xplod or alpine?

[garretttt4 10+ year member]

Ok I either have a alpine cde 9852 and the newer Sony xplod head unit sitting in my room. Which should I put in my car? Heard the newer Sony's were decent but Idk. Don't know what the output levels are on either. Thx broski's.

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[Nugg32 10+ year member]

well, id go with alpine. not sure about xplod head unites but i know xplod subwoofers are awful. A buddy of mine has 2 professionally installed and had it 2 days and had to return one of them, they sound distorted as hell and cant hit lows at all..i know that didn't help you at all

 

[Sonic. 10+ year member]

I would do alpine any day.

 

[TaylorFade 10+ year member]

Are you for real right now?

It ALL starts at the head. You send a crappy signal to your amps, guess what gets amplified?

 

[garretttt4 10+ year member]

Are you for real right now?
It ALL starts at the head. You send a crappy signal to your amps, guess what gets amplified?

A Crappy signal? Idk I got it for 5$ bnib. So I looked it up and there was a buncha reviews saying good things so I wasn't sure. Had my alpine in b4 and loved it nit the xplod has the USB that's why I wanted it. Haha

 

[garretttt4 10+ year member]

well, id go with alpine. not sure about xplod head unites but i know xplod subwoofers are awful. A buddy of mine has 2 professionally installed and had it 2 days and had to return one of them, they sound distorted as hell and cant hit lows at all..i know that didn't help you at all

I had a Sony xplod for my 1st system ever on a xplod 600 watt amp. Shit was weak. Lol still have my Sony amp.

 

[UnderFire 10+ year member]

I've had 400$ systems where 250$ of it was the headunit, rule #1 , don't skimp on the source.

 

[Loudmp5 10+ year member]

ALPINE MOFO quality is quality and even the cheapest alpine beats the tar out of xplod

 

[caseyarndt 10+ year member]

Alpine all day can't skimp on the source

 

[garretttt4 10+ year member]

Ok thx guys.

 

[TaylorFade 10+ year member]

The source unit, IMO is the #1 most overlooked component in systems. People will spend $1k on a sub amp and run it with a crap deck.

But honestly... who cares. It's all compressed and crappy material anyway.

I just read a study of incoming college freshman. They were given the same track to listen to in various formats. A freighteningly increasing number of people actually PREFER compressed and lossy recordings.

It's the end of an era. I hope you m'fers are happy.

 

[dvcevoblack 10+ year member]

Fvck Sony!

Sony is only good for home electronic, not car audio lol

 

[TaylorFade 10+ year member]

Sad thing is... SOny used to make the best siht money could buy.

 

[Better-Action 10+ year member]

Sony subs and amps are crap..... but I think some of the decks for the price aren't bad. Call me crazy. Which I probably am.

Edit - wanna point out I don't run Sony hu's. But ran a few when I started out.

 

[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

well my alpine 9853 sounded like total ****