Alright ive got a sony head unit and it's powerful but it doesnt deliver real clear sound overall. What i'm really looking for is a head unit that will deliver crystal clear sound. If any of you have ever experienced a Klipsch sound system.. yeah something like that so, does anyone have a reccomendation for a good HU? I dont give a crap about features or fancy stuff i just want a good, crisp quality HU.
Thanks guys

 

Anything Alpine...

 

is it really about the HU ???

thought it was about speakers and amp...

but seriously, you were the last person i thought would be asking about a stereo

 

Alpine!

 

How many and what size speakers are you pushing? AMP and Speakers will make the difference. The Sony head unit is pretty good. Is it and XPLODE model?

 

I have an older alpine unit (CDA-9827) I have MB Quart 6" speakers up front with separate 2" tweeters. My amp is an Alpine PDX-4.100 100 watts. I also have Sirius Satellite radio. I listen to mostly classical music so I am not interested in so much base. My system with the MB Quart set up is primarily for clarity. This combination works very well for my needs (absolute crystal clear sound!) I have had this set up for the past 4 years and I have not had one problem!

 

You can have the nicest speakers or subs on the market, but they wont be worth crap with a low end HU. Sure nicer speakers, nicer amp, bigger better sub will help, but i want crisp sound which starts at the HU. I generally dont like the mainstream companies, i want real crisp, nice components and it looks like it may be Nakamichi. And although i'm pretty knowledgable in the audio department that doesnt mean i dont have stuff to learn still. I'm just tired of all these mainstream companies that arent that great, looking for someone with info on a better company.

Im pushing 2 8" MTX low/mids, 2 MTX tweeters, 1 12" JBL sub, 2 Kenwood tweeters, and 2 Kenwood mids. I'm planning on loosing the MTX components and replacing them with Mcintosh though. I ran a $400 Eclipse HU for a while and it sounded quite a bit better than the sony but it broken'd it so now i'm looking for something better. And yes the sony is a base Xplod model i dont like it. Oh yeah and the amp is a sony 1100w.

 

hmm that sounds pretty nice too.. im not looking for overbearing bass either, i have a very capable system as far as bass but i only use it to a fraction of its ability. wanna keep everything balanced ya know?
I will consider the Alpine lines cause i'm not made of money!

 

dude, i know.
everyone has more to learn.
I was jk ing

 

 

If you are for sure it's your head unit you might want to consider Alpine, Panasonic, Pioneer Premier or Clarion.

 

honestly its everything except the sub, and kenwood components. the HU is rock bottom and i plan on going full out so i'm gonna start with HU

 

Desnt Criutchfield have a bucnch of high end different brands?
The MB quartz stuff does sound really nice....good luck

 

Hey Alex, I had the same headunit (sony) that you did, and it was kinda cruddy sounding sometimes, I went to a Pioneer, that I got at Target for 99$ that has an Aux in, cd, radio and what not, and its green and white so it matches the factory gauge cluster lighting which is cool, or you can step up to the one above it thats 140$ that lets you control your IPOD from the headunit, since I dont have an ipod brand I just got the 100$ one, works FANTASTIC its 50x4 and the sound quality is so much better then the sony its nuts.. I run two Alpine 4" rounds in my dash, and two pioneer 6x9's off of it, anything Pioneer or Alpine is good in my book. I used to have some sony xplod 6x9's but I blew one out and they were always kinda thud-ish or bassy sounding, the pioneers I Got are real punchy and bassy, nice and clear. Walmart has this headunit also.. Heres a linky.. http://www.google.com/products/catal...769#ps-sellers

 

i agree w trusty i have a pioneer hu i bought fow Dubmart a couple yrs ago for like $250 or somethin like that and its awesome so clear and so much adjustability to it as well. its got the whole i pod adapter change artists an such right on the front and its got the preouts for the sud amp and for a speaker amp an idk just a great HU that has been treatin me right. oh also i picked up some kicker 05KS652 2 way component speakers from onlinecarstereo.com for $125 that retail at a shop in town for $500! there are great man hope that helped at all even though i know theyre mainstream.

 

look man i installed full audio equipment for over a year at watts in a box i have a killer system i did all on my own in my car you want to best you go with alpine. thats the truth better made more quality behind the products way better people in general to deal with if you have any problems or questions. ive tried alot of other stuff and nothing compares... you have any audio questions ask me ill tell you

 

thanks guys.. alpine has one for about 250 that im considering.. i thought the mcintosh was gonna be in the $400 range but i found out yesterday its over $1k ..a little outta my price range and appearantly it just begs to be stolen cause of the way it looks.