alpine or pioneer, double din receivers

go and buy an AM/FM casset made by audiovox, then send me the difference so I can finish my system....lol

considering all the reviews on the Pioneer F900BT, stay away from it.  I even got a few reveiws e-mailed to me from my area reps and they all said the same thing.  Considering my last few posts about Pioneer, one might say I hate the brand.  I actually like the brand, I like the looks, but this last year's crop of head-units from them have been absolute @!#$.

Go with the Alpine 205 and add the blackbird.

However, since I'm an Eclipse dealer, buy the AVN-6620BT. 

You can send me your 9885 when you get a replacement!

I vote (to stay away from) Pioneer.

I would stay away from the Pioneer, especially if you're using external amps.   The Pioneer only has 2V preouts while the Eclipse has 5V, plus the sound of the Eclipse will blow away the Pioneer.  If you're using the an iPod, you'll appreciate it.  The iPod interface on the eclipse isn't as flashy as the Pioneer, but it works without being awkward, and they put the effort in that Eclipse where it counts.

-that AVICf900 takes about a week to boot up each time you start the car.

-the Eclipse has a larger screen

I might think of more later, I'm a CCer too, btw.  If you can get the Z2, the hard drive is nice, just make sure you get the firmware update to fix the startup glitches they've had.

The two main things I love about the Eclipse AVN-6620, is the ease of use with an iPod, and that it has two disc drives.  One drive is for your CD's and DVD's, while the other is dedicated to your Nav discs.  You never have to pull your nav disc out, so it almost acts like an internal hard-drive navigation.