headunit - anygood?

[drtroy]

Am not sure about this what do you think???

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/4-3-CAR-DVD-P...39:1|66:2|65:12|240:1308&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

 

[The Boosh!]

nearly bought one but decided i wanted my stalk controlls to work with the OEM thing and this doesn't.

other than that looks a nice bit of kit. seller looks ok too from feedback(quick look)

 

[drtroy]

Yeah, just not sure, that gold button looks dodge, I got burnt with ripspeed (it kinda reminds me of it). Just put in a nice set of In Phase XT6CII's, am thinking sub, maybe FLI 12"....... just dunno whether to get a passive boxed sub and get an amp to power the inphase and sub or just get an active sub.... but wanna sort the head unit first....

 

[Skinny]

Tbh i don't really trust stuff that comes over from china. You can get the occasionally good thing but often you'll find the circut boards look more like corn flakes and they seem to go wrong quicker than a nice alpine unit would.....

What do you want your head unit to do?

 

[The Boosh!]

dt troy. if your sticking in sound setups etc then you really want something decent. you get what you pay for and IMO the ebay crap doesn't cut it.

if you want quality stick to alpine/pioneer/becker etc

 

[drtroy]

to be honest maybe not as much as they claim that one does, I was thinking maybe 3 rca outputs, but if I go with the fli sub I prob only need one.

This seemed a decent deal http://www.ripspeed.com/webapp/wcs/...gnClick&intv_id=77566&langId=-1&storeId=10002

Do you know what the standard head unit power is, im just wondering if a 45/50 watt head unit will be alot more better in powering the set of inphase I have.

 

[The Boosh!]

keep away from ripspeed. your asking for trouble lol. not sure on the specifics of the std HU but i noticed that when i bought my alpine the music was alot more clearer and crisp/ it was also a little louder then before

 

[guysy]

I rekon it wouldnt last long. Poor build quality i rekon.

If you can take the risk and think of it as spending 130 and hoping it will last a year or more it might be worth it.

 

[drtroy]

Cheers, that link was to a Alpine iDA-X300HAL, if you order online you get it for £112, instead of £150 !!

And you can pick up from local store (halfords) which is a skank really

 

[The Boosh!]

for 130 quid you can get an alpine 9880R.

awesome HU

 

[Skinny]

he linked an alpine ida x300 http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/alpine-idax300-ipod-cable-p-6473.html

Tbh imo you cant go wrong with alpine, if it has what you need then itl do.

Output wise, 50 watts is a lie. YOu looking at 15-20wrms for the speakers.

 

[drtroy]

Nice one, so really I should be looking at 3 pre-outs and a separate amp, then a passive sub..............to get the potentional out of my speakers

 

[Skinny]

Erm, it depends how much you want to spend, you can run the front speakers well off the head unit, but when u turn the volume up they will distort, if you had an amp, they would be a little louder but the sound quality would be improved.

If you want to run a sub, i'd suggest an amp really, as although you could run the sub off the head unit it would be foolish.