Originally posted by Hondaman
A word of advice. Don't go to Best Buy. You'll be sorry. I wouldn't let them install an air freshener in my car. Go to a good place that deal in only car audio stuff. Most peops on this board run Alpine head units. I have a 7894 that works VERY well. As for speakers... Once again Alpine is good, others like Infinity. It's all a matter of what you like and what you can afford.
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-Depends on who you deal w/, I am probably one of the more certified & knowledgable person you've talked to but since I am only a supervisor of the Install Bay I don't know ****? I have had to hire and fire so many idiots it's pathetic. So in a sense your right...and wrong...kinda like your opinion, Alpine is okay if you like overpriced stuff and have old school when I come up I'm getting an Alpine mentality, but have you ever even messed w/ Alpines flagship radios on a day to day basis? I worked at Circuit City for 3 years before going to BB and have seen MANY more high end Alpines come back than their Low end.
Original Kenwood Dmask is the same way, LOTs of problems, after the first year (a long time ago) they've gotten the bugs worked out.
I used to HATE on Sony but now I have a Sony indash TV, 10disc MP3 changer (NEVER skipped), Sony XM sat radio, DVD, Sony 4 channel and the big sony mono amp...I still hate their speakers though. Your the kinda of customer that comes into my bay buys parts and say you know everything about installing gimme and app so I can through it in the trash can in front of you to prove I'm a man and then call later to ask for help. I know I'm going overboard I just hate being associated w/ the rest of the idiot, sometimes I feel like I work at Ken's Stereo Junction, everybody in the industry knows how jacked up they are and talk about them.../goes off into the corner and cries/oh well, don't pay me any attention.