I am far from an audio expert but have narrowed my choices down to three particular items. Now from what I think I know, and please correct me if I am wrong, out of the three decks that I am interested in buying Pioneer is the best followed by Clarion and then JVC. The decks are Pioneer DEH-P6900UB, Clarion DXZ-865MP and JVC-KD-AVX11. All are around the same price but the JVC plays DVD's on a 2.7 inch sreen - small but cool. Would love opinions on which you experts would go with. Thanks.

if your looking for a good overall unit get the pioneer...4 volt rca's, USB , ipod connection, aux input, 22 watts rms if your not using an amp. Plays any cd and it IS a pioneer is a 2.7 inch screen really worth it? now thats up to you to decide....i like the pioneer tho. I got the 4900 and couldn't be happier

I have the exact pioneer and so far I love it, this is my third one, first two were in my old tempo(girlfriend has that now) and I just installed the 6900 in my 01 cav, easy install, getting a very quite high pitched sound from it, but I think it may have something to do with a poor ground, only noticable when there is no music playing when it is very quiet.
it could also be an electronic hum, I am going to check my friends as well so see if he has it too, exact same unit.
we both like them very much, I think this is his 2nd pioneer as well

well if they are all the same price and the jvc unit has a small screen and plays dvd's id assume they had to cut the quality somewhere to get all that in the headunit. pioneer and clarion both make good units i have a pioneer unit up for sale i used for a year and im now using a clarion that is good as well.


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Thanks for the quick opinions. I am not suprised with any of your advice. It's good to have a neutral party share their opinion. I really liked the JVC with the little DVD screen, but that is the little boy in me. I need to think quality over gadgets or I will be right back where I was three years ago buying drop zone coilovers and sony decks only to replace them with quality components when they break or work like crap. I will head down to the audio store and make a decision between the clarion and the pioneer. Thanks again.

correct me if i'm wrong but it looks like you want to spend about $250?

I would look at the Eclipse CD3100.

Ive installed this in 2 of my friends cars and wish I had bought it but I do love my alpine.

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-F7R0VnWlEwd/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=300&I=099CD3100&search=Eclipse+VENDORID099&SearchDisplay=Eclipse

Also when you make your decision, crutchfield is a grea place to order from. Use them everytime and they have quick shippin and give you catalogs as well which I think is neat.