in dash choices

[blkonblk98 0]

i have been trying to decide between these for a while. since i'm new here i thought i'd see what you guys perfer.

1)pioneer avic d3 - almost bought this one. i like pioneer, love how it looks, don't care about the single slot since i don't care about nav. the 2v preout thing killed it though.

2)eclipe avn5510 - the only thing that keeps me from buying this is thinking i can get something just as good for cheaper.

3)jvc kw-avx800 - the underdog. features look great, don't care about nav, the price is right. but its a jvc...

thoughts/suggestions?

[Guest zedman]

i have been trying to decide between these for a while. since i'm new here i thought i'd see what you guys perfer.

1)pioneer avic d3 - almost bought this one. i like pioneer, love how it looks, don't care about the single slot since i don't care about nav. the 2v preout thing killed it though.

2)eclipe avn5510 - the only thing that keeps me from buying this is thinking i can get something just as good for cheaper.

3)jvc kw-avx800 - the underdog. features look great, don't care about nav, the price is right. but its a jvc...

thoughts/suggestions?

I love Eclipse my self. I have used the other brands you mentioned and I really like the reliability and features of the Eclipse. Have an awesome day. Z

[JimJ 11]

Personally, I like Alpine screens, but for the sole reason of being able to control the H701.

[JimJ 11]

the 2v preout thing killed it though.

1. Do you know you have an inducted noise issue in your install that higher voltage preouts fixed?

2. You could always get a line driver in that case...

[blkonblk98 0]

1. Do you know you have an inducted noise issue in your install that higher voltage preouts fixed?

no, in fact i only barely know what you're talking about. the install will be from scratch, i just want to make sure i don't buy anything that i won't like.

something i would like to add is i want the hu to be active capable (which i also don't fully understand). i'll probably start out using the passive crossovers, but i want all possibilities to be open.

Edited October 14, 2007 by BLACKonBLACK98

[JimJ 11]

2V preouts in and of themselves aren't bad, if you don't have noise problems going from 2V to 8V won't be a big improvement. I think a lot of people get high-preout voltage boners for no reason.

Not only would the Alpine/H701 combo be active capable, it'd give you more flexibilily than you can imagine right now

I don't know if the Pio/Eclipse models offer that kind of crossover flexibility.

[blkonblk98 0]

i want a double din with monitor for sure though.

*edit* i looked at H701 a lil closer and it does look intersting. alpine doesn't say that you can control it with the IVA-W205 but does anyone know that you can?

Edited October 15, 2007 by BLACKonBLACK98