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ok, what Head unit would you say is most used /most recommended for DB Drag. why?
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quote:Originally posted by Gavin: ok, what Head unit would you say is most used /most recommended for DB Drag. why?
Alpine
Good quality, pretty good vibration resistant and you can use the MUTE for rolling your volume
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Pioneer, because they have decks with high pre amp voltage(mine isn't) also good against vibration, cost isn't overwhelming, they sound good too, and also have changer controls and make changers to use with decks. Actually I'm not sure if they are still making changers, but I know you can get slightly older models that will be changer compatible.
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quote:Originally posted by E-40: I'm considering using the MB quart nautic line...
I checked their site. could not fine the HU!
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quote:Originally posted by bluefocuszx4: Alpine FTMFW!!!! no doubt!
and the reason for this is???????
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quote:Originally posted by bluefocuszx4: Alpine FTMFW!!!! no doubt!
and the reason for this is???????
i rolled/totaled my car last season coming home from finals....i dont think the alpine skipped at all, lol.....i've just always liked them, never had any issues, very simple to use, and i've never had skipping issues with them....before the wreck the alpine deck i had was taking 152+ on music and not skipping.....my double din in dash dvd that i have in my new vechile doesnt skip either - high 140's at 32htz
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quote:Originally posted by bluefocuszx4: Alpine FTMFW!!!! no doubt!
and the reason for this is???????
i rolled/totaled my car last season coming home from finals....i dont think the alpine skipped at all, lol.....i've just always liked them, never had any issues, very simple to use, and i've never had skipping issues with them....before the wreck the alpine deck i had was taking 152+ on music and not skipping.....my double din in dash dvd that i have in my new vechile doesnt skip either - high 140's at 32htz
Haha, I could just see you flying through the air saying to yourself "wow, it isnt skipping at all"...lol
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quote:Originally posted by bluefocuszx4: Alpine FTMFW!!!! no doubt!
and the reason for this is???????
i rolled/totaled my car last season coming home from finals....i dont think the alpine skipped at all, lol.....i've just always liked them, never had any issues, very simple to use, and i've never had skipping issues with them....before the wreck the alpine deck i had was taking 152+ on music and not skipping.....my double din in dash dvd that i have in my new vechile doesnt skip either - high 140's at 32htz
Haha, I could just see you flying through the air saying to yourself "wow, it isnt skipping at all"...lol
quote:Originally posted by bluefocuszx4: Alpine FTMFW!!!! no doubt!
and the reason for this is???????
i rolled/totaled my car last season coming home from finals....i dont think the alpine skipped at all, lol.....i've just always liked them, never had any issues, very simple to use, and i've never had skipping issues with them....before the wreck the alpine deck i had was taking 152+ on music and not skipping.....my double din in dash dvd that i have in my new vechile doesnt skip either - high 140's at 32htz
Haha, I could just see you flying through the air saying to yourself "wow, it isnt skipping at all"...lol
i see a new alpine commercial in the future
x12,500!...haha, do it
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I do also agree on Alpine. The deck I used to have was a 9847 and it was great for spl. It was about a half db louder than the Pioneer that I have now, but the only problem is that it quit playing cds. That sucked so I sold it to a guy I work with for $20 and he used it with his Ipod so he could still listen to music on it. To my knowledge it is still working to this day, but still doesn't play cds. The Pioneer I have is older than the Alpine and still works great. It's from 2004 and I have no issues with it. The worst deck I have had was an Eclipse cd5000. It sucked because it had no pause button.
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quote:Originally posted by bluefocuszx4: Alpine FTMFW!!!! no doubt!
and the reason for this is???????
i rolled/totaled my car last season coming home from finals....i dont think the alpine skipped at all, lol.....i've just always liked them, never had any issues, very simple to use, and i've never had skipping issues with them....before the wreck the alpine deck i had was taking 152+ on music and not skipping.....my double din in dash dvd that i have in my new vechile doesnt skip either - high 140's at 32htz
Haha, I could just see you flying through the air saying to yourself "wow, it isnt skipping at all"...lol
I had an Alpine 9807 in a 99 dodge ram and smoked a deer doing 55. Deer tried to jump the hood and I caught it with the Apillar in the rib cage and never skipped the alpine . I dunno about DB Drag skips... but if your looking for something to make it through your next accident, Alpine's your brand!
As far as easy to use, I dunno. I've always had Alpine decks and find them very simple to use because I know how their menu's and few-button systems are designed... However, the first complaint I hear about Alpine from anyone I speak to is that they can't find things through the menus....... I just tell them to RTFM.
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A little old thread but just wanted to add my two cents. I would recommend anything that is low output only, preferably something using burr-brown crystal's for excellent D/A conversion quality. I have tested on the bench and in car using regular cd players and have seen a 1 DB gain, ofc that was with the older audio control rta but still should be the same today. Bluapunkt, kenwood, alpine, sony have all made cd players as well as pioneer using burr-brown crystal's as to where you'd find them today??
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I wanted to use the alpine do to the mute function but when I did a small test. I got strange results
both volume levels were set to level 6, this is where I can get a reading on my TL. cool, but with everything flat, bass boost off, it seemed that the kenwood was louder. Why is that? kenwood 123.** db's alpine 122.** db's
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try it with the same output voltage and not with the same vol. level cuz one the the HU can have higher vol level than the other one
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