Great Unit. Great Sound.
Written: Jun 04 '05
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Pros: Good SQ, Great look, Sharp display, Spectrum analyzers. The Pros are endless.
Cons: A bit hard to figure out at first. Not a con really.
The Bottom Line: I would recommend this to anybody who wants an excellent looking, as well as excellent sounding head unit.
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| nightshad0w's Full Review: Pioneer DEH-P9400MP Car CD/ MP3 Player |
First off, I upgraded from an old pioneer deh-14 to this. Huge upgrade, but might as well do it right. The speakers I am pushing right now, are older Jbl Grand touring series 2-way's, and a pair of cheap tweeters. What I did was put the unit in network mode, and set it up so that it is acting as a crossover for the speakers. Now my 2-ways, are acting as straight mid-woofers, and the tweeters are pushing nothing but crisp clear highs. I Love the BBE sound enhancement, Always a choice of the pro's.
The difference in sound quality between this head, and my older (deh-14) is absolutely insane, to put it bluntly. I now have a set of Jbl C508GTi's (5 1/4" Components) but I am forcing myself to wait to install them, So that I can build them into speaker pods. All and all I'd say this head unit would probably put alot of the newer unit's to shame, including some of it's own kind. I am very pleased with it's performance and would recommend it to anyone, who appreciates music for what it is.
I must say that at first, during the install, as I was just listening to it for the first time, in a state of amazement, I was watching one of the cool spectrum analyzer displays, and the screen turned white. When I touched a button it went away. I became very annoyed, Thinking the unit was defective, But then after further reading of the manual, figured out that it was reverse mode. Reverse mode is a demo that causes all the screen indicators to reverse. I promptly turned it off.
I will say that it is a bit confusing to use at first, But I have quickly become accustomed to it's commands, and it is very fun to go through, and learn about everything that this unit does, and all the enhancement it pushes as far as SQ. This is a top end unit, It is my favorite yet.
I could not be happier with this head unit, Though I did buy it used, (8 months) I just look at as Burned in. Anybody thinking about buying one, should definetly do so, because I think you will be as satisfied as I am.
Recommended:
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Amount Paid (US$): 260
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