Name Brand Question(s)

[sdmf]

my personal choice would be panasonic or clarion, but if you want other brands that are good as well i would go for pioneer, alpine or eclipse. pioneer would give you the best bang for the buck since they are cheap with lots of features. thats just my opinion

[nsmitchell]

Originally Posted by sdmf

my personal choice would be panasonic or clarion, but if you want other brands that are good as well i would go for pioneer, alpine or eclipse. pioneer would give you the best bang for the buck since they are cheap with lots of features. thats just my opinion

Panasonic is the king of quality sound in cars nowadays. The simple fact is they use digital amps in some of their head units and they sound unbelievably perfect when matched with some nice speakers (Panasonic CJ-DA1633 at $35.00/pair). The Panasonic CQ-C8803U is sweet! http://www.crutchfield.com/S-sGxMJNR...i=133C8803#Tab Make sure to read all 22 reviews. For sound quality this is it.

It won't make your ears bleed at 70WX4, but it will sound amazing up to a very hight listening level. Plus it has surround sound. Cool as hell!

Here is a link to the speakers too: http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs...00000000005702

I owned an earlier model Panasonic with digital amp and Panasonic speakers with the discreet edge design, and a lot of folks said it was the best car system they had heard in terms of quality sound. It wont win a pump it up contest but for day to day amazing sound that people will notice, the Pannys have it.

[nauc]

the best sq decks are alpine, eclipse and pioneer and their entry decks aren't much more than sonys, pans, etc and dont degrade in sq much compared to their <$1000 decks

stay away from Dual, Pyle or any Pep Boys/RadioShack stuff