Favorite SQ decks...

Nakamichi = Nak... and you probably do have Nak if you look around... the European market doesnt seem to have near as much Japanese products in it as we get over here...you guys have alot more of your own stuff over there...

Although I'm still far from having the $'s to get a new HU, any thoughts on the Alpine 7995, 9815, or 7998? I have to admit, the 7990 is a very clean looking unit, but I can't justify $3000 for a headunit! That is of course anyone wants to front a loan Squirrel

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While we are on the topic of MP3 players. I need a new head unit but I think I am going to opt out of the MP3 format. When I first started shopping for a new head unit I was shocked to find out that on most players you have to rifle through the numbered tracks to find the one you want. I think manufacturers need to put more time into MP3 recievers and come with a good interface. They need to supply a display that you can scroll through the file names, I would say about ten files at a time. Finding a track in 160 files isnt easy work, by the time you do you are already at your destination. Any thoughts

I'm very pleased with my Clarion Pro Audio HX-D10.

McIntosh would seriously kick ass. They've taken the sinfully precise accuracy of their home hi-fi and smooshed it into sexy lil' trunk (and dash) size packets. Survey sez...... TUBE AMPS!!!!!!!!!  Yeah buddy!!! But..... until i find that stray suitcase with a cool million in it i'll make do with my Clarion 9575z. Say, since were on SQ.... what about amps?  Whats the thoughts on Xtant? (I work for an MTX dealer and we can pick-and-piece Xtant stuff....thinking bout gettin one).Mitchell Whitney, Installer/technician

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first of all, the Macs are Clarion decks...built by Clarion to Macs specs...the Mac MX406 and the Clarion 9255 are the same deck inside...they even look alot alike on the outside... secondly, the 9575 isnt a bad deck at all...when my friend and I were conducting an audio experiment, we tried quickly interchanging my Clarion for his Nak 45Z and to be honest, there wasnt much of a difference...not that I could tell...I was quite happy that my deck had just as strong of preamp as his Nak... and as far as Xtant amps go, they are fairly nice amps...I used a 302A once long ago and it sounded pretty nice in my car...however, I have had some problems with the X1001...like their inability to sustain a 1 ohm load (like they were claimed to) and how much they cost for what they are...but all in all, if you buy their class a/b amps, you wont be doing yourself any disservice... take a peek at the Xtant Hex12 subs if you can pick and piece their stuff...they are a very nice sounding sub and they hit pretty hard too...I wouldnt be surprised to see over 150db in the right box...that is my goal right now with a pair of the Hex 12s...been playing with different boxes recently, but I have heard of a guy hitting 152 in a 3.5 cube ported box (for 2) tuned to 28Hz...we will see I guess... if it doesnt do well, I guess I will hafta break out the Stroker18 again and go scare some more people

ok since oppinions are like a"" holes... im going for the oldschool PREMIER P1R ( CIRCA 1998)the p1r had the standard hi mid and bass or the professional mode .. god that deck was a pain but if u tweaked it right there wasnt anything that could outperform it in sq.. fully adjustable from 20 hz to 25000 with sweeps and phase that took a master mecp installer hours to perect.. IF ANY ONE HAS ONE IN GOOD SHAPE EMAIL ME BUMPNDANIGHT@YAHOO.COM

just like u said bump, opinions are like assh0les... and there is a common opinion that the P1R can be far outperformed by many decks available to the market today...even Pioneers old ODR system had superior SQ, as well as Sonys XES and Clarions ADCS system... the P1R was a nice deck, but I dont think it ranks in my top 10 even as far as SQ goes...