im buying an aftermarket radio [question]

by **poisonspider** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 2:00 pm

I am going to buy a new deck, one that will play mp3's and wma's I need to decide which.

What are the performance specifications of the stock radio. I will buy a radio with slightly better specifications then stock, I just don't want to mistakenly downgrade my sound quality.

If you have any recomendations for my 2001 Solara SLE or you could post pics of your 2001 Solara SLE radio thats cool aswell!

also how many speakers does the 2001 solara SLE have and does it have a sub somewhere? I recently bought it and am getting a little work done to it, so i have not driven it much.

by **SolaraBlue** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 6:51 pm

poisonspider wrote:I am going to buy a new deck, one that will play mp3's and wma's I need to decide which.

What are the performance specifications of the stock radio. I will buy a radio with slightly better specifications then stock, I just don't want to mistakenly downgrade my sound quality.

If you have any recomendations for my 2001 Solara SLE or you could post pics of your 2001 Solara SLE radio thats cool aswell!

also how many speakers does the 2001 solara SLE have and does it have a sub somewhere? I recently bought it and am getting a little work done to it, so i have not driven it much.

ive always been partial to panasonic and pioneer head units/speakers. bose is also very good, and of course, jbl

. the gen 1-1.5 solara has 6 speakers and no sub. someone correct me if im wrong.

by **cRaCkeD oUt** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:19 pm

Pioneer DEH6500 !

by **poisonspider** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:35 pm

I found this http://www.toyota.com/html/tcuv/brochures/01_solara.pdf

under SLE V6 Coupe and Convertible it says

*JBL Premium 3-in-1 AM/FM ETR/Cassette/CD with 200 watts maximum output, 8 speakers in six locations and FM diversity receptionConvertible models add or replace:

i guess thats it then

by **Jaimster** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 12:06 pm

Alpine decks are always nice.

by **Dimik** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:02 pm

cRaCkeD oUt wrote:Pioneer DEH6500 !

DEHP6500^^

Website · by **ICrazyChrisI** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:34 am

Strictly FujitsuTen

Website · by **SpeedSTARs** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 1:27 am

Man you can't go wrong with Pioneer Premiere/ Alpine/ or Eclipse Fuji Ten units.

It depends what you’re looking for. Some units are better than other when you’re trying to retrieve radio signals. Or some are geared towards Pre-AMP signal efficiency and other are just clean with high sound quality as far as DA converts to high quality servos motors that read scratched disc. It’s all about how much you want to spend/ budget. The possibilities are endless. :angel:

by **methyl mike** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 6:12 pm

You guys are nuts, i have clarion touch screen, it will blow anything else out of the water.

by **bassthrive** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:35 am

methyl mike wrote:You guys are nuts, i have clarion touch screen, it will blow anything else out of the water.

Agreed. Clarion, Alpine, Eclipse (fujitsu) sound quality and construction dominates. My Clarion deck makes my old Panasonic MXE look and feel like a flimsy child's toy.

by **Monkeyman** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 2:14 pm

I just switched from a Nakamichi CD-700II to an Eclipse CD-8455. The eclipse is a far better unit. It has GPS, HD radio, 8 Disc changer controls, and Sirius sat radio. It sports 8 volt pre outs (beat that!) with VERY low impedance (so the full signal strength gets to the other end of the wire). Best of all it does everything in the digital domain until the DAC which ties STRAIGHT into the preamp out. That means the THD is very very very low. This head is so clean I was able to remove my Audiocontrol EQT's and just run straight from the head unit.
http://www.eclipse-web.com/cd/cd8455.html

by **Monkeyman** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 2:15 pm

I just switched from a Nakamichi CD-700II to an Eclipse CD-8455. The eclipse is a far better unit. It has GPS, HD radio, 8 Disc changer controls, and Sirius sat radio. It sports 8 volt pre outs (beat that!) with VERY low impedance (so the full signal strength gets to the other end of the wire). Best of all it does everything in the digital domain until the DAC which ties STRAIGHT into the preamp out. That means the THD is very very very low. This head is so clean I was able to remove my Audiocontrol EQT's and just run straight from the head unit.
http://www.eclipse-web.com/cd/cd8455.html

by **JAYDEE23** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 11:42 am

if you are replacing the hu only take my advide and buy an alpine w/ the vdrive amp in it..it will make you stock jbl? system sound very good for a stock system

if you do not have the jbl system i have no idea what is in there?

i have an alpine for sale but i dont want that lessen my advise..trust me the vdrive amps in the alpines are great

also alpine decks are a bit better than pioneer imo in the 100-200 range

ive got a cda-7893 for sale like new with everything for 150

http://ecominet2.alpine-usa.com/pls/adm ... &p_main=10

by **Mandarinsolara** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 11:59 am

yes, i have an alpine cda-9853

it wasnt cheap, but worth every penny

sound is crystal and the unit looks great

by **solaraslev67** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 1:40 pm

i have a kenwood excelon kdc-x889 used for two weeks, comes with everything, remote, face case for 215 +shipping its an awesome head unit!

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