What's the best head unit out for under $500? I have a Pioneer, had it 3 years, but it died. Need a new one.

1 have had an eclipse cd player for 3 years and i love it it is the nices one i have had as of yet. clean sound and easy controls with a clear display mine was $520 when i bought it but you can get the some one for like 450 if you dont want the comander hook ups

Yeah, Eclipse are nice...or like I said in the other forum.....

ALPINE ALPINE ALPINE

I would go panasonic they have some really nice units with high volt preamp outs and nice display's for cheap. I think I saw a real nice one for 350-400 in crutchfield. I've had my panisonic for years never skipped once and the sound is great.

panasonic will go perfectly with your much-loved blue/silver scheme :) and they are great units. Not as much bells and whistles as pioneers usually have but you can get a good one for like $250 and spend the rest on dsp or cd changer or anything else.




"real men don't ride stick"

i just bought the new touch screen panasonic at is fucking bad ass. total touch screen with sub out, aux in, great for the tv.paid $329

the ghost. I thought about this one panasonic mp3 player, but I got the newest sony flip down face with remote. It's a black face with graphics going all crazy while up, an when u touch a button on the remote, it flips down. It is silver with a blue lit bubble in the center. I really like it. Sounds a lot better than my old pioneer. More of a crisp sound and easier to adjust for better sound quality. It has subwoofer volume control, etc.