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Master Asylum

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Posted: December 20, 2004 at 8:22 AM / IP Logged

Ok... I'm new but I believe I have some decent experience with a couple products here...

WHO THE HECK PUTS CAR AUDIO IN A WINDSTAR? You are driving a van, you do not need bass, you need to get a nicer car. Now if you are using that van for space(kids are only good reason, otherwise SUV/Truck) then you REALLY don't need bass, you need to be able to hear stuff around you, and kids make that hard enough. [/endrant]

Sry, just something that annoys me, a lot. Anyways... I love my Pioneer head units, held up very well and the high end (8600) Pioneer HU is freaking beautiful in looks and sound. The HU is a toss up on preference really, try both, see which you think better fits you, though I personally feel that Pioneer seems to do a really good job on surround sound effect. And well, I love that.

I've had Pioneer 6x9, pretty decent. I like my Rockfords more though.

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I have some kenwood 6x9s in the back of my car that i picked up for $20 a a flea market. I have them hooked up to my power acoustik amp, and I have them blasting since they are the only amped speakers in my car for now. They are holding up quite well. I see tons of pioneer HUs, and most of my friends have them. I have never heard a complaint from any of them.

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Posted: December 20, 2004 at 12:53 PM / IP Logged

HU- Both are good, but I would take a kenwood.

Subs- I hate pioneer's subs, I had 3 of the premier nickel 12 and I swear it wouldn't hit 130 running off a Alpine MRV1505.

Amps- I have never been impressed by pioneer's amplifiers, in fact I smoked 2 brand new out of the box putting them into a demo board. Kenwoods have always been good and very rarely have had problems with them. I miss my old kenwood P100.

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Posted: December 20, 2004 at 4:34 PM / IP Logged

uthinkuknoaudio would say Nakamichi... and then nothing else even remotely directed to the question.

Personally, I think the Pioneer gear, especially their higher end stuff, is better across the board - I would chose that over pretty much anything Kenwood...

I am an Eclipse guy tho' Pioneer vs Kenwood - Page 3 -- posted image.

It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

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Posted: December 21, 2004 at 4:03 PM / IP Logged

Master Asylum wrote:

Sry, just something that annoys me, a lot.

I don't think anyone is committing a crime by putting a little money into their audio system, even if they are driving a minivan. I know a van is more of a 'practical' vehicle, but this is also a very practical system. Obviously, as a responsible parent, they (or any parent) are not going to crank music if they're driving with their kids. But clearly your kids aren't always in the car with you.

I hope that when I get to the point of having a family and kids that I will still be interested in audio, and that not settling for factory car audio won't be something that will "annoy" people.

I know this person quite well, and if they had the money to afford several cars, I would agree with you that they should be putting subs into "a nicer car", but you really jumped to conclusions when I commented about this van. Because someone has a certain vehicle doesn't mean that they "REALLY don't need bass" or even that they really do, I think you were off base on this judgement.

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Posted: December 21, 2004 at 5:34 PM / IP Logged

dragonrage wrote:

HU: Pioneer is a bit better

Amp: Both suck

Speakers: Both suck

Subs: Both suck

rofl, i totally agree! pioneer is a great H U , but they both suck in all other feilds. pio, amps are garbage and kenwoods have ground issues. for midsand highs kenwwod speakers have sceechers, and pioneer has way too low frequency response.

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