Hello Everyone.

The first step in my upgrade is a new head unit.

After months of spec reading, and doing research
on how to understand the specs that I was reading
(twice. a nice scrape of the driveheads against
the platters in mid june meant I got to start all
over again...), I have narrowed my shortlist to
the 2 heads specified in the message subject.

I've pretty much made my decision.
I'm curious, however, if anyone can change my mind.

What I'd like is input from people, both good and bad.
(good and bad input, not good and bad people)
(oh, alright, the bad people can contribute too)

I'm very interested to hear from those that have,
or have had in the past, one or the other units.
More importantly, WHY they choose that unit.

Of course, I'd also like to hear from anyone that
has an opinion on one or the other, without
necessarily owning either of the units.

And finally, if you prefer one, what would you say
to try to talk me out of buying the other?

Now here's the kicker.

I'm not going to tell you which of these units
I've decided on. Of course, you're welcome to
take a guess, but I'm not owning up until I have
some feedback.
Maybe I'll keep a running tally of who guesses
Bremen and who guesses 8455. Could be interesting
to see the numbers.

Anyway, what I'm trying to do is get (hopefully)
unbiased opinions on both units, without you guys
hedging on one or the other because you know which
I'm partial to.

PLEASE, give me your best shot!!

Thanks much!

C-me,
Tim.

highend blaupunkt decks rule have owned many and would use another
reception is the best
they have more human creature programable features than any other decks out there
german engineering
not japanese twinkle
like turn on volume
scan time
day time brightness
night time brightness
and lots more
the eclipe stuff is over rated in my opinion

I have not been a real fan of Blau in the past but that Bremen looks sick on paper. If it sounds like a champ also that's the one I would go for.
If you did get the Bremen shoot me a PM and let me know where you got it and what it costs please.

[ September 16, 2005, 05:55 AM: Message edited by: Hardwrkr ]

http://www.nakamichi.com/home.html
CD-500
'nuff said

I have seen very little of the Blaupunkt out here in the west. So I would personally go Eclipse out of those choices. Personally my next head unit will probably be Alpine.

Maybe he needed crossovers, EQ, etc in his HU choice?
Maybe he has heard of the reliability issues Nak has had in the past and reluctant to go that route?
Maybe you didn't read the question where it said which of these TWO choices?

I would go with the Eclipse for these reasons:

I have only ever messed around with one Blau deck.

I have had several Eclipses, and they have all been excellent both in performance and reliability. I pretty much know what I am getting when I buy an Eclipse. I can't say that about Blau(again, just not much experience with them).

You have chosen the Bremen that’s why you use it in a sentence first, it’s your right half of the brain taking over ;)
You can't Dee nigh it even if its the truth no one will believe you now it will be oh sure he was thinking of the other one, he just said that to screw Icon up.

yada yada this is me causing poop again. I like eclipse, well made look good.

AHA!!

I suspected someone would reply with that answer.
I was toying with putting the following in my
original message :

"These units are listed in alphabetical order
so no one will assume I've put the one I'm
more interested in first."

But then I became more curious to see if someone
actually would accuse me of listing my favorite
first.

You have fallen for my cunning plan, Icon!

I'm not going to confess that easily.

Thanks for your input, BTW.

C-me,
Tim.