Need Head Unit advice

Hi guys.How are you all? I am back with more with more questions and need some proffesional advice. I have got this setup in my little merc(A-class): HU:Sony CDX-M730 Speakers Front: SPR-176A (Alpine) Rear: SPR-694A (Alpine) Sub: SWR-1541D(Alpine) Amplifiers MRD-M300(Alpine),MRV-F340(Alpine) I want to change my head unit(Sony for Alpine one) i am thinking of geting HU with MP3 playback and without internal amplifier because i have 4chanel one MRV-F340(Alpine).I do not want it to be very expensive.(between300-600$) Now my questions: 1.Are Alpine HU good? 2.Does MP3 cd play with the same SQ?IF it's not i do not need HU wich plays MP3 cd. 3.Is it good idea to buy HU without internal amplifier?If it's not good i do need HU without internal amplifier. Can you plz advice me HU from 300 to 600$(a few of them plz)and good reliable website to buy them? Sorry for too many qustions and my bad English.Thank you very much.

i personally think alpine's are one of the best HU's. HU's w/out inernal amps are good becuase it leaves room for bigger capacitors, better tuner, better cd reading etc. MP3 playback quality is pretty good. Probably wouldn't notice a difference between regular cd's. On top of that, HU's w/mp3 playback have better cd reading than HU's w/out mp3 playback. Alpine has a HU for about 400$. It's the one w/blue bottuns. Russ

Thank you DjRDifacs.Are you talking about this HU- CDA-7995?i have seen it on here for 365.00$Is it good web to buy from? Thank you.

No more advices?

Either Nakamichi or Alpine HU are good.Jeff

Velocity Custom Home Theater

Mobile Audio/Video Specialist

Morden, Manitoba CANADA

I'm with DjRDifacs on this one. I have an Alpine HU and will never own a different makers HU. I hear Eclipse HU are just as nice as Alpine if not better. I'm totally pleased with my Alpine HU.

there is some truth and some non truth in the previous statements... Alpine head units are one of the best SQ decks you can buy today...Eclipse hu's are great as well, but IMO not as good as the Naks... it has always seemed to me that non amplified decks are a little cleaner, but I cant back that up or claim it as fact...just my personal experience...I will not use an amplified head unit in my car... when you get to the point of having an ultra SQ system, you will notice the huge decline in sound quality in an mp3 vs a store bought CD...when you get into ultra SQ you will probably even choose to stop playing burnt CDs unless you are very picky about the songs you download and the sources for them...mind you, this is when you REALLY care about SQ and have the ear to pick it out...I will probably never own an mp3 player, because it really bothers me when I can hear flaws in playback/recording...I sometimes burn a CD 5 or 6 times, searching for a better copy of the song...you can never tell off of your computer speakers how that particular copy of the song will sound...so I burn a CD and decide which songs I want to keep and which songs I will have to search for again... that being said, I am very very picky about music and recording quality...others may not be this fanatical about it, but I didnt spend as much money as I have to listen to static, hiss, and other flaws...

Thak you to all you guys!

   to anku About kicker subs, personally i think they not bad for SPL but if you want SQ and do not want to pay a lot i think it's better to go with Alpine's subs(they sound cleaner),obviously there are a lot of different names that are better then Alpine but you told you do not want to spend a lot of money. Sorry for my bad english. But about the rest it's very long story....