Old School Question
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Forum Name: Car Audio
Forum Discription: Car Stereos, Amplifiers, Crossovers, Processors, Speakers, Subwoofers, etc.
URL: https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp?tid=39900
Printed Date: May 09, 2024 at 10:23 AM
Topic: Old School Question
Posted By: Tcole
Subject: Old School Question
Date Posted: September 28, 2004 at 8:47 AM
I use to own a Denon CD head unit(I cant remember the model #), and I must say it was the best head unit I have ever had.
Does anyone know if Denon still makes head units?
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Posted By: Ravendarat
Date Posted: September 28, 2004 at 9:40 AM
Ya they do and they are pretty damn awsome, but also quite expensive. They have managed to keep a classy look in the world of flashing lights and jumping dolphins.
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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: September 28, 2004 at 9:54 AM
Denon car audio is not currently sold directly in the US, but they make some of the high-end Rockford branded head units, and the next generation McIntosh heads are being built by Denon. ------------- Support the12volt.com
Posted By: Francious70
Date Posted: September 28, 2004 at 10:34 AM
Yes, Frank did want to go to KFC after getting drunk again for the first time in a few years...
Wait, what was the question??
As for Denon, I think all the do here in the US now under their own name is Home Recievers. But I could be wrong.
Paul
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Posted By: aggie altima
Date Posted: September 28, 2004 at 4:28 PM
SoundDomain.com carries the Denon-made Rockford head unit, just in case you wanted to check it out. ------------- Jon Don't like rockford subs? Then don't look at my car =)
Posted By: thapimpfromchi
Date Posted: September 29, 2004 at 12:46 AM
hold on, let me get this strait, denon makes RF, but RF makes MB Quartz? thats pretty f'd up.
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Posted By: Steven Kephart
Date Posted: September 29, 2004 at 2:24 AM
DYohn] wrote:
enon car audio is not currently sold directly in the US, but they make some of the high-end Rockford branded head units, and the next generation McIntosh heads are being built by Denon.
I thought Clarion made McIntosh car products. I remember being told that, but then that was several years ago. I remember they sort of resembled each other. But then keeping track of who owns who now is tough. Steven Kephart Adire Audio -------------
Posted By: stevdart
Date Posted: September 29, 2004 at 7:11 AM
Thanks for the show n tell link on that, Aggie. That is a sweet head unit.
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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: September 29, 2004 at 8:21 AM
Steven Kephart wrote:
I thought Clarion made McIntosh car products. I remember being told that, but then that was several years ago. I remember they sort of resembled each other.But then keeping track of who owns who now is tough.
Indeed it is. Clarion owned McIntosh from 1990 until 2003. All the Mc head units so far available were built by Clarion (McIntosh amps were and are made by McIntosh.) DMC (Denon/Marantz) purchased McIntosh in 2003. The new McIntosh head units are due out early next year and are being co-developed with Denon. Should be pretty nice. ------------- Support the12volt.com
Posted By: Francious70
Date Posted: September 29, 2004 at 8:52 AM
And then everyone else is owned by Harmon-Kardon.  Well, just about everyone else.
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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: September 29, 2004 at 10:04 AM
thapimpfromchi wrote:
hold on, let me get this strait, denon makes RF, but RF makes MB Quartz? thats pretty f'd up.
RF re-packaged two Denon head units and sold them as their RFX8240 and RFX8250 Platinum models. The majority of Rockford's heads are made by the same companies in Japan and Taiwan who make a lot of other heads. The MB Quart head units that are available are repackaged RF heads. MB Quart loudspeakers are not related to Rockford loudspeakers - at least not yet. Maybe MBQ technology will eventually show up in RF branded loudspeakers, but they sell in two entirely different price point categories. It's not f'd up, it's how the world works! ------------- Support the12volt.com
Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: September 29, 2004 at 1:21 PM
Who's on third?
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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: September 29, 2004 at 2:47 PM
Actually I just found out that third base has changed too. RF (and MBQ) heads are now manufactured by Hyundai in Korea, not by Audiovox in Taiwan at all like they used to be. The world it keeps on-a-changin! ------------- Support the12volt.com
Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: September 29, 2004 at 2:49 PM
That's old news, for me anyways. Guess what other line comes out of a Hyundai factory.
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Posted By: Rushman
Date Posted: September 29, 2004 at 5:32 PM
Clarion..........McKintosch..........Denon..............Harmon Kardon.........Rockford......Who knows which is which anymore? I remember in the 70s when I found out Kansas , Boston , Styx , and Journey were all the same group in disquise. I'll stick with my Kenwood.
Posted By: delphidoc
Date Posted: September 30, 2004 at 6:02 AM
Rushman wrote:
I remember in the 70s when I found out Kansas , Boston , Styx , and Journey were all the same group in disquise.
Figures.  -------------
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