what is the best sq hu?

[purerx7tt 10+ year member]

personally i am getting the dex-p01II and going to add the deq-p9 processor, should be around 850 when im done importing and what not. Quick note on the denons, they have a lot of trouble reading cd-rs so keep that in mind.

Sexxxy

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

I've never played with the A1, but my DCT 1000R (Rockford Fosgate RFX-8240) played CD-Rs no problem.

 

[purerx7tt 10+ year member]

i had the a100 looked like this

and it had a lot of problems reading cd-r's

 

[trunks9_us 10+ year member]

ok guys i need a really good sq hu that has aux in it that has to have that so which one of these models have aux any of them?

 

[envengineer 10+ year member]

Jesus, **** near every head unit made in the past decade has some sort of aux input, google them and read the specs. How about answering the questions that we asked you with regard to your speakers and amps? Are you running passive or active? How many speakers? How many different sources are you going to be using. Here's an example.

I run a 3-way active front stage and a sub stage. So I need a total of 7 channels. L & R Tweeter, L & R Midrange, L & R Midbass, and Substage. I have a 4 channel amp on the mids and tweeters, a bridged 4 channel (so 2 channels) on the midbass, and a mono amp on the subs (thats a total of 7 amplified channels). Now, in order for that to sound reasonable I need highpass and lowpass crossovers on each channel. The H701 does that. I also need seperate EQ for each channel. Again, the H701 has me covered with either parametric or graphic equalizers. The H701 even has automated time alignment and gives you the ability to switch the phase of any driver withought touching your wiring. I also have AUX Inputs , I have my iPod connected through ainet, and I have a connection for my computer through a 3.5mm to RCA cable that is plugged into the H701.

If you are running passive you only have 3 channels. L&R Fronts, and substage. So you need way less processing and crossover ability because most of it is handled by the passive crossover network.

These are the things you need to consider. Honestly, there is going to be very little if any difference in terms of signal quality between a decent head unit like a pioneer 880 and these ultra high end units which everyone is recommending based on the following logic "it costs the most so it must have the best sound ever!". What really matters is whether or not the head unit allows you to perform enough correction to get the sound right for your particular vehicle.

 

[trunks9_us 10+ year member]

in reference to your question this is whats going on as of right now i am planning on buying a jensen vm9512 hu for the reasons of it playing multiple media formats dvd giga mp3 bluetooth hd radio ready and ect. Now this hu has a shitty eq system so this is why i am asking for good sq hu i plan on running my jensen hu to the aux of my good hu for tuning capabilities. Now i am asking ehats good cause i am looking at the eclipse cd7100 but that doesnt mean i will buy it i want that particular hu for the preamp outs of 8 volts but i am not sure it if will have 8 volts thru the aux if u know what i mean uness i run the system remote wire thru the eclipse hu u know. Ok so now understand what i am doing now as for what i am running i have zapco ck16 component set. I have a left & right midbass and a left & right tweeters with crossovers so i am guessing that means i am running passive. my speakers are 6 1/2 and i think my tweeters are 2 inch. I am running a zapco digital reference 1000.4 amp to the mids and highs one chan per speaker/tweeter that way power can be equal out. Now i am running a treo ssx 12.22 dvc & and zapco c2k 9.0 4ohm version for the sub and the box is tuned at 30hz

and i will also have my car raamatted as well. My battery is of right now kinetik hc 2400 i will be getting another one soon. Now i am trying to get into sq competition when i go i will not be going all the time due to school/work but when i can go i would like to win if i can so if there is anything else i will need plz let me know and i am not looking to spend much more money than i alrdy have.

Now i am thinking if you see a better hu than that plz let me know i have change dmy mind now also i would like to stay in a 500-600 dollar range ebay price and it have to be 4 volts pre outs cause i run syblink with zapco and it multiply the voltage by 4 so it doesnt have to be eclipse like i said it can be somthing with 4-5 volts preamp out. I hope this answers all your questions if not let me know what else u need to know.

Jesus, **** near every head unit made in the past decade has some sort of aux input, google them and read the specs. How about answering the questions that we asked you with regard to your speakers and amps? Are you running passive or active? How many speakers? How many different sources are you going to be using. Here's an example.
I run a 3-way active front stage and a sub stage. So I need a total of 7 channels. L & R Tweeter, L & R Midrange, L & R Midbass, and Substage. I have a 4 channel amp on the mids and tweeters, a bridged 4 channel (so 2 channels) on the midbass, and a mono amp on the subs (thats a total of 7 amplified channels). Now, in order for that to sound reasonable I need highpass and lowpass crossovers on each channel. The H701 does that. I also need seperate EQ for each channel. Again, the H701 has me covered with either parametric or graphic equalizers. The H701 even has automated time alignment and gives you the ability to switch the phase of any driver withought touching your wiring. I also have AUX Inputs , I have my iPod connected through ainet, and I have a connection for my computer through a 3.5mm to RCA cable that is plugged into the H701.

If you are running passive you only have 3 channels. L&R Fronts, and substage. So you need way less processing and crossover ability because most of it is handled by the passive crossover network.

These are the things you need to consider. Honestly, there is going to be very little if any difference in terms of signal quality between a decent head unit like a pioneer 880 and these ultra high end units which everyone is recommending based on the following logic "it costs the most so it must have the best sound ever!". What really matters is whether or not the head unit allows you to perform enough correction to get the sound right for your particular vehicle.

 

[envengineer 10+ year member]

Trunks9, man. You need to slow down and think this stuff out. You say you are thinking about competing but you sound like you don't know a thing about higher end car audio. Take some time and research.

You keep talking about 8 volt preouts and symbilink and all this stuff but none of it matters (search on ECA about head unit output voltages). You just need a clean head unit, a good signal path (be it digital or analog) to the processor or amps, and then run it either passive or active. Again, the biggest thing in car audio is being able to overcome the terrible acoustic environment you are trying to work in. This is why a lot of people run active setups. It gives you much more control and you can adjust individual drivers to compensate for path length distances, cabin gain, reflections, resonances, etc.

I'm not sure why you need all the DVD screens and stuff for SQ competitions but if you really want it, I would just sell the Jensen and boost your budget by saving up, then buy the Alpine IVA-W200 + H701 like I mentioned in your other thread. It will do everything you want, you'll have optical back to the processor when playing CDs and you can have a ton of control and it all works on the touchscreen. Plus you already have a double din space so it will fit. Then, when you are ready you can ditch your passive crossovers and run a 2-way active setup. It'll take a little bit of setup but it will be worth it. Hell, you could probably sell the Zapco comps someday and pick up better (and cheaper) drivers from SEAS, Peerless, Scan, etc. and really create a kick *** system.

I'm not trying to ruin your plans here, but just think it through and do it right the first time or you'll be kicking yourself when you are redoing the whole thing after your first competition. Good luck man.