HU: upgrade or just stay?

[Netherland24 0]

i was wondering since you guys have a bit of experiance, but i have a ford windstar 1996 with a Alpine 9816, was was wondering should i upgrade? cause the am getting attracted to the NEW sony's with Tilt and the Kenwoods with Tilt. would it matter if i changed? make a difference in quality or sound? if so any recommendations on a good HU with tilt.

[Supa_c 1]

Sony car audio is junk as far as im concerned.

Unless its some nice sony ES stuff, but even then, its hard to find.

Never been a fan of Kenwood, just keep the alpine

[Jordan94z 0]

Stick with 9815

[04BlueSRT 0]

Or upgrade to a new Alpine, my 9831 has a tilt face.

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

keep the Alpine

[bigger_george 2]

The new kenwoods aren't that bad from what i hear, but why change a good thing? unless u really want too ...

[Chevy350TPI 12]

The 9815 is still a great unit in my opinion.

If I were to get a Sony unit from this year, it would be this one: this sony

[Netherland24 0]

guess i will keep i have just gone through about 10 decks and i always want to upgrade. i had the sony m8000, 903 pansonic 8100 pansonic and they where alright this one caught my eye with the 60x4

[Tirefryr 1,742]

Keep the Alpine.

[mrray13 30]

the sony steve linked is awesome. i've installed several, absolutley no cpmplaints.

the key to sony..make sure u get the blue illumination. if u get a sony with red..u've bought junk.

now..the alpine u have is indeed a nice unit, but the newer sony's (the higher end ones like steve posted) can more then run with the same model line alpine, panasonic, clarion, kenwood, jvc..whatever u wanna plug in there.

while i'll agree the rest of sony's lineup is laughable, not the h/u's..i miss mine, it was stronger then the alpine i traded to ryan and replaced the sony with. alpine did have an advantage, they wouldn't skip the way the older sony's do. but i haven't seen that problem yet in the new sony's....and how can u argue with the burr-brown da thingy??

oh, the 60x4? wishful thinking..on ANY brand h/u

but get what will make u happy...i like the recommendation for the new model alpine as well...but if sony is on the list, jsut make sure of what ur getting.

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Tirefryr 1,742]

Here's my input. I've used equipment from every end of the spectrum. IMO, a lot of the times when equipment breaks it's user-error. Even cheap CD players are of such a high quality nowadays due to technology. Just think about it.

I'll tell you guys something. I have this old Pyramid amp in storage that I've had since I was 11. The thing is a rock. I have tortured this thing beyond anything anyone could ever imagine. This was the first amp I ever had and it got tested with everything. I once had six 15s wired up to this thing with who knows what wiring configuration and never has it let me down. It's been too hat to touch, blown a million fuses, seen ohm loads it should never have even thought of seeing and it still works flawlessly.

[chinny 0]

murderer