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Jan 17, 2006 | 12:49 PM

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slickevo18

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i would go with alpine over just about any other manufacturer.... with the exception of denon.

Jan 17, 2006 | 12:51 PM

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This is good stuff. although I haven't made my decision yet. I haven't seen much of the pioneer stuff.

Jan 17, 2006 | 01:02 PM

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in my opinion kenwood BLOWS .... if your going to get pioneer get the premier series... i personally love Eclipse (BUT does have any good builtin ipod tuners)... and Alpine

Jan 17, 2006 | 01:17 PM

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I'm thinking this one...

Alpine CDA-9856

Jan 17, 2006 | 02:21 PM

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I currently have a midrange Kenwood.....and it gets confused when playing MP3s. Sometimes it loses track and takes 1-2 minutes to find its place again.

I am kicking myself in the butt for not going with Alpine in the first place.

JJ

Jan 17, 2006 | 03:32 PM

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yeah I was playing with that in the store and i couldn't get it to work... very annoying.

how are the ipod controls? I've read that the in HU iPod controls are crap... and scrolling and what not takes forever.

It does take forever to scroll. You have to have playlists so you don't have to scroll through all the artists.

Jan 17, 2006 | 03:43 PM

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Honestly i am an alpine fanatic i have all their componets and sub and amps the V12 series. N E how i found the kenwood kvt-815 for a steal (its an in dash) and i am amazed at how good it sounds. u cant go wrong either way but DO NOT GET GLIDE TOUCH Alpine.

Jan 17, 2006 | 04:11 PM

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I have an Eclipse headunit personally, but I really wished I had gone with the new Kenwood stuff (nice and user friendly). I am a recovering Alpine fanatic, but the "glide" is not user friendly.

Jan 17, 2006 | 05:04 PM

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New Eclipse stuff should blow just about everything else out of the water...so my answer is neither and just save for an Eclipse CD-5000 when it come sout in late feb...

Jan 17, 2006 | 06:59 PM

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guess i just had bad luck with my alpine hu's. they all either just die,as in don't turn on anymore,won't play cd's,or will only stay on one station. i forget what models they were, but the latest one i had was a mid range 04 model. all my kenwoods have kicked ***. i guess if a trouble free in dash 7.5 in touch screen dvd player sux ***, then mine does

Jan 17, 2006 | 07:11 PM

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I had an old alpine in my truck worked great for a long time. Untill the water came.

Jan 17, 2006 | 09:06 PM

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I would go with Alpine. I have had some better head decks in the past and imo Pioneer and Kenwood both suck. I have owned all 3.

Here is a link to the new Alpines coming out http://www.alpine-usa.com/en/product...category=AV_HU I am going with the CDA-9857 whenever it comes out.