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<blockquote data-quote="Torr" data-source="post: 3476629" data-attributes="member: 581954">I purchased a Sony Xplod Gt520 head unit not long ago. I&#039;ve been hearing a lot of bad things about the Xplod line but have yet to hear anyone explain what is wrong with them other than with a useless statement like &quot;sony is crap&quot;. Any answers to the question of what is wrong with them would be appreciated.I don&#039;t know whether this unit is good or not because the only other head units I have owned are factory default ones. Since I am within my 30 day money back satisfaction guarantee period, I would like to take this opportunity to reevaluate the decision and get some opinions about whether I should keep this or whether I should go for something else.If you suggest trading it in for something else, what are the good options and what manufacturers currently make good products? I am most interested in sound quality, not loudness and will be connecting it to a Clarion 7 band eq, a Cadence amp, MB Quart PCE component speakers in the front and Polk db components in the back (no subwoofer for now, though that may eventually change). I have the following requirements:mp3 playback from cdr/cdrw, lossless wma would be nice too though it&#039;s not necessaryauxilary input, preferably in the frontI would really love to have a unit that can read mp3s from a dvdr/dvdrw but have yet to see such a unit anywhere.Finally, that unit cost $140 and I would like to stay somewhere in that range. The $200 range would be acceptable if no options below that are worthwhile.All suggestions are appreciated.PS. If you offer a suggestion, please mention what kind of improvement I can expect, while keeping in mind this is my first system and I don&#039;t have a great deal of knowledge yet.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Torr, post: 3476629, member: 581954"] I purchased a Sony Xplod Gt520 head unit not long ago. I've been hearing a lot of bad things about the Xplod line but have yet to hear anyone explain what is wrong with them other than with a useless statement like "sony is crap". Any answers to the question of what is wrong with them would be appreciated. I don't know whether this unit is good or not because the only other head units I have owned are factory default ones. Since I am within my 30 day money back satisfaction guarantee period, I would like to take this opportunity to reevaluate the decision and get some opinions about whether I should keep this or whether I should go for something else. If you suggest trading it in for something else, what are the good options and what manufacturers currently make good products? I am most interested in sound quality, not loudness and will be connecting it to a Clarion 7 band eq, a Cadence amp, MB Quart PCE component speakers in the front and Polk db components in the back (no subwoofer for now, though that may eventually change). I have the following requirements: mp3 playback from cdr/cdrw, lossless wma would be nice too though it's not necessary auxilary input, preferably in the front I would really love to have a unit that can read mp3s from a dvdr/dvdrw but have yet to see such a unit anywhere. Finally, that unit cost $140 and I would like to stay somewhere in that range. The $200 range would be acceptable if no options below that are worthwhile. All suggestions are appreciated. PS. If you offer a suggestion, please mention what kind of improvement I can expect, while keeping in mind this is my first system and I don't have a great deal of knowledge yet. [/QUOTE]

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