Best CD Tuner for under £200

[Rowland]

As above really.
I quite fancy a new stereo in the MR-S and at a £200 maximum budget.
I'm pretty out of touch with the i.c.e market but it must do the following.


Play CD/CD-R discs
Play MP3 files
Look pretty - Silver finish preferably!

In days of old I was always a big fan of Alpine and Sony head units.
Would this be a bad buy for instance from Halfords?

http://tinyurl.com/dkjgl


Any help, advice or potential super-wuper deals spotted, kindly welcomed.

Cheers!

[michael]

I've just fitted a Pioneer DEH-P1Y in mine, got it from a reliable chap in Hong Kong for just over £200. It's identical to the UK DEH-P80MP but cheaper





Give me a shout if you want his details, otherwise it's about £240 plus P&P here. Cracking unit, I'm really pleased with it.

More pics of mine here:

http://www.megaboost.co.uk/supra/mine/stereo/

[Rowland]

Now THAT looks smart.
I've never really taken to Pioneer equipment for no particular reason. Does it sound as good as it looks?
Nice bit of colour coordination there Mike, you really love blue stuff!
4x60 watts and a remote control too!?

I might well be giving you a shout via email matey, will run it past the g/f as I've just spent a small fortune of late.




PS. You only bought it because it was blue didn't you?

[Tom\'s]

Alpine CDA9831R CD Tuner
i have that once and it was bored, "its was what i think"
but if you like it may be you could give it a try, but i can tell you the function is very normal, and the interface is not so nice comapare to others ...
you could try the panasonic or sony or the kenwood. at the price of 200 you will still get nice stuff mate.

[Jevansio]

I'm after one like this:



Sony M8815X, I only like it because it's totally black when it's switched off

Jay

[Rowland]

I can see the attraction with the completely black look when switched off.
Anything to deter the mindless criminal sorts!

[AM TUNING]

i can recomend the alpine units 100%

i have the very unit your looking at it superb , i have owned untold units in my cars and in the mr2 i pulled out a top off the line jvc and replaced it with this

and as soon as i worked out the time alignment settings WOW

andi

i do like some of the other manafactures units but alpine seems to be the only one that does not have flasy pictures that u get bored off and turn off , also light the car up like chrismas lights

[michael]

Now THAT looks smart.
I've never really taken to Pioneer equipment for no particular reason. Does it sound as good as it looks?

I'm the same, I'd never really considered Pioneer until now but having spent a while looking at stuff that one really caught my eye - it's quite understated thanks to the central control joystick doing the job of loads of buttons. Sound is really good, loads of outputs, heaps of adjustability and stuff - I haven't got around to fitting my Focals as yet but even with 12 year old crap speakers it sounds good, I've heard one on a proper speaker setup and was blown away

Nice bit of colour coordination there Mike, you really love blue stuff!
4x60 watts and a remote control too!?

You can't have blue dash lights and green stereo stuff I've even taken my Origin b2 out because it lights up green - tragic!

4x60 or 4x40 via a switch on the bottom of the unit, remote control for no reason at all, motorised front panel blah blah blah...

I might well be giving you a shout via email matey, will run it past the g/f as I've just spent a small fortune of late.

Feel free sir, he can get all kinds of stuff so let me know what you fancy anyway and I'll get you a price

PS. You only bought it because it was blue didn't you?

I must admit that was a major selling point

[matt*79]

I am also thinking about getting a new headunit. I really want to control my iPOD from the headunit so its a throw up between:

The Alpine £245 with the ipod control box and leads.
http://www.alpine-europe.com/content/cm ... -9853r.jpg

The new pioneer ~£360 with ipod stuff but has bluetooth for mobile calls
http://www.pioneer-eur.com/images/produ ... ilpage.jpg

The pioneer definately looks like the dogs but i think the alpine wins due to price

[G-LimitedGav]

Ahh but the pioneer one hasa bluetooth fone thinggy in it, i wanted one of those a while ago, its lke a car fone!

[ldavies83]

Not the best looking (at all TBH) I've always LURVED the Nakamichi Head Units, you are talking some serious money, however the sound quality is quite literally second to none, its a completely different league!

[Goto10]

I've been looking around at headunits too, pretty much settled upon a Sony CDX-NC9950, has 2 preouts for front/rear and a dedicated sub preout, ideal for what I need and is a decent price. Also has iPod capability with an adapter.

[carlmr2]

go with alpine. anyday of the week. they run forever in my experience

[Gareth Hill]

http://www.imoc.co.uk/forums/viewtopic. ... ht=pioneer

Still for sale !

If you want a photo of it running pm me or tell me how to put one on here lol !

[ff_mark]

I've only ever bought Alpine stuff in the passed, but at the moment this is going to be my next one.

Comes with Bluetooth , so it will interface with your phone and give you hands free =D>

http://www.mcs-direct.co.uk/cgi-bin/ss0 ... &NOLOGIN=1

[ff_mark]

Its only £260 from that link I posted too.

[Tommetalmonkey]

Alpine 9847r does the job nicely for me. Nice sound and plenty of outputs