Any brands to stay away from?

[Kansas Firebird]

I was thinking about getting a new head unit in preperation for my new system and was wondering if there is a brand I should stay away from. I like the looks of one of the JVC units. I did a search on this but didn't really find a definitive answer. I want something that's reliable and relatively powerful and also something that'll play MP3's and has preamp outputs, ya know, the usual. Thanks.

[jamie]

if you want mp3 capabilities, i'd say go with a kenwood. i'm not to positive on the jvc, but i don't think they show as text as the kenwood does. my friend has a kenwood and he has a TON of characters up on the screen at once.

[MTMike]

Stay away from Sony XPlod. that stuff is cheap-O.

-Mike

[gregmondro]

whats wrong with the Sony Xplode mp3 player? i demo'd it @ a few stores, and it sounded to have better bass responce than a lot of the other brands out there, and the design of the hu wasn't too bad.

[jamie]

my friend had the sony before the kenwood and there's a world of difference. the sony was horrible. it was distorting the speakers and everything. took way to long for the mp3's to load up. it just wasn't a good product.

[MTMike]

My old Sony skipped like a school girl in a playground, espeically with the bass playing and all the potholes in my home town. The Kenwood I have now has only skipped once since I bought it... and that was when I got airborne w/ the car at an intersection (don't ask)

-Mike

[Nachius]

If your talking about the JVC head unit that adjusts into 3 different positions and plays MP3s that would be a good choice. It will display your full ID3 tag scrolling across the screen with probably everything your looking for!

Check that one!

[jamie]

thats not enough room for me. i play all burned cd's, just so i can see text on the cd player. i need an mp3 one for my 5 gig collection. i think my kenwood can scroll around 15 characters plus VISIBLE. it looked like that does 10 or 9 visible. its all about preference. just STAY AWAY from sony.

[SuprSpdDB7]

i've heard

*sony explode sucks
*kenwood and pioneer are great
*aiwa is the best

me personally: i am getting the Kenwood Excelon X959 CD/MP3/WMA/CDR/CDRW player

[1999V6]

I've got the new sony mp-70 deck. You will not be disappointed with this deck...best mp3 deck you can get. I love the tray [img]smile.gif[/img]

[naptown]

Stay away from brands such as: Sony, Boss, Pyle, Power Accoustic, and some Lanzar H.U.'s do not buy from flea markets! Buy directly from a licensed dealer

[Kansas Firebird]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by SuprSpdDB7:
i've heard

*sony explode sucks
*kenwood and pioneer are great
*aiwa is the best

me personally: i am getting the Kenwood Excelon X959 CD/MP3/WMA/CDR/CDRW player<hr></blockquote>

Actually, that is the exact one I've decided on, funny you should point that one out after I'd already made up my mind.

[whiteshark]

sony is crap unless you go for a $300+ unit. anything under that is useless. personally i like mine, but it's not one of their cheap ones.

[nosv6]

i had a sony explode and the peice of crap did the same thing as mike's(moderator). definatley do not buy any sony head unit.

[Akuma]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by SuprSpdDB7:
i've heard

*sony explode sucks
*kenwood and pioneer are great
*aiwa is the best

me personally: i am getting the Kenwood Excelon X959 CD/MP3/WMA/CDR/CDRW player<hr></blockquote>


Aiwas mp3 player blowz. They overheat and skip REALLY bad.

I have
this one and it kicks *** . Got it for under $200 too!