Getting a new deck soon. what do you guys have, whats good whats bad...pix?

 

I like alpine personally. Been installing them for over 10 yrs now and always been impressed with the performance.

 

Great: High level eclipse, mcintosh, denon, nakamichi, the old rockfrod fosgate that was a rebadged denon

Good: Alpine, clarion, middle/lower level eclipse, high level sony, panasonic, pioneer

Bad: most sony, lanzar, pyle, dual, jvc

 

+1 Except the higher Arsenal series from JVC is more in the good range in my opinion. I recommend Eclipse more than anything though. The McIntosh, Denon are going to be harder to find, and very expensive.

 

+1 on alpine's. Bang for the buck theyre the best decks out there. Rugged, good looking, LOTS of features, more tuning options than most people know what to do with. Did I mention theyre durable, I had a 1 **** tape deck that I bought in 1992 that I just retired last year, and that was only because the paint finally wore off of the buttons.
-P.

 

always had great luck with pioneer (upper end). and very user friendly

 

Does anyone know what this guy's budget is?

 

Nope

 

alpine and pioneer blow away the competition IMO

 

Do you have experience using any other brands.