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Thread: A high end hu is great but what do you like best about it |
    
Bronze Member Username: Mrsq
California
Post Number: 47
Registered: May-06
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| Posted on Monday, May 29, 2006 - 05:39 pm: |
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what features do you like the most on a hu? WHAT SATISFIES YOU, mine is sound shaping eq but not all hu has it, share your thoughts |
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Silver Member Username: Thomas_g
NM
Post Number: 800
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Monday, May 29, 2006 - 11:51 pm: |
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The dynamic, power, max, flat, etc. feature. |
Gold Member Username: Illuminator
USA
Post Number: 3046
Registered: Apr-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 11:54 am: |
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Build quality/features ratio.
I would go by build quality alone (which is a given in any head unit with excellent sound quality), but some features I must have like aux input and mp3 playback (my Pioneer DEX-P1R lacks the latter, one of the main reasons I'm not using it right now).
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New member Username: Mvw2
Post Number: 9
Registered: May-06
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| Posted on Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 12:52 pm: |
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Having all the features I'd ever want. I've had limited HUs in the past, decent decks but always limited in features. At some point, you always want more. It's those little things that let you enjoy the HU for many years versus only a 3 months or a year. I find you want to get a deck feature rich enough where you will never long for that little bit more. A HU like this will provide many, many years of happy service, reguardless what what setup you run or what car the HU gets thrown in. |
New member Username: Bobimpact
Post Number: 3
Registered: May-06
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| Posted on Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 04:30 pm: |
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I've always like Alpines for their expandability, HD Radio, SAT Radio, I-Pod, Bluetooth, USB, etc... Add a PXA-H701 for good sound. |
Bronze Member Username: Mrsq
California
Post Number: 49
Registered: May-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 05:14 am: |
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oh ic, good opinions, i say good build quality and supreme sound quality is what most concern me |
Bronze Member Username: Bobimpact
Danbury,
CT
US
Post Number: 22
Registered: May-06
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| Posted on Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 08:46 am: |
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For good sound quality out of the box you can't beat a higher line Clarion. |
Silver Member Username: Killerzracing71
Fredericksburg,
Virginia
United states
Post Number: 837
Registered: Aug-05
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| Posted on Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 10:27 am: |
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visual effects....good display..good GUI (Graphical User Interface)..secuirty...mp3 playback...sum other stuff just has to look cool...an as long as it gives a good signal thats all that matter...i would run a amp anyway |
Bronze Member Username: Mrsq
California
Post Number: 51
Registered: May-06
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| Posted on Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 10:56 am: |
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i say good build quality, features,great display which means variable colors and other stuff ,and offcourse not the least sound q... thanks to the burr brown of clarion,carrozzeria,panasonic |
Gold Member Username: Basshead86
Google is your Friend,
FL
Post Number: 3618
Registered: Aug-05
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| Posted on Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 11:14 am: |
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i gotta have a 24-bit DAC, and at least a 13-band Graphic Eq.
Parametric just don't do it for me anymore. lol
Once i heard the diff. between a reg. CD player and a 24-bit Unit......never again. haha |
Silver Member Username: Mixneffect
Orangevale,
Ca.
USA
Post Number: 946
Registered: Apr-05
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| Posted on Friday, June 02, 2006 - 02:38 am: |
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I can appreciate Matt Walters response, but I am the complete opposite.
I would preffer excellent sound reproduction, but without all the extra garbage features. I hate paying 60-70% more for a stereo just because it has multi-color illumination, clock, bass controlls, fancy smancy pre-set EQ configurations, crossover controlls, motorized flip-down face, loudness,screen savers, text, random, etc...
I just want sound. CLEAN sound. Thats it !!!!!!!!!! |
Silver Member Username: Mixneffect
Orangevale,
Ca.
USA
Post Number: 947
Registered: Apr-05
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| Posted on Friday, June 02, 2006 - 02:42 am: |
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My B&K house amp has an on/off switch. Thats it!
Guess what?
It sounds great!!! |
Bronze Member Username: Mrsq
California
Post Number: 52
Registered: May-06
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| Posted on Friday, June 02, 2006 - 03:08 am: |
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ok if you just want sound and dont care with any of the features, then you don't need a head unit, you just need to go to a disco or any night clubs and just listen to the dj playing music lol.... for reals dawgg |
Silver Member Username: Believe
Illinois
Post Number: 107
Registered: Jun-05
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| Posted on Friday, June 02, 2006 - 08:22 am: |
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features vs controls
i will pass on features for controls
all sound deformations is a control
everything else is a feature
but i dont believe in controls that are very close to the same thing
i was playing with a pioneer at wal mart and it had three different controls that were about the same dumn thing |
Gold Member Username: Rovin
Trinidad & T...
Post Number: 8015
Registered: Jul-05
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| Posted on Friday, June 02, 2006 - 12:49 pm: |
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just get a HU that has it all like when i chose my premier 860 , performance wise it has everything only fault i wish display was a bit brighter in bright daylight & maybe the functions could have been faster 2 access but these r really minors flaws .... |
Silver Member Username: Mixneffect
Orangevale,
Ca.
USA
Post Number: 949
Registered: Apr-05
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| Posted on Friday, June 02, 2006 - 05:29 pm: |
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MRSQ,
I can appreciate music, and sound, but I dislike scrolling through a bunch of buttons to get good sound.
Clean sound is usually found in simple systems. The ideal speaker system is a full range driver that is capable of reproducing the entire spectrum that our human ears can pick up. Unfortunately that isnt the case, but it would be "ideal".
When you start to add more links to the chain, it becomes flimsy and out of controll.
Take a huge corporation Vs a small independent contractor as an example.
When you deal with the main source, you will get better response. If you have to go through all the links/ranks, you will end up with something less than satisfactory.
I guess what I am trying to say is that when you make a copy of a copy and then another copy of the preceding copy and so forth, by the time you get the last copy at the end of the chain, you get something less than satisfactory.
This is who I am. Simple, and true. |
Bronze Member Username: Mrsq
California
Post Number: 54
Registered: May-06
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| Posted on Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 12:31 pm: |
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well those buttons are just options for you to choose from if you dont want to use them its your decision, peace out |
Silver Member Username: Mixneffect
Orangevale,
Ca.
USA
Post Number: 968
Registered: Apr-05
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| Posted on Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 01:09 pm: |
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Ha Ha HA, so true.
I guess I am just relating to the high end stuff that doesnt have all the extra features. Its kinda-like a Rolls Royce. It doesnt have a roof rack, tow hitch, or a ghetto subwoofer box in the trunk. It comes with excellence throughout without all the extra unnecessary garbage.
By the way, I bet Rolls Royce has a state of the art sound system in it. It may not have zappco amps, JL subs, Diamond Audio components, and/or an Ipod, but it has a nice clean sound. |
