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<blockquote data-quote="JLCivic" data-source="post: 233088" data-attributes="member: 547424">The panasonic&#039;s pre outs are rated at 5 volts which is higher than alpine&#039;s rated pre outs.By total wattage output, do you mean of the internal amplifier because that alpine head unit has no internal amplifier.&nbsp; As for expandability, they both have aux in capability.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if aux in is what you are defining as expandability, but if it is, then they both seem flexible.&nbsp; One last thing, features surely don&#039;t make one deck better than another in my opinion.&nbsp; Historically, the best sounding decks are relatively sparse in features(nak, denon, eclipse, for example).&nbsp; Granted, many people love having a ton of features on a deck, but what makes a deck better to you may not make a deck better to somebody else(I, for example, prioritize sound quality over everything so if one deck sounded better than another but had fewer features, the better sounding deck is still my choice).&nbsp; I am NOT saying the panasonic is better than the alpine or vice versa(I haven&#039;t owned a panasonic).To the original poster:&nbsp;&nbsp; Comparing a $500 alpine to a $300 panasonic is obviously going to lead to the more expensive deck probably having more features.&nbsp; If you compared the 7995 to the&nbsp; Panasonic MXE CQ-HX2083U which also lists for $500, you may have a more fair comparison.&nbsp; Good luck with whatever you buy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JLCivic, post: 233088, member: 547424"] The panasonic's pre outs are rated at 5 volts which is higher than alpine's rated pre outs. By total wattage output, do you mean of the internal amplifier because that alpine head unit has no internal amplifier. As for expandability, they both have aux in capability. I don't know if aux in is what you are defining as expandability, but if it is, then they both seem flexible. One last thing, features surely don't make one deck better than another in my opinion. Historically, the best sounding decks are relatively sparse in features(nak, denon, eclipse, for example). Granted, many people love having a ton of features on a deck, but what makes a deck better to you may not make a deck better to somebody else(I, for example, prioritize sound quality over everything so if one deck sounded better than another but had fewer features, the better sounding deck is still my choice). I am NOT saying the panasonic is better than the alpine or vice versa(I haven't owned a panasonic). To the original poster: Comparing a $500 alpine to a $300 panasonic is obviously going to lead to the more expensive deck probably having more features. If you compared the 7995 to the Panasonic MXE CQ-HX2083U which also lists for $500, you may have a more fair comparison. Good luck with whatever you buy. [/QUOTE]

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