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ironmaiden
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Age : 40
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: Mobile, AL
|  Subject: /////Alpine or Clarion  Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:52 am | |
| I have owned /////Alpine cd and dvd players for a long time now, I am thinking about switching to Clarion. Which in your opinion is the better player from a sq standpoint as well as reliability
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jayhawkblk
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Age : 31
Joined : 28 Jun 2007
Posts : 113
: Jayhawk Country
| | Subject: Re: /////Alpine or Clarion Wed Apr 09, 2008 7:41 am | |
| | That is subjective. All depends on the models that you are considering. I would say The Alpine has the edge unless you put the DRZ in the mix. But dont over look the Eclipse MKII 7200 that is a beast of a HU. |
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Crush
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Age : 39
Joined : 10 Sep 2007
Posts : 136
: Effingham, IL
| | Subject: Re: /////Alpine or Clarion Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:03 am | |
| ive sold them all at one point or the other but alpine just has the right feel to them and from reliability well alpine and kenwood are the only two we stock now and kenwoods are for a cheaper price point. excelon's are nice but like all the others too hard to operate.
sq well for some reason manufactures could care less about it.
like the old saying " once you go alpine - you don't go back "
i too am dissappointed in alpine's slide to the cheap side.
it was even 10 yrs ago they were saying that they could keep up with demand and that was ok . they didn't need to be #1 in market share. but that is all they have tried to do. circuit city, best buy, internet whoreing ( 2007 award for stopping it - hahahaha). each year i see products degrade across the board. no one tries to build the best anymore it is a race to see can build the cheapest.
pretty early in the morning for the soap box, huh |
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jayhawkblk
Novice Contributor
Age : 31
Joined : 28 Jun 2007
Posts : 113
: Jayhawk Country
| | Subject: Re: /////Alpine or Clarion Wed Apr 09, 2008 2:48 pm | |
| | That is why I recommended the DRZ or the CD7200 both dead units copper body better built transports and upgraded DAC's |
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ironmaiden
Novice Contributor
Age : 40
Joined : 25 Jun 2007
Posts : 205
: Mobile, AL
| | Subject: Re: /////Alpine or Clarion Tue May 13, 2008 5:24 am | |
| | Crush wrote: | ive sold them all at one point or the other but alpine just has the right feel to them and from reliability well alpine and kenwood are the only two we stock now and kenwoods are for a cheaper price point. excelon's are nice but like all the others too hard to operate.
sq well for some reason manufactures could care less about it.
like the old saying " once you go alpine - you don't go back "
i too am dissappointed in alpine's slide to the cheap side.
it was even 10 yrs ago they were saying that they could keep up with demand and that was ok . they didn't need to be #1 in market share. but that is all they have tried to do. circuit city, best buy, internet whoreing ( 2007 award for stopping it - hahahaha). each year i see products degrade across the board. no one tries to build the best anymore it is a race to see can build the cheapest.
pretty early in the morning for the soap box, huh |
I agree /////Alpine has fallen off. I have the /////Alpine dva 105 and dva 9861. I like both, but they are not the units that my cda 9815 is. Motorized and a awesome time correction. We have just picked up Eclipse and I love the 7200. Only problem is we also carry clarion. I hate the slide face on the DXZ USB 785, but the unit is awesome in every way.
The drz 9255 is incredible, however if the 7200 is half the unit the 9255 is at half the price  then the 7200 gets more and more interesting
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TEAM S.P.E.A.D.
1999 GMC YUKON
/////Alpine
Focal
Audison
JL
220 amp Stinger Alternator and wiring
2 Stinger 1500 batteries
/////Alpine / Arc ks300.2 x 2/ OZ Matrix elites 6.5 x2/
Arc ks1000.1/ Arc FD10D2D X2/ Optima yellow top/
Kicker wiring/ Chevy S10 |
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Matt_Sibley
Pro Contributor
Age : 22
Joined : 25 Jun 2007
Posts : 529
: Baton Rouge, LA
| | Subject: Re: /////Alpine or Clarion Tue May 13, 2008 10:18 am | |
| Talk to your clarion rep Kevon. They will usually work something out for you on the 9255. Makes it a bit more reasonably priced if the price is still the same as I remember!
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redhanded
Novice Contributor
Joined : 28 Jan 2008
Posts : 77
| | Subject: Re: /////Alpine or Clarion Fri May 23, 2008 3:13 pm | |
| | 9255 has worked well for me |
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tijuana_no
Novice Contributor
Age : 45
Joined : 12 Sep 2007
Posts : 178
| | Subject: Re: /////Alpine or Clarion Fri May 23, 2008 11:18 pm | |
| ALPINE 7949 ,IF YOU CAN FIND ONE , SIMPLE BUT GREAT.
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jsketoe
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Joined : 23 Jun 2007
Posts : 432
| | Subject: Re: /////Alpine or Clarion Sat May 24, 2008 4:46 pm | |
| I'd love to find another 7949 to be honest.
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tijuana_no
Novice Contributor
Age : 45
Joined : 12 Sep 2007
Posts : 178
| | Subject: Re: /////Alpine or Clarion Sun May 25, 2008 12:29 am | |
| | jsketoe wrote: | | I'd love to find another 7949 to be honest. |
I have one in great shape no scratches in the face. i am even tempted to replace the c-90 for it.
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