Which head unit?

[fire120ball]

first time post. I have a pretty good understanding about car audio. So you guys could help me out a little more I'll tell ya what I have, I got 2 JBL power series 6x9 runnin off a 1600x4 amp. 2 10" boston g5 running off of 2 crunch 1100 amps. Soon to get some nice components and at the moment I have a pretty basic kenwood. Sounds great for right now But I am in need of control so The decks I'm looking at are the Pioneer DEH-P800PRS or the one from eclipse but I really don't like how it looks. CD7200 mkII... It's going into a 73 chevy pickup. Or if a different one would be better I have an open mind, anything helps thanks guys

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[cmwilson 10+ year member]

CDA-9887 or the Eclipse CDA5100

 

[fire120ball]

Is there any reason behind why I should choose those decks? And I can not seem to find the difference in between

DEH-P800PRS - Pioneer Premier CD Receiver with High Quality Audio

and

DEH-P880PRS - Pioneer Premier MP3/WMA/AAC Receiver

Any help would be awesome guys thank you

 

[CarAudioNewbie9 10+ year member]

kenwood 963.

 

[Master P 10+ year member]

I don't see much of a difference in head units anymore other than pre-amp voltage, THD, and S/N ratio. Most decks **** in those areas now anyways. Even Alpine and Eclipse have been putting out junk lately. Good sounding decks are a thing of the past. The best sounding decks were the old Ecliipse decks like the CD54 and 84 series. 8 volt pre-outs. Panasonic made some good ones back in the day too. Last year Pioneer had one with a Burr-Brown, don't remember if it was the 7800 or 9800? Pick one that looks pretty like everyone else does now. Make sure it has goofy little dolphins swimming on your screen too!

 

[nismos14 5,000+ posts]

Differences between 880 and 800 are mostly cosmetic, I have posted a review of the CD7100 vs the 800/880prs vs the 9887 vs the 785usb. Check it out.

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

9887

 

[nismos14 5,000+ posts]

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/head-units/266406-review-9887-vs-880prs-vs-cd7100.html?highlight=