shoeish

I'm looking for a Single DIN (normal height) in dash Mp3 cdplayer for my car. I have been an Alpine kind of guy, but their's is $750!!! I would like it to be somewhat high end and not all bright, flashey and visually bright like a lot of new cd-players are. i.e. no dolphins jumping around, colors inverting, blah blah as my music plays.

I am just looking for suggestions and recommendations.

Thanks,
Shoe

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shoeish

Something I found:
Rockford Fosgate RFX9300
Here

aglio412

i think this is a repost...but i'll leave it up to the repost police to figure it out...anyway

i have the JVC KD-SH99 and i absolutely love it:

http://www.jvc.com/product.jsp?modelId=MODL026395

i think i paid $309 for it, search on mysimon.com

it sounds amazing...especially with regular cds...has a 24bit DAC, remarkable sound.

pennypinch

Sorry to say, I think you're SOL if you're going to try and skip the jumping dolphins, fighter jets, or wheel of fortune. That said, I have yet to be real impressed with the in dash MP3 players out there. They all have information problems. My buddy has the Alpine deck, and it doesn't even tell you what the folder names are (either that, or it's so unintuitive that he can't figure out how to get the thing to do it). He basically has to memorize what's on the disk in order to find a song.

I dunno. That's my experience with in dash's. I hope someone proves me wrong. My solution's going to be just a laptop, an inertial mouse, and my LCD display. I think it would be a lot easier to use.

aglio412

the jvc does a good job with information display...even gives you tips in the manual on folder/song naming. can skip through the disc by folder or by song.

and for under 350, it's a good buy until something better comes along.

but, if you have the know-how and time...a laptop, lcd and some internal mouse action would own. i took the easy way out...

IrishSS

What ever you do, DONT get the Aiwa... Ive heard nothing but bad stuff bout it.

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shoeish

I played with the low end Rockford 9000 today at one of the local dealers. Very nice. I found the 9300 for $290 shipped, so I'm going to have to go for that.

Thanks people.

Shoe

helius

I rather liked my Kenwood MP8017, before it was stolen. Got it for ~$250 (S/H included) on the web. The functions/displays are not exactly intuitive, but I don't have any complaints.

SpeedEng

try ubid

http://www.ubid.com/cat/get_cat_page.asp?CatID=1016