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<blockquote data-quote="adam71" data-source="post: 1272750" data-attributes="member: 549079">Pioneer 7700 - NO it has a sort of cheap look and you said you didn&#039;t like it.Pioneer P80 - Well, its a nice unit but I would suggest the Premier equivalent over this one.Pioneer 8600 -&nbsp; I have an 860 myself and its a very nice head unit.Excelon 889 - I&#039;ve heard only great reviews on this one.&nbsp; Fact is that Kenwood had soooo many bad years that no one takes them seriously anymore.&nbsp; Fact is that their top Excelon units are more than worthy.Panasonic - I have No experience with these but i&#039;ve also heard good things.&nbsp; I do know their features and specs are on par with some units in the upper echelon.JVC - I have NO experience or do I know much of anything about their head units.&nbsp; I&#039;m not saying they&#039;re necessarily crap but they don&#039;t have much of a rep at all.&nbsp; Even less than Kenwood has.Alpine 9855 -&nbsp; Well I can say I have heard this deck but only momentarily.&nbsp; I can say that this deck isn&#039;t for the avg user.&nbsp; The glide touch is something that even most Alpine fans are NOT fond of.&nbsp; As far as sound, features and specs its more than capable.&nbsp; Alpine decks historically do NOT have high voltage pre outs so if that is something you NEED then stay clear of Alpine.Hope that helped a little atleast.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="adam71, post: 1272750, member: 549079"] Pioneer 7700 - NO it has a sort of cheap look and you said you didn't like it. Pioneer P80 - Well, its a nice unit but I would suggest the Premier equivalent over this one. Pioneer 8600 - I have an 860 myself and its a very nice head unit. Excelon 889 - I've heard only great reviews on this one. Fact is that Kenwood had soooo many bad years that no one takes them seriously anymore. Fact is that their top Excelon units are more than worthy. Panasonic - I have No experience with these but i've also heard good things. I do know their features and specs are on par with some units in the upper echelon. JVC - I have NO experience or do I know much of anything about their head units. I'm not saying they're necessarily crap but they don't have much of a rep at all. Even less than Kenwood has. Alpine 9855 - Well I can say I have heard this deck but only momentarily. I can say that this deck isn't for the avg user. The glide touch is something that even most Alpine fans are NOT fond of. As far as sound, features and specs its more than capable. Alpine decks historically do NOT have high voltage pre outs so if that is something you NEED then stay clear of Alpine. Hope that helped a little atleast. [/QUOTE]

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