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<blockquote data-quote="raverx3m" data-source="post: 6845729" data-attributes="member: 563973"><p>but all the BS aside.</p><p></p><p>there were some great units</p><p></p><p>i personally owned</p><p></p><p>pioneer 8600</p><p></p><p>alpine 9833</p><p></p><p>kenwood kdc-x592</p><p></p><p>and all 3 are amazing units</p><p></p><p>but they are dinasaurs.</p><p></p><p>the USB is a major step for car audio.</p><p></p><p>giving acess to tonns of music and in theory higher than cd audio quality, no skip, and easy browsing and much more.</p><p></p><p>the problem is that companies got a really stupid idea that since alot of people have ipods and mp3s they dont care about sound quality and features.</p><p></p><p>sony took the first dive into the WALLMART crowd. and they are excited. because the MASSES dont give a **** about 31band EQ, they are stupid and easily fall for common advertizing tricks, like 300 WATTS OF POWER TOTAL, 5 PRESET EQ, 3 BAND EQ with built in continuum transfunctioner...</p><p></p><p>pioneer just took in the sony's strategy and released alot of garbage to the market this year.</p><p></p><p>and left audiophiles with only one way road, the stage 4 setup. ONLY ONE OPTION!!!! WTF</p><p></p><p>i cannot justify spending 1200 on a unit that has more features than i need. theres no more middle class. no flexibility.</p><p></p><p>i spent 1000 dollars on my whole setup piece by piece and made it sound impressive enough so that everyone that rides in my car asks me what did i do to make it sound that good.</p><p></p><p>alpine and kenwood are somewhat holding onto the old game plan. but they are as well switching to the walmart.</p><p></p><p>btw the alpine 117 is an identical unit to 9886, it doesnt have full bass engine pro like 8997</p><p></p><p>it has limited crossover and time allignment. i also dont know what the idea behind that unit was, the improvements are minimal over 9886</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="raverx3m, post: 6845729, member: 563973"] but all the BS aside. there were some great units i personally owned pioneer 8600 alpine 9833 kenwood kdc-x592 and all 3 are amazing units but they are dinasaurs. the USB is a major step for car audio. giving acess to tonns of music and in theory higher than cd audio quality, no skip, and easy browsing and much more. the problem is that companies got a really stupid idea that since alot of people have ipods and mp3s they dont care about sound quality and features. sony took the first dive into the WALLMART crowd. and they are excited. because the MASSES dont give a **** about 31band EQ, they are stupid and easily fall for common advertizing tricks, like 300 WATTS OF POWER TOTAL, 5 PRESET EQ, 3 BAND EQ with built in continuum transfunctioner... pioneer just took in the sony's strategy and released alot of garbage to the market this year. and left audiophiles with only one way road, the stage 4 setup. ONLY ONE OPTION!!!! WTF i cannot justify spending 1200 on a unit that has more features than i need. theres no more middle class. no flexibility. i spent 1000 dollars on my whole setup piece by piece and made it sound impressive enough so that everyone that rides in my car asks me what did i do to make it sound that good. alpine and kenwood are somewhat holding onto the old game plan. but they are as well switching to the walmart. btw the alpine 117 is an identical unit to 9886, it doesnt have full bass engine pro like 8997 it has limited crossover and time allignment. i also dont know what the idea behind that unit was, the improvements are minimal over 9886 [/QUOTE]
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