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<blockquote data-quote="hispls" data-source="post: 8600881" data-attributes="member: 614752">Pioneer PRS80 is probably the most processing power you can buy for under 1000$ and it&#039;s within your budget.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you care about processing power you wouldn&#039;t look beyond that.Alpine and Kenwood both make solid head units so as long as you aren&#039;t shopping in the bottom end of their lineups Alpine,&nbsp; Pioneer, Kenwood shouldn&#039;t disappoint with performance and you might just go to some brick and mortars and poke around at them and see which you like the look and feel of best and go from there.I&#039;ve also had good luck with Jensen and JVC head units so don&#039;t rule out those brands4V preamp outs are nice, though usually they&#039;re only better because they&#039;re designed and marketed towards guys who run amps as opposed to the high level outs and not so much because 2V is inadequate to get the job done.&nbsp; If you don&#039;t have a garbage install or bottom of the barrel amp a 2V preamp out head unit should be fine provided it&#039;s middle of the road or higher in that brand.If you&#039;re really wishy washy, might consider putting up the extra few bucks to buy from Best Buy and have them deliver to your local store for pickup that way if you just don&#039;t like it you&#039;ll have an easier time exchanging it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hispls, post: 8600881, member: 614752"] Pioneer PRS80 is probably the most processing power you can buy for under 1000$ and it's within your budget. If you care about processing power you wouldn't look beyond that. Alpine and Kenwood both make solid head units so as long as you aren't shopping in the bottom end of their lineups Alpine, Pioneer, Kenwood shouldn't disappoint with performance and you might just go to some brick and mortars and poke around at them and see which you like the look and feel of best and go from there. I've also had good luck with Jensen and JVC head units so don't rule out those brands 4V preamp outs are nice, though usually they're only better because they're designed and marketed towards guys who run amps as opposed to the high level outs and not so much because 2V is inadequate to get the job done. If you don't have a garbage install or bottom of the barrel amp a 2V preamp out head unit should be fine provided it's middle of the road or higher in that brand. If you're really wishy washy, might consider putting up the extra few bucks to buy from Best Buy and have them deliver to your local store for pickup that way if you just don't like it you'll have an easier time exchanging it. [/QUOTE]

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