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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited September 2005
    Um. Eclipse can. And I think their HUs look just fine.
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited October 2005
    and everyone knows looks affect sound quality, just ask audiobahn :rolleyes:
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited October 2005
    Exactly.
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
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  • 1996blackmax
    1996blackmax Posts: 2,436
    edited October 2005
    cam5860 wrote:
    Look im not saying alpine makes the best headunit. far as features and sound quality i would take the kenwood over any headunit on the market right now. Now far as i am concerned pioneer headunits are not all that. I mean they get way to hot for one i know i owned one. I get tired of people saying eclipse's headunits are all that. Yeah maybe they are advanced but they look like ****. What i consider a outstanding company is one that all there products meet or exceed consumers expectations. Pioneer there headunits are the best thing they make there amps and speakers are nothing to brag about thats for sure. I will put alpine upside any company in the industry far as having a product line thats solid all the way through in all areas. No one can really match that.


    Arc Audio, Zapco, and many others do as well. You need to search and read a whole lot more :).

    We were talking about HU's by the way................
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    Alpine: PXA-H600
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    Rainbow: CS 265 Profi Phase Plug / SL 165
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  • CrBoy
    CrBoy Posts: 580
    edited October 2005
    cam5860 wrote:
    I get tired of people saying eclipse's headunits are all that. Yeah maybe they are advanced but they look like ****.

    WTF!!! :confused: C´mon... open your eyes... You have to be kidding me!!!
    Eclipse HUs BY FAR doesn´t look like ****...
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited October 2005
    They dont anymore but their older models, even last years, looked like crap. Their displays looked like Walmart specials. Its the main reason I wouldnt want one.

    No appearance doesnt affect SQ or performance but it is nice to have. You dont want to be staring at some fugly head unit for the next couple years do ya?
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited October 2005
    id rather be staring at some bad **** ugly head unit for the next couple years than be staring at a hole with a bunch of wires hanging out in the middle of a ripper apart dash that had my pretty chrome radio in there that just got stolen...
    -Cody
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  • 1996blackmax
    1996blackmax Posts: 2,436
    edited October 2005
    I think my Eclipse CD8454 from last year looks ok. I like the way it looks more than this year's units.

    I too would go SQ over looks Cody. We do not look at music, but do listen to it.
    Alpine: CDA-7949
    Alpine: PXA-H600
    Alpine: CHA-S624, KCA-420i, KCA-410C
    Rainbow: CS 265 Profi Phase Plug / SL 165
    ARC Audio: 4150-XXK / 1500v1-XXK
    JL Audio: 10W6v2 (x2)
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited October 2005
    1996blackmax wrote:

    I too would go SQ over looks Cody. We do not look at music, but do listen to it.

    No but you look at your head unit.

    If you like having a plain looking fugly head unit thats fine. Id rather have something that looks cool.
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  • 1996blackmax
    1996blackmax Posts: 2,436
    edited October 2005
    I believe that none of my HU's have been fugly. Including my Eclipse CD8454. I just think that the sound a HU puts out is worth more than its looks.


    I never said I liked having a plain looking fugly HU :).
    Alpine: CDA-7949
    Alpine: PXA-H600
    Alpine: CHA-S624, KCA-420i, KCA-410C
    Rainbow: CS 265 Profi Phase Plug / SL 165
    ARC Audio: 4150-XXK / 1500v1-XXK
    JL Audio: 10W6v2 (x2)
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited October 2005
    if i wanted a fugly HU id get a dual
    -Cody
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  • 1996blackmax
    1996blackmax Posts: 2,436
    edited October 2005
    exalted512 wrote:
    if i wanted a fugly HU id get a dual
    -Cody



    Those are so cool :cool: .



    J/K :D
    Alpine: CDA-7949
    Alpine: PXA-H600
    Alpine: CHA-S624, KCA-420i, KCA-410C
    Rainbow: CS 265 Profi Phase Plug / SL 165
    ARC Audio: 4150-XXK / 1500v1-XXK
    JL Audio: 10W6v2 (x2)
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  • cam5860
    cam5860 Posts: 632
    edited October 2005
    I don't care how good a headunit sounds im not looking at a headunit as ugly as a eclipse everyday. They look cheap as hell if you ask me.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited October 2005
    The new line looks pretty good. Id have no problem running one of these.

    cd5425.jpg

    But I still really like the looks of the Alpine best.

    h500CDA9853-f.jpeg
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  • 1996blackmax
    1996blackmax Posts: 2,436
    edited October 2005
    Well too bad the whole strip thing does not work all that great, they should have left the buttons on there. I do prefer the look of the Alpines, I alway have. They should bring back the really old chicklet style stuff :).
    Alpine: CDA-7949
    Alpine: PXA-H600
    Alpine: CHA-S624, KCA-420i, KCA-410C
    Rainbow: CS 265 Profi Phase Plug / SL 165
    ARC Audio: 4150-XXK / 1500v1-XXK
    JL Audio: 10W6v2 (x2)
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  • spwuinmk67
    spwuinmk67 Posts: 797
    edited October 2005
    I like the look of mine, the Pioneer P8. The features and interface are awesome, the different look of it is an added bnous.
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited October 2005
    That Eclipse HU looks HORRIBLE. Totally reminds me of the crappy shelf stereo's I used to sell at CC.

    That Alpine looks pretty nice, I haven't had one since they had the 6 green buttons and you had to carry them around like a lunch box.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited October 2005
    I don't like the looks of that Eclipse unit AT ALL. However, I do really like the way last year's stuff looked.

    I think one of the buttons on my HU has stopped working. You know the big knob on the left that controls source/volume? Today was the second time I could turn it and it wouldn't change the volume. I could push it to change source, and then it'd work for the volume, too. I wonder if it's going bad. :(
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
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    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
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    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,820
    edited October 2005
    Kenwood had the best idea yet IMO with the MASK and D-MASK faceplates. They got kinda flashy for a little while but are pretty toned down now. They are great for security because even if a thief knows that the MASK units exist, it is almost impossible to tell if that is really a MASK unit or a radio delete panel. Especially if all of your gear is out of sight.

    Eclipse though, they are like Blaupunkt. Blaupunkt is Bosch and is full of top quality electronics. However, thier asthetics suck and feel not only cheap but flimsy and fragile. I've used some very nice Blaupunkt head units over the years and they sound incredible and perform well. But, stack the top of the line Blaupunkt unit next to Jensen or Pyramid head units and they look like they would be direct competition. Even if the Blaupunkt head unit was a $700 beast and the Jensen and Pyramid were the $99 specials that JC Whitney runs.
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited October 2005
    anyone whos ever seen a d-mask can tell its one. id much rather have a detachable face. which eclipse offers neither, but a 1 year theft protection warranty and the thought that whoever stole it wont be able to use it. and ive never thought eclipse units felt cheap...from the old ones made in the late 90s to the new ones...
    -Cody
    Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited October 2005
    cd5425.jpg

    Its the Eclipse boom box. :D
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  • 1996blackmax
    1996blackmax Posts: 2,436
    edited October 2005
    I do not think that this one is all that bad.

    cd8455.jpg
    Alpine: CDA-7949
    Alpine: PXA-H600
    Alpine: CHA-S624, KCA-420i, KCA-410C
    Rainbow: CS 265 Profi Phase Plug / SL 165
    ARC Audio: 4150-XXK / 1500v1-XXK
    JL Audio: 10W6v2 (x2)
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,820
    edited October 2005
    exalted512 wrote:
    anyone whos ever seen a d-mask can tell its one. id much rather have a detachable face. which eclipse offers neither, but a 1 year theft protection warranty and the thought that whoever stole it wont be able to use it. and ive never thought eclipse units felt cheap...from the old ones made in the late 90s to the new ones...
    -Cody

    I have a D-MASK unit in my truck right now and when it is sitting at car shows and the stereo is off, people look in the window and ask me if I took the "radio delete option". It has happened on more than one occassion at more than one show.
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited October 2005
    Jstas wrote:
    I have a D-MASK unit in my truck right now and when it is sitting at car shows and the stereo is off, people look in the window and ask me if I took the "radio delete option". It has happened on more than one occassion at more than one show.

    Those people are obviously not theives. :p
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited October 2005
    ive been to a fair share of car shows. most of the people there are not what i would call audio inclined.
    -Cody
    Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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