what is a good Head Unit to buy? I dont want a mess of features, but i want it to play mp3's! I dont care about looks, so i was thinking going with a Blaupunkt. Ugly but they are good recievers from what i hear, the mp3 playback on them is fast... the guy at my install shop has had his in his car for a couple years now and he saus it works like a charm everytime he turns it on! I'm just looking for something good quality that plays mp3 and not a whole lot of crazy features. any help would be great

thanks

i'll never own anything but alpine again.
ive had alot of nice decks and they cant even touch the power and sound of my alpine. [img]graemlins/thumb.gif[/img]

How's the SQ of that 9815, meat? I wasn't too impressed with the 9807 when I heard it compared to my 7977 and my 7949, which no other Alpine deck touches other than the F1.

My thoughts exactly [img]graemlins/thumb.gif[/img] Only other brand I would consider would be Eclipse.

Check out an Eclipse 3403 or 3413. Simple to use, mp3, and eclipse makes excellent sounding decks.

the 9815 for sq is the most amazing deck ive ever owned. I cant believe the power, its in my truck now running a pair of crappy kw 4" that are stuffed in the factory holes and being held in place by a rag and they sound great.
my dealer gave me last years high end model for a good deal and i took it back after a week, and when i switched the decks the difference was unbelievable.

[ July 25, 2003, 09:09 AM: Message edited by: meat ]

yeah i looked at alpines but they have too many features that i have no need for, im not gonna spend the money on the features i dont want! what alpine deck is good with not many features but mp3?

I would feel very comfortable buying a Kenwood MP3 player. They work very well.

^ I second that. I put a KDC-X659 Excelon in my van a couple of months ago, and it has been a great addition to my system. It has enough features to keep me busy at stoplights, and one of the things I really like is about it is the ability to mute the internal amp for better SQ. I tried turning it on and off while listening, and it makes an audible difference. The price was reasonable, it looks nice in the dash, and I would recommend it to anyone.

HTH

ive got a alpine cda-7878 and have had no problems to date with it.

any deck i would get would be to just upgrade it to a newer ones. maybe the lcd too.