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Old Apr 26, 2009 | 12:50 AM
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I sold my Pioneer to a friend who needed a deck "RIGHT NOW!!!" and now I have no deck! Any suggestions?
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Old May 2, 2009 | 03:55 AM
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anyone?
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Old May 2, 2009 | 07:08 AM
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ummm so now your friend has a deck and you don't?

and if he needed one right away, why didnt he go to bestbuy or an audio shop? why should you have to pay for a brand new one when yours worked fine?
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Old May 2, 2009 | 01:25 PM
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It doesnt matter, none of that matters, he paid full pop for my deck, I am wondering what you guys think is the best deck out right now, not what I should have done.
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i love the alpine head units.. they are reasonably priced for the amazing quality you get
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my sister had a jvc thats usb broke or got glitchy within a year. so stay clear of that.
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i love the alpine head units.. they are reasonably priced for the amazing quality you get
+1 I <3 alpine
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any particular alpine unit?
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any of them. lol you pick whatever one you think looks good.
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Originally Posted by Flaring Afro
ummm so now your friend has a deck and you don't?

and if he needed one right away, why didnt he go to bestbuy or an audio shop? why should you have to pay for a brand new one when yours worked fine?
loooooooooool funny,

but true.
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Old May 3, 2009 | 02:19 AM
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I've had good luck with Clarion. I'm not too savvy on what the best/newest deck is, but generally you can't go wrong with any of the better brands like Pioneer, Clarion, Alpine, etc.
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Old May 3, 2009 | 02:23 AM
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Depends on what you are lookin to spend, and what you want(mp3. screen. etec)
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alpine cda-9887 is clearly the best cd/mp3 player on the market
Only the pioneer DEH-P800PRS competes with it, but the newest Eclipse, CD5030, and alpine cda-9886 look to be other good options

watch out for the multi directional volume *****,
they are impossible to use while driving

I use to have the lower line of this cd player DEH-P980BT, the non premier DEH-7800mp, and the multi directional **** with few buttons was horrible. And the screen was terrible during the day.

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I have a CDA-9847 alpine and I love love it
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Old May 5, 2009 | 07:08 PM
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+1 for Alpine. I have an Alpine IDA-X100 which doesn't have a CD player, but the sound quality is excellent, even without the IMPRINT module. For the record, I am driving the stock monsoon system with the X100.

If I need to play a CD for whatever reason, I can just get a Walkman or something like that and plug it into my aux. in.

Alpine also makes a 6-disk changer for the X100 and others.

Hope that helps!
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Alpine gets my vote as well.

My whole audio system is Alpine besides the sony HU but that will be changing soon.

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Afro you are tough on OP lol.

I 'd guess he sold his HU to fund his next HU.
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^ he left out a lot of details, i wanted to know why lol. plus, i have rarely heard someone talk of a friend on these forums where the guy truly is a good friend. usually its someone trying to sell something for double the worth or buying something for waaaay too cheap etc.
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Maybe the freind has compromising pictures.

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I have an Alpine CDA-9857 and the only complaint is the blue buttons are WAY to bright for night driving. I tape a piece of paper over them on long drives.
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