ICE ICE Baby!
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ICE ICE Baby!
Just me or is it you lot as well?ICE you see now ,just don't seem,to be as good a quilty as it use to be ,plastic looks very cheap,Sony was so good! and high on my list, but i feel its lost the plot!
Pioneer seems better or Kenwood,we have a Alpine in the shogon but not over inpressed with it!
JVC as got a new one on the market with a 3" screen plays DVD's but
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Not just you!!
I got the new alpine in my S a couple of months ago and what a let down, totally not well thought out, hard to see screen with the roof down because of the 'REVOLUTIONARY' white light system!!!
And half the time it doesn't recognise my ipod if I leave it plugged in!!!
In my last car I had Three Kenwood tvs over four years and the quality and set up in the first one was excellent, hence buying the new one, which was ok but wasnt fully mechanised and had less features(yet dearer???) and the third one I bought f**cked up so many times I only kept it for three months! There isn't enough going into R+D and there just turning out too many new models to get high sales!! All downhill at the minute
I got the new alpine in my S a couple of months ago and what a let down, totally not well thought out, hard to see screen with the roof down because of the 'REVOLUTIONARY' white light system!!!
And half the time it doesn't recognise my ipod if I leave it plugged in!!!In my last car I had Three Kenwood tvs over four years and the quality and set up in the first one was excellent, hence buying the new one, which was ok but wasnt fully mechanised and had less features(yet dearer???) and the third one I bought f**cked up so many times I only kept it for three months! There isn't enough going into R+D and there just turning out too many new models to get high sales!! All downhill at the minute
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I've heard the sound quality of the Blaupunkt is very so-so, but not heard it myself. I would not criticise an Alpine HU connected up to Oem speakers etc. There is no objective comparison between a different HU in a completely different car with different speakers.
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Bit of a stutter there Craig 
The modern HU's have far more going on with them - a trizillion buttons and functions. Load more moving parts all in the same space of the old head units. So they are a lot more flimsy. Sound quality is a lot better though!
I'm very happy with my Alpine no issues! Very good sound quality though it is amped, good build quailty because it is not an overly complicated HU.
The modern HU's have far more going on with them - a trizillion buttons and functions. Load more moving parts all in the same space of the old head units. So they are a lot more flimsy. Sound quality is a lot better though!
I'm very happy with my Alpine no issues! Very good sound quality though it is amped, good build quailty because it is not an overly complicated HU.
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[QUOTE=s2000silvervtec,Sep 24 2005, 05:47 PM] Just me or is it you lot as well?
ICE you see now ,just don't seem,to be as good a quilty as it use to be ,plastic looks very cheap,Sony was so good! and high on my list, but i feel its lost the plot!
Pioneer seems better or Kenwood,we have a Alpine in the shogon but not over inpressed with it!
JVC as got a new one on the market with a 3" screen plays DVD's but
Just me or is it you lot as well?ICE you see now ,just don't seem,to be as good a quilty as it use to be ,plastic looks very cheap,Sony was so good! and high on my list, but i feel its lost the plot!
Pioneer seems better or Kenwood,we have a Alpine in the shogon but not over inpressed with it!
JVC as got a new one on the market with a 3" screen plays DVD's but
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From: Worcester St John's
JVC kdavx1 looks like it is a great bit of kit!!Lots of really good reviews,one site there is a, 5 people who give it top marks.5out of 5
I seen this when it first came out, in Halfords thought it looked
was not sure on sound !Buit all appears good!Would like it ,if it fits!Also you can fit a camera to it !!Now thast sounds good fun!under body car shots!as you move