Time for change (head unit)

[swift 501]

I think while my truck is in rebuild mode I will go ahead and upgrade or change to a newer unit. I love the alpine but want to look at something different. Looking at the deh-80prs or the avh-P8400bh. Sq wise the 80 looks like the choice but im sure I would be happy with either. Any other good dd units out there?

This is what I have now and will be letting go cheap to anyone interested

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-lCerWQCN13n/p_500IVAW200/Alpine-IVA-W200.html#details-tab

I want good control of eq and options for hpf and lpf. Any other opinions? I have a alpine 600 watt 4 channel that will cover the mids and highs unless I pick up an additional small 2 channel just for the tweeters

[liljestrand 244]

The 80prs is a beast head unit. I love mine so far.

[swift 501]

Any other places besides crutch field or amazon to pick one up? Sonic doesn't carry it

[liljestrand 244]

That I do not know. I picked mine up from crutchfield since they had it like a month before the release, or something like that.

[swift 501]

That's just what I will do, thanks

[liljestrand 244]

If you have lots of music I'd get a big ol hard drive. I have a 1 tb hard drive with about 500 gigs on it. the prs reads it in about 20 secs. Just gotta format for fat32.

[swift 501]

I will mainly run off my IPad for music. Never really used any kind of little drive devices.

Since everything is out really just want to redo it all. Lol. The headunit seems to be my best upgrade at this point.

[gotb00st 0]

I have the avh-p8400bh and I absolutely love it. Nice clean gui and sounds great. Got it for $506 shipped of ebay. Also if you buy the cable you can use advance app mode with your ipad which basically controls the ipad from your h/u.

Edited July 15, 2012 by gotb00st

[///M5 2,833]

Would have helped to know what you were contemplating for needing the crossovers. Had I known I would have said neither. Many other better options for a 3 way front stage.

[swift 501]

Would have helped to know what you were contemplating for needing the crossovers. Had I known I would have said neither. Many other better options for a 3 way front stage.

Well that Alpine was installed in 2006, so I wanted to get something new anyway but didn't want to spend a grand on the 99. For the money the Pioneer looked like the best unit in a single din music only head unit. After all the money spent on the rest of the system I figured a new head unit wasn't a bad idea