What was your favorite HU back then

[The SQGuy]

I’d get almost as much enjoyment just viewing that deck in the dash as hearing it

Haha right on

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[shredder2]

Sorry by the way on it getting stolen

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Lost 2 audio art 100hc's, 2 old school stroker 15's a symmetry and a 4300x mtx and tore up the car in the process... yeah... it was not a good day

Plus the deck... lol

 

[Beentown]

I still have my Pioneer Premier P1R in the basement I believe. Excellent unit back then. Heck still great now just no app use or it would be in a vehicle.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

I still have my Pioneer Premier P1R in the basement I believe. Excellent unit back then. Heck still great now just no app use or it would be in a vehicle.

I’ve had a few of those but just a couple of parts decks left now ..I even had a Canadian model that looked and worked identical but played cassettes instead of cds ..I forget that decks model

 

[Beentown]

I’ve had a few of those but just a couple of parts decks left now ..I even had a Canadian model that looked and worked identical but played cassettes instead of cds ..I forget that decks model

One of the few, full active HU's back then and it worked great. Just a complete package, especially back then.

 

[Hertz Mafia]

I still run a Kenwood x891 in my tahoe. Love it

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

 

[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

KDC-X991 | Audio File | Kenwood

way ahead it time

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

KDC-X991 | Audio File | Kenwoodway ahead it time

I have a couple of KDC x891’s do you know what the difference in these and the x991 ?

 

[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

I have a couple of KDC x891’s do you know what the difference in these and the x991 ?

honestly don't know. i know that it was 991 was 799 at the time though. had the separate DACs 2 24bit for the front and rear and a think a 16 for the woofer.. it was an excellent unit.

 

[mahc 10+ year member]

The panasonic tube hu is the nicest looking one imo but never had one. Ended up with that beast...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

I still have this bad boy from 99 notice the digital output ...I love the simplicity yet it had very good specs ..designed for clean sound

 

[ciaonzo 5,000+ posts]

So many great old school head units. I loved that really high end Pioneer stuff that ran optical cables straight into the amplifiers, pipedream to own any of it. As far as what I could afford, I liked Eclipse and Alpine for sure.

But my favorite sound always came from the long run of Clarion Pro Audio heads in beginning with the 7770. That was my first head unit purchase at 17 or 18 years old and I was spoiled because of it. I moved on to the heads that had outboard EQ/DSP modules fed by optical cables; the DRX9275L, the DRX9375 & DRX9575RZ. Still have all those complete systems, some BNIB and all with spare new faces and remotes. Running the DXZ945MP on my test bench, lol. I know there were better heads but Clarion was my favorite until I got out of car audio for about 10 years.

Fast forward, I'm currently running the 800PRS and it's wonderful. It doesn't quite match the purity of sound that the DRX heads had with the outboard processors but it sounds extremely good and does offer much more in the way of tuning options and modern amenities. When it gives up the ghost I will grab a 99 if there are any still floating around.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

I can’t remember what I did with this deck ..i keep hoping I’ll turn it up ..I hope I didn’t sale it ....

 

[mahc 10+ year member]

So many great old school head units. I loved that really high end Pioneer stuff that ran optical cables straight into the amplifiers, pipedream to own any of it. As far as what I could afford, I liked Eclipse and Alpine for sure.
But my favorite sound always came from the long run of Clarion Pro Audio heads in beginning with the 7770. That was my first head unit purchase at 17 or 18 years old and I was spoiled because of it. I moved on to the heads that had outboard EQ/DSP modules fed by optical cables; the DRX9275L, the DRX9375 & DRX9575RZ. Still have all those complete systems, some BNIB and all with spare new faces and remotes. Running the DXZ945MP on my test bench, lol. I know there were better heads but Clarion was my favorite until I got out of car audio for about 10 years.

Fast forward, I'm currently running the 800PRS and it's wonderful. It doesn't quite match the purity of sound that the DRX heads had with the outboard processors but it sounds extremely good and does offer much more in the way of tuning options and modern amenities. When it gives up the ghost I will grab a 99 if there are any still floating around.

I'm selling locally a bnib hx-d3... shoot me an offer if you want. I'll prolly never need an 8ch hu.