Anyone have them?

looking into getting one unless anyone can tell me a better one in the $150-200 range

needs to have

3 set RCA preamp (Front - Rear - Sub)
black face
(preffereably green lighting)
detachable face
low sig/noise ratio
good CD player

don't care about
radio - don't really use it

 

i got the alpine 9815, i love it, i've only heard GOOD things about alpine head units. i hear the new line of cd decks taht Rockford Fosgate has are good. go to sound shop on mercury and they'll help you out

 

By alpines deck online. Local stores rip you off. Alpine has red or green lights depending on mode.

 

Local stores allow you to look and play. I've never seen red lighting on alpine, just green and blue. Do new decks come with red lighting?

 

You can look at mine sometime. I think I have 7894? Like a year and half old. Mine has green and orange(not red) lights (like orange lights in bmw). But I saved 150 bucks buying my Deck online.

 

www.thezeb.com www.mmxpress.com

I used to be huge into car audio - I've always loved Alpine cd players.

Pioneers are also very good for the money, and the new Kenwoods don't look bad.

What always turned me off from the Alpine was the $ for what you get..

I've owned 2 Eclipse HU's (one being an indash tv), a Nakimichi CD45z, and about 4 Pioneers (latest was the silver one with mp3..)

Check them out also.

 

they are green/blue over all. mine is blue but when i hit a certain button(T Corr.), the 4 big buttons turn red

 

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-5hHQFZ0...s&i=500CDA7894

Its not orange they say. Its amber.

 

If I was you your best bet for under 200 is this pioneer

http://www.sounddomain.com/sku/PIODEHP6500

or this alpine

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=39750]

I have the alpine 9813 and it is great, plenty of power.

 

Do you already got amps for all your speakers or do you need a built in amp. If so get one with v-drive. If not get higher end model that doesn't have amp at all.