New Eclipse AVN 2454 Navigation Double Din Unit sale

by **Jackass-Jeff** » Sun May 23, 2004 8:27 am

Brand new in box from my friend's shop. He has 3 or 4 in stock right now and wants to move them (he ordered 10 originally because he had 6 pre-orders)

Price: $1900 installed (can't be shipped! against eclipse auth. dealer rules)
The retail is $2300 + install

Note: This is an exact copy of the Lexus Navigation System w/ additional features (They made the Lexus touch screen navi). Also, it has 2 drives so you can have your navi dvd in while watching a movie/listening to mp3s

http://www.eclipse-web.com/products/avn/avn_top.htm

The shop is near the 57/60 off on Nogales. Eclipse has a 3 year warranty on their equipment and a 1 year ESN theft protection guarantee (get jacked within 1 year of install and they will replace it for free)

www.caraudiocraftsmen.com

He can also get the other double din units (5.1 surround or hard drive) and cd units for a special price. Just let me know and I'll get you the price

Website · by **ICrazyChrisI** » Sun May 23, 2004 2:27 pm

Theres probably less than 5 people on this forum who would actually pay that kinda money for a great headunit.

by **Astro** » Sun May 23, 2004 4:45 pm

That's awesome. But, Chris is right.

by **indiglosolara** » Sun May 23, 2004 5:09 pm

yup.. thats too much money.. me poorrr!!!

by **HKSV6SLE** » Mon May 24, 2004 2:34 am

if i had that type of money around it would be going towards the down payment on the 05GS

by **Jackass-Jeff** » Mon May 24, 2004 7:43 am

You never know if someone was looking to buy one and didn't find a deal on it =P

I'm still flipping a coin between keeping the CD 8454 or installed the AVN 2454 like I originally planned...

SQ or Nav ...

by **Yanks0114** » Mon May 24, 2004 10:03 am

xRAVExBoIx wrote:
SQ or Nav ...

NAV all the way. One of the best investments I have made

by **WortownSolara** » Mon May 24, 2004 10:50 am

the avn is designed to sound just as good. although there is still ALOT of mark up there

by **Jackass-Jeff** » Mon May 24, 2004 7:32 pm

WortownSolara wrote:the avn is designed to sound just as good. although there is still ALOT of mark up there

I get it at cost

Anyhow, the 8454 has a more advanced EQ system than the AVN/X series

by **WortownSolara** » Tue May 25, 2004 6:23 am

pro =0p CMON USE A PROCESSOR!!!!!!!!! A deck should only be a D to A converter! =0p

by **Jackass-Jeff** » Tue May 25, 2004 7:40 am

WortownSolara wrote:pro =0p CMON USE A PROCESSOR!!!!!!!!! A deck should only be a D to A converter! =0p

do you know anything about that deck?

Digital time alignment, Parametric EQ, Q-Adjustments. Automatic equalizer (yes, tunes itself to a certain degree, then you fine tune to your taste), etc etc.

http://www.eclipse-web.com/products/cd/cd.pdf

Model CD 8454

http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/live_fr ... t_no_7.php

Joshua Ellis reports on one of his finds at CES:

Fujitsu Ten's seems to have something interesting up its' sleeve for its ECLIPSE line of car stereo receivers -- a new technology called E-iSERV which allows the user to capture a "sonic snapshot" of the car via a built-in Memory Stick slot. The user then pops the Memory Stick into a Net-capable system and uploads this snapshot to the Eclipse server, which then uploads audio optimization data into the Memory Stick. The user pops the Memory Stick back into the stereo, which then optimizes its EQ curves to provide, presumably, completely badass car audio. The PR flack I spoke to said that the online interface was completely browser-based and cross-compatible. He also suggested that the subwoofer system would have some inverse wave noise cancellation functions...perfect for canceling out road noise, if that's really what they're doing.

Apparently the technology will debut in Eclipse's CD8454 and CD5444 units, which also, according to the witty little press release before me, can record and play back music files on DUO Memory Sticks. Since the PR flack told another geek at the press conference that the units couldn't record from the FM receiver, I'd guess it allows you to record analog output from the CD head.

http://www.caraudio.com/vb/showthread.p ... pse+cd8454

Re: Good high volt rca's outputs=What headunit to get?

Time to go back the the books guys, some more learning is in your future, no offence intended as I had my share of learning as well. A good high voltage preout, non clipping, low impedence is found in one brand only, Eclipse. A true 8 volt, 55 ohm non clipping preout available in the CD8443 or CD8053 model or the new CD8454. The other brands listed above are all nice brands as well but will all fall short of what the Eclipse will deliver in real world conditions.

The 2nd guy isn't entirely right... there are other brands (rockford fosgate) that have great pre-amp outs... but they still fall short of the features from Eclipse... that's probably why the retail prices show the difference x_X

by **WortownSolara** » Tue May 25, 2004 8:44 am

do i know anything about that i deck................no i havent been selling eclipse for 5 years...............no i havent built 3 iasca pro class cars using eclipse elctronics.........and no they didnt take 2 out 3 years in the pro division for massachusetts..........but thats ok. NO ONE, and i mean NO ONE makes a DECK that sounds better than seperates (D to A converter + a processer) this technology is at least 5 years away. Is it a good deck with good featrues.....Yes it is. But the buck does not and will not stop there.

P.S.
Good choice in radio =0p

by **Jackass-Jeff** » Tue May 25, 2004 8:56 am

WortownSolara wrote:do i know anything about that i deck................no i havent been selling eclipse for 5 years...............no i havent built 3 iasca pro class cars using eclipse elctronics.........and no they didnt take 2 out 3 years in the pro division for massachusetts..........but thats ok. NO ONE, and i mean NO ONE makes a DECK that sounds better than seperates (D to A converter + a processer) this technology is at least 5 years away. Is it a good deck with good featrues.....Yes it is. But the buck does not and will not stop there.

P.S.
Good choice in radio =0p

didn't know your resume =P

Should I get the Navi and get a separate sound processor? (but I don't think the navi has a 8v preamp out x_x)

by **WortownSolara** » Tue May 25, 2004 12:18 pm

its not the 8 volt preout. I jjust want to go on a little segway here--- Looking at the voltage of a pre-out is like looking at MAX POWER on an amp or head unit, the relative value is a b s o l u t a l y USELESS. Its more important to know what impedence the voltage is coming out at. So that being said....Eclipse rules actually. Even the 3000 dollar F1 from Alpine does not have a better preout (it has better signal conversion though) The Avn will have Eclipses 5volt 550ohm preout. I would say that 5 volts at that low of an impedence would be like kenwood having a 13volt preout. not that any amp could handle it. but thats what its like. Its efficiency of the signal, how usable the signal is, and how much distortion it can reject/avoid.

by **WortownSolara** » Tue May 25, 2004 12:22 pm

now about the real question.... 100% of the time..its better to run a seperate processor. In fact the eclipse 30 band EQ2102 is proberly on the "A" tier of product at a reasonable price. I for one am a little moe partial to the Audio Control DQT. Best stuff on the planet........but you will pay for it. Now there were quite of few of older EQT's floating around because alot of us upgraded to DWT's when they became available. But that should get you started. Sorry about being long winded but i dont want to see people make the mistakes i did when i first got into car audio. Spend an extra buck today to save a hundred tommorow.

New Eclipse AVN 2454 Navigation Double Din Unit sale

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