Now Need Advice on Head-Unit

[cooladitya007]

some time for cost cutting they do some changes or remove some features.

 

[cooldhaya]

I agree with Cooladithya , the SQ of the new Sony HU is very poor when compared to the older model in my Verna.

 

[Honda_Machine]

After the gestation, which invariably became longer than I thought

Finally have decided to fix my mind to Pioneer 5290SD as it gives the required features (of USB/ IPOD/ 3 preouts) that I need. Just that the Bluetooth is missing. !!

and comes at a price of 9.5k. Is that a good price to pay ?

Do also let me know if below are good enough for the price we pay

[just looked at these as options from Pioneer 5290 SD because it had bluetooth option]
Kenwood KDC-X7013 for 13K ??
Kenwood KDC-X8016BT is worth at 17-18K ??

Is the sound quality of Kenwood any match with Alpine/ Clarion/ Pioneer ? how would you rate all 4 brands in a scale of best to worse in terms of sound quality ?

 

[ilango[speed thirst]]

alpine/clarion

kenwood

pioneer.

 

[cooladitya007]

my dealer quoted me 9k for 5290 no idea about kenwood btw Kenwood KDC-X7013 is much better then pioneer but it also cost more almost 50% more.one more thing my dealer ask me to wait till next week he said prices may going down next week,so if you can just wait for few days.

 

[Honda_Machine]

Thanks Ilango, For the spec I am looking Apline hits out of my budget, planning sticking to Kenwood for now.

@aditya, I am comparing between Kenwood 7016 (14K)/ 7046 BT (13K) and 8016 BT (20K).

So confused as to what to buy. Any idea on the price do you think its reasonable price or costly ?

 

[Honda_Machine]

Might be a little odd to ask for the place of visit. One of my friend is visiting Bangkok, do you think head units will be cheaper to be sourced from there ??

 

[Honda_Machine]

Kenwood 8016 BT priced at 20K and JVC KD - R816 priced at 13K both almost have the same features.

3 Pre outs/ 4V output, IPOD/ USB/ Bluetooth, in addition JVC has a double parallel USB (you can connect IPOD and USB in parallel unlike Kenwood or any other brand). but a little skeptical about the audio (voice/ frequency and bass) output in JVC.

any suggestions ?

 

[Zinam]

I would advice to stick with Kenwood since they are great in SQ.

JVC is cheaper & always been a favourite option for cabbies. It has everything at very low cost. You can't expect the same SQ from JVC.

 

[cooladitya007]

if you have a budget of 20k then why dont you look at PIONEER AVH-3250DVD???
and if you want to go for kenwood then go for KDC-X7013U its a VFM HU.
dont go for jvc choose something from kenwood or pioneer.

 

[Honda_Machine]

Hey Aditya,

KDC-X7013U has the same features as a 8016BT, don't know if that's a replacement or region specific model name/number. The model name that you have mentioned is more specific to Singapore region and the one I mentioned is India specific.

8016BT closed to about 20K. I dint look at Pioneer as people unanimously told that If i was looking at Sound Quality/Clarity as the first and foremost criteria then I should have Pioneer at the last (Alpine/ Kenwood/ JVC and then Pioneer). Though JVC scores over and Pioneer marginally. Pioneer Boost's up frequency rather than giving the exact quality. So its more of the thump & beat which i wasn't much interested.

 

[cooladitya007]

KDC-X7013U cost approx 12-13k its a last year model i am not able to find this HU in kolkata, if you are just looking for sound quality then go for Alpine its one of the best SQ HU available in india.

 

[cooladitya007]

Is alpine x303 a good HU?i know its not a cd player,its a media player.but what about SQ?
my 1st option is pioneer 5290.

 

[cooladitya007]

can someone please tell me what is the diffrence between pio 5290 and 7250 in term of SQ and features?

 

[raj_5004]

strange! the only difference i could spot is that the 7250 has a music browser.