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Old 03-15-2009, 09:40 PM
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Does anyone have suggestions concerning the best head unit to install? I want Blue Tooth, satellite radio, USB connection and CD. I don't need navigation. Any thoughts on Eclipse products? I have the CD3200 and the Blue Tooth leaves a lot to be desired. I was thinking about trying the new Eclipse CD5030 to see if they fixed the caller's voice feeding back through the head unit microphone to to the caller.
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I've never really heard anything on Eclipse head units, I know for a while they were highly desired for their cd sound quality but in my opinion I prefer Alpine head units..happy with all of the models i've had

except my old Alpine 7905 which had occasional cd playing problems but this was back in the late 80's when it came out.

Just had to send it in to have the lens cleaned and aligned and worked beautifully and there has been no other comparable sound quality to that head unit. Some claim the best headunit made was the Alpine 7990

If you're looking for functionality, performance, and quality I suggest Alpine. The only other brands I'd chose over an Alpine would be Kenwood's Excelon series or Pioneers top systems..
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try looking at crutchfield

http://www.crutchfield.com/g_300/Car...FFBrand|Alpine
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Best in what price range?
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bump for wanting results on original post
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Do an Alpine, you will be VERY happy.
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deff not SONY,

kenwood has good SQ



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