[vieri]

dear sifus,
please advise as i need help and feedback. am newbie in the world of ICE.


1. whats the best 2-din units in terms of :-
1.1 value
1.2 build-quality, long lasting n can read pirate cd...hehhheehhehe
1.3 sound
1.4 reliability

any advice on the pros and cons of 2-dins ?

the preferred brands are alpine, pioneer and sony, right ? saw sony wx7700
in bangsar during lunch......absolutely wicked but its 3.6k !!!
but no mp3 !! if only can get used for 600....! any other brand make as
fancy as that wan ar ?

thanks to everyone first for all the help.

[Vegatron]

Personally I feel 2din is a waste of money, pay so much more for the same
thing. It's a CD player ain't it?

for 3.6k I'd buy a competition standard HU already.

[navinku]

vegatron @ master of sushi,

fully support what u have said. don't judge the player by it looks. u may
get boring with the looks after 1@2 years using it. don't waste on the
look but search or hunt for sound quality.
for 3.6k i can get a good(if not the best) single din HU.

[KlipschJ]

many 2-dins out there, some do sound good, Denon, Pioneer, Eclipse.

do some shopping...

[Vegatron]

eclipse got 2dins?

[KlipschJ]

yeah, they have. saw them once...

[vieri]

since the masters have spoken....
then i shall learn !!!

single-din is the way to go then.(i very easy to convince wan, thats why
scared to go straight to shop, must learn siap-siap first leh )

first i thot wanna put 2-din cos of the size and a bit akward shape of my
current stock hu, so if put 1-din only take half of the space n gonna look
real ugly, man !

[Vegatron]

aiya that one no problem one lar, the installer shd know how to cover up
nicely for you.

With a big budget buy a kickass HU , dun waste the extra $$$ on double din.

JVC SH707 or SH909
Eclipse 8051 or 8061 or the newer 8 series
Alpine 7998
Pioneer 8450 or newer model
Clarion 925
Naka MB100
Naka CD700

These are superb decks ,... and the funny thing is,... they are all 1
din,.. strange huh?

[navinku]

can get alpine 9815 also... about 1.7k only..
eh vegatron, how much the alpine 7998 market price now??? just give a
rough figure will do..

[vieri]

aiyo, dude, where got big budget wan.....
after reading thru the forum, slow is the way to go to maximise
satisfaction.

been surfing thru the web reading about awards for best hu and it all
points to one !! Alpine 7998 !! is it really that good ??

depending on price, i'm cutting it down to the jvc/alpine/pioneer but can
these play 'pirates' without problems ? skipping etc ?