Choices.......Choices

[Civic96]

I went to 6th avenue today to check out the Alpine 7893 and the Pioneer 740MP.
I got a close look at both units and both are impressive. The buttons on the pioneer are so small and cheap looking but there is an abundance of features. The alpine is just an overall amazing unit.....its beautiful. We listened to both units with an W7 powered by a RF amp. That thing shook up the whole store and then the car audio guy got yelled at.We noticed that for some reason the sub hit a lot harder with the Pioneer. We tried to tune the Alpine but we could not get it to be as loud as the pioneer. We had to be missing something it doesnt make sense for the sub to be quieter. Anyways, I was hoping the guy would help me choose but he just told me that he loved them both equally. He actually knew a lot about car Audio and was so ****ed when he heard my car was broken into. He said that its too hard of a choice for him to pick one since his friends have both and he loves both of them. So hear I am in this big mess and will once again end up spending 2 months which one to get and by that time the new HU's will start to come out and I will spend another 5 months choosing........I wil end up with no stereo for 8 months

Im thinking of just pulling a name out of a hat

[geolemon]

Not to throw another one into the mix, but why the 7893, not the 7894?
I was choosing between the Pioneer 7400MP and the Alpine 7894 myself...
Because I wanted an MP3 player that had some nice SQ oriented features..
Both are pretty loaded for the money...
I ended up with the Alpine for a few reasons:
1) I knew someone who had one, and he loved his
2) Alpine comes with a nifty time alignment feature, which really is a 4 channel phase adjustment... if you have ever read my article on absolute phasing, you know why I went for this...
3) it wasn't much more than the Pioneer...
4) CD unit was better
At www.shop4sound.com, the Pioneer was about $270 I think, while the Alpine was $299...

[Civic96]

Reasons:

7893 is blue and the 7894 is green
I dont care about the mp3 feature, I chose the 740mp b/c it has 4v preouts unlike the 640.

Its such a hard choice

[Audio Nut]

get a kenwood you geek =)

[Civic96]

You are such a deek.........I say that I am having a hard time choosing b/w the two and you bring a 3d into the equation........

[Audio Nut]

kenwood....kenwood...kenwood!!!!!



get the kdc 959....im sure mike can get it to you for atleast for 450....considering msrp is 700 :P

[Honest Bob]

Originally posted by Audio Nut@Nov 25 2002, 06:17 PM
kenwood....kenwood...kenwood!!!!!



get the kdc 959....im sure mike can get it to you for atleast for 450....considering msrp is 700 :P

Kenwood MP959! Damn, I thought my MP919 was the best...

[Civic96]

Originally posted by Audio Nut@Nov 25 2002, 11:17 PM
kenwood....kenwood...kenwood!!!!!



get the kdc 959....im sure mike can get it to you for atleast for 450....considering msrp is 700 :P

you do realize I cant offerd a 450 dollar HU.
Im going for about 250

[Alan]

panasonic makes a nice mp3 HU

[Civic96]

Originally posted by Alan@Nov 25 2002, 11:39 PM
panasonic makes a nice mp3 HU

mp3 compatability is like caviar to me....it looks nice in my fridge but I wont eat it.

Arent all the companies going to release new HU's in a few months anyways?
Its almost 2003. I could just intall a 40 dollar cd player and wait it out....hmmm