Hello, /o/
My car has an empty void where the radio should be. I've never had to buy a car stereo and would appreciate some advice.
I'd like something cheap but reliable, modern enough to have an aux input. Any recommendations on brands or websites i should have a look at?
thanks
Get something with bluetooth. It's real nice if you have a smartphone, well worth the price. I have a pioneer but it looks a bit chintzy in my opinion. There are some nice looking heavy duty head units (look for truck stereoswith all the functionality you could want, they're just pretty expensive. Jensen is a brand I remember.
If you're going to own the car over a year or plan on DD'ing it, just get a 150$ Pioneer DEH-X5*** series with BlueTooth audio+handsfree, AUX, USB or enjoy fucking with the AUX-cable all the time.
Seriously, don't cheap out on something like this, a 30$ HU is going to drive you nuts when you can just get something nice for a little extra.
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>>15409786
>>15409757
Pioneer, kenwood, sony. Those are brands that have stood the test of time. But small time developers could be a good bet. Do your research and spend more than $40 on a nice head unit
Anyways bought decent items from sonicelectronix
>>15409757
why the fuck would buy a car without a radio? it's probably beat to shit in other ways if it doesn't have one.
>>15409990
Could be one where it has a removable hu from factory. During the hoodlum times of radio stealing.
>>15410046
then he should've bought a clean example that had never been broken into.
>>15409990
I bought the car from a friend who kept the radio she bought herself to put in her new car. I assume the previous was old and got trashed
Thanks for the responses guys
>>15410124
No, like you can remove the hu to make the radio "useless"
I've always used JVC head units for cheaper/good enough, but the CD drive mechanisms tend to glitch out pretty quick. If you get one with USB and load all your music onto a flash drive you'll never go back to CDs anyway. Never had a problem with AUX ports on them and a lot of them have a second port on the back so you can run a jack to it behind the dash to hide the cable.
I haven't had good luck with Pioneer. On one of them I bought new the AUX input was full of static and otherwise sounded awful, I ended up sending it back. The more expensive one in my new car when I bought it sounded okay at best even after playing with the EQ settings for days, and sorted the music on my flash drive in a nonsensical way that I never did figure out before I replaced it.
I have an Alpine in there now and after dicking with the EQ it's damn good, but I spent ~$150 on it.
>>15409757
>>15410200
Sound advice, thanks!
>>15410330
Can't see filename on mobile... What id it?
>>15409757
Kenwood
>>15411210
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>>15409827
Not bad
