Coffeyman

don't go for all glitz and glamour. save some of it for the quaity as well. i personally would choose alpine for a deck...second choice would be pioneer, if you want a little more flashy whistles and bells go with pioneer, but if your lookin for the quality head with alpine.

actually, i think a&b sound has some good sales on right now to get rid of stuff before xmas, ckeck them out if you have one in the area.

Cavalier Chunk

i sure will do that. when im in edmonton

JohnnyToronto

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I've used the Panasonic 8300 and it was awesome.
I've also used mannnyyy Pioneer decks and haven't had a single problem with one of them.
I've used a couple of Alpines, and honestly was not impressed.
In the end it goes down to personal preference though.

Monte04ss

I would say go with Alpine. Try the 9835 or 9833. Lots of features and the price is right. !

Cavalier Chunk

k i have lots of ideas, but as johnny says its all up to me. but it also depends on my budget. thiers like 280 or so in my deck budget, can probally spend 50 bucks more.

Cavalier Chunk

are thier any alpine dealers in llyod/ edmonton

Rockney

I have the kenwood mp822.. and completly happy with it.. but its outside of your budjet..

A friend has a panasonic cd/mp3 player w/detachable face he picked up at a sale for $150, it works well..

lappy

Remorses buying something to a higher price tag that we expect at first only last a few minutes. The time it takes to make the deal.

But regrets to not having fork the extra bills for a superior piece of gear (if you can afford it obviously) could last forever.

I second Monte04ss on that one, be patient (wait for the money) and buy the Alpine 9833. It is the same machine as the 9835 except the display and it cost about $100 less.

It does absolutely everything you could want and more. MP3, Bass engine pro (crossover with adjustable slopes, time alignment) EQ, etc... and Alpine are well known to make really solid and good sounding head unit.

I am not saying that Alpine 9833 is your only choice but I think it is the best performance/features/price ratio right now on the market.

I don't know in Edmonton but in Montreal, the 9833 is about $430 and the 9835 about $525.

lappy

Cavalier Chunk

k its down to clarion kenwood and maby sony(jk)no i mean pioneer
(pioneer, kenwood, or clarion. not sony) i will get back to you guys later to day on the model #'s of the decks im looking at. they are all great companys from what i have heard. so hope fully they will do me good.

Cavalier Chunk

kenwood deck

for the pioneer deck are thjose us prices or canadian? i think this one has sub level controlpioneer 1
heres another pioneer. not all to sure about the sub level control on this onepioneer 2

heres the third pioneer deck this one i know has sub level control.
pioneer 3

heres a clarion deck that magna bass thing does that mean sub level control
clarion 1

same wit this one does magna bass mean sub level control

clarion 2

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