Blaupunkt Bremen vs Eclipse 8455. And why
500 Watt CAFz'r
Joined: Oct 2004
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I quit Blauing Chunks in the 90's when reliabilty became a huge issue.
They could very well make a nice deck now, but I have not looked twice at one for over 10 years.
Welcome to the forum.
[ September 17, 2005, 05:15 AM: Message edited by: Car Trek ]
They could very well make a nice deck now, but I have not looked twice at one for over 10 years.
Welcome to the forum.
[ September 17, 2005, 05:15 AM: Message edited by: Car Trek ]
Yankee
Joined: Nov 2001
Posts: 385
Originally posted by Hardwrkr:
And Eclipse has had a sparkling reliability record?
Not to mention the endless units with dreaded turn-on pop.
And Eclipse has had a sparkling reliability record?
Not to mention the endless units with dreaded turn-on pop.
Yankee
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 3,599
I hope you bought the one from the company whose products haven't failed the last three times I tested them.
OK Bankie you have looked at paper and you have read a lot... have you listened to either? Have you seen who has the best ergonomics, having features is great but a menu in a menu in a menu is a pain. Reliability is certainly an issue (and a big one).
The Blau is rumored to have one of the best radios in the biz and that is important to some (like me). And everyone knows Eclipse sound great so it is a good ego builder in the lanes.
Personally I could live with either, I have certainly heard more Eclipse units than Blau and the 'punkt doesn’t have the nice sexy feel to it.
I would have to hear and play with it though
[ September 17, 2005, 05:53 PM: Message edited by: JohnVroom ]
1000 Watt CAFz'r
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 1,770
Originally posted by Icon:
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.
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.
hope theres something left after the fights over
Guys, he has a double din opening and installed both as both are great units. Should Blau come back down to earth at a more reasonable pricepoint, I would consider the line again.
I too had my fair share of fatalities with Blau units (primarily the old Sony based transports, Aspen and ? CDX5040 and CDX5080 Sony in disguise (all were the same pile of stinky smelly crapola))In the late 90's I toyed with the line again and while the quality had improved there were still failures and high price points to contend with.
As far as the dreaded "pop" issue with Eclipse, it was indeed related to only the CD8443 model. As one of the longest serving Eclipse dealers on this forum, perhaps I am a little more aware of it than others. That aside though, the CD8443 was a good unit. To date with this years models, absolutely zero warranty claims.
I too had my fair share of fatalities with Blau units (primarily the old Sony based transports, Aspen and ? CDX5040 and CDX5080 Sony in disguise (all were the same pile of stinky smelly crapola))In the late 90's I toyed with the line again and while the quality had improved there were still failures and high price points to contend with.
As far as the dreaded "pop" issue with Eclipse, it was indeed related to only the CD8443 model. As one of the longest serving Eclipse dealers on this forum, perhaps I am a little more aware of it than others. That aside though, the CD8443 was a good unit. To date with this years models, absolutely zero warranty claims.
