 7998 for that, there's 3 on ebay ending this week.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

what makes a pioneer different from a primier? please excuse my noobishness

the premier generally has higher preout voltage, and in the case of the 860 has a 3-way crossover and paramteric eq.

 

[JAZN 5,000+ posts]

the premier generally has higher preout voltage, and in the case of the 860 has a 3-way crossover and paramteric eq.

u sure it's parametric? i always thought it was a 13 band graphic eq.

 

[JLCivic 10+ year member]

as much of an eclipse as you can afford. My suggestion would be an eclipse cd5435($349, authorized). If you can find an 8454 from last year, you might get a great deal on that as well.

Also, many people on some other forums are raving about the sq and value of the upper kenwood excelon models.

 

[3.5Max6spd 10+ year member]

what makes a pioneer different from a primier? please excuse my noobishness

Considering your newbiness, do a search on 'pioneer, problems' on this and other caraudio forums and see how many times the Pio models recommended on this thread pop up . You may want to see what the newer Pio models coming soon have to offer.

In that budget, look for something with some 24bit dac's...

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-5CyUzFCHLuB/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=300&I=113KDCX589

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-5CyUzFCHLuB/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=300&id=detailed_info&i=113KDCX789

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-5CyUzFCHLuB/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=300&id=detailed_info&i=158CDXM881

Check your local Eclipse shops...they may still have CD8454's at a killer bargain

 

[3.5Max6spd 10+ year member]

u sure it's parametric? i always thought it was a 13 band graphic eq.

You are correct. No parametric...

 

[Rattlebrain 10+ year member]

Not to jack the thread but just saw that Stillmatic22 is from my neck of the woods.....HOWDY!!

Not many from around Amarillo on here.